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Biography of Aliko Dangote; Billionaire; Kano State Celebrity

Alhaji Aliko Dangote.

Alhaji Aliko Dangote, MFR, GCON was born April 10, 1957, at  Kano State, Nigeria. He is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of  Dangote Group, a company that has branches in Nigeria and many other African Countries. Dangote had his business studies at Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt. Thereafter, he came back to Nigeria to practice what he has studied.

Aliko Dangote's business venture started right from when he was in primary school, he would go and buy cartons of sweet (sugar boxes) and sell in order to
make money. After his business studies at  Al-Azhar, he came back to Nigeria, and took a loan of Five Hundred Thousand Naira from his uncle, Sanusi Abdulkadir Dantata, to start a business, when he was only 21 years old.

In 1977, he established a small trading store. The business traded successfully and metamorphosed into what is today known as Dangote Group, a company that has noticeable presence in Benin Republic, Ghana, Nigeria and Togo.
Forbes Magazine ranked Aliko Dangote as the 23rd richest person in the world and the richest man in Africa. He is richer than Saudi-Ethiopian billionaire Mohammed Hussein Al Amoudi in 2013 by over $2.6 billion, which fact made him the richest black man in the world.

On November 14,  2011, The Federal government of Nigeria, honored Dangote  with its second highest honour, Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger (GCON) .
During the out-break of Ebola virus in Nigeria, Aliko Dangote donated the sum of  One Hundred and Fifty Million Naira (US$1 million) to stop the spread of ebola in Nigeria.
Aliko Dangote has four children, Zainab, Halima, Fatima and Salma.

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