Africa’s Richest Man Named Among World’s Most Influential People

Alhaji Aliko Dangote, the president of Dangote group and Africa’s richest man has been named among Bloomberg’s 50 world’s most influential personalities.

Dangote, has been named among Bloomberg’s 50 world’s most influential personalities.

According to Bloomberg, those on the list build companies and assemble fortunes. They shape economies and spread ideas.

The personalities on the list consists of CEOs, world leaders as well as religious leaders which include the US President, Barack Obama, the Chancellor of Germany, Angela Merkel and Pope Francis. Dangote is number 41.

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Meanwhile, the president of Dangote group has expressed confidence that Nigeria would endure the oil price crash that has reduced government revenues if it steps up its game in the fight against corruption.

Dangote at the Financial Times Africa Summit in London in a press release on Monday, October 5, insisted that Africa’s most populous country would flourish.

He noted that if the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari continued its crackdown on corruption, the near 50 per cent oil price slump in the past year would diminish.

“If the government collects all its taxes and duties, I think we will be okay. We will not have as much as we had before but it will be okay”, he said.

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Bloomberg noted that: “Aliko Dangote, founder, Dangote Group, Africa’s most successful businessman built his fortune in sugar, textiles, and cement in his native Nigeria where, today, he’s a political as well as a financial power broker. He’s expanding in other countries and may list his cement company in London.”

Meanwhile Africa’s richest man recently lost his adoptive daughter and niece to brain cancer in the UK on Friday, October 2.

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