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born 1957 Nigeria
Aliko Dangote (Born 10 April 1957 in Kano, Nigeria) is a Muslim Nigerian industrialist, business magnate and owner of Dangote Group. He is listed by Forbes as the Richest Man in Africa plus 23rd Richest Person on Earth and also became the World's Richest Black Man in 2013.
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'In whatever you do, strive to be the best at it.
He will do everything possible to ensure that he wins - within the constraints of the law. Obviously those who lose out in the battle complain.
On a visit to Tanzania, Aliko Dangote shared his dream of having an African-run business empire that would manufacture products all over the continent.
In Africa, as you're being successful and doing things right, you're also creating a lot of enemies.
If you think small, you don’t grow. If you think big, you grow. It’s better to try and fail than never to try at all.
Address to African CEOs at the Dangote Industries Limited event (2025)
I don’t really look at those things, they are very distractive.
I’ve been fighting battles all my life, and I have not lost one yet.
I never worry about being too bold. In business it’s good to be aggressive, but with a human face
I want to demonstrate what this refinery can do, then we can sit down and talk.
It’s not all about making money. It’s about making impact.
Life is not worth living without ambition. In this life, nothing is impossible. Don’t allow fear to hold you back
We have to build our own nation by ourselves. We have to build our own continent by ourselves, not [rely on] foreign investment.
It is not just about amassing wealth, but about creating worth, such as through job creation
Africa should not be a dumping ground.
We, as Africans, must stop taking our money abroad. We should invest it here to build our countries and the continent. As for me, I don’t take my money out of Africa.
This is a very, very big relief.
Nobody thought we were going to appear in this industry. So with that, we know there are challenges and that's the truth, I have to be very open to you, but NNPC, they've been very helpful.
It was the biggest risk of my life. If this didn’t work, I was dead.
I didn’t know what we were building was a monster. The pressure was coming from different directions... stories that it will never work, it will never work, it will never work.
We don’t want to be No. 2 in anything that we do. We want to be No. 1. Worst case, we can be No. 2 but targeted to become No. 1.
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