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February 14, 2017 No Responses

Dangote to launch 25,000 hectares of rice scheme in Sokoto

Come Wednesday this week, Dangote Rice, a subsidiary of Dangote Group is to launch in Sokoto state it’s multi-million naira 25, 000 hectares of rice Outgrower scheme with a prospect of hundreds of thousand of employment opportunities for the rural...

January 19, 2017 No Responses

Dangote at WEF, canvasses genuine efforts at tackling power deficit in Africa

Foremost industrialist and President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote has told the audience at the World Economic Forum (WEF)in Davos, Switzerland that a joint effort between government and private sector to tackle the power deficit remained a key element in...

January 16, 2017 No Responses

Dangote Truck Assembly Plant debuts in Lagos, targets neighbouring countries, 3,000 jobs, 10,000 units per year

Foremost entrepreneur, Aliko Dangote, has taken advantage of the ongoing scarcity of Foreign Exchange (FOREX) in Nigeria to establish multi-million dollar truck assembly plant in Lagos State. The project is expected to generate 3,000 jobs. According to Dangote...

December 28, 2016 No Responses

African Food Festival: Ayade, Ita-Giwa, others laud Dangote

Cross River State Governor, Professor Ben Ayade has commemded Dangote Industries ltd for sponsoring the maiden edition of African Food festival Calabar. Declaring the festival open, the Governor who was represented by his wife, Dr. Linda Ayade lauded the exe...

December 17, 2016 4 Responses

Lafarge Africa Photo News

L – R, Haruna Jalo-Waziri, Executive Director, Capital Markets Division, The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE); Mrs. Folashade Ambrose-Medebem, Communications & Public Affairs Director, Lafarge Africa Plc; Mr. Oscar N. Onyema, OON, Chief Executive Officer, N...

November 29, 2016 No Responses

Dangote foundation donates N100m food items to IDPs, returnees in Yobe State

Moved by the plight of the Internally Displayed Persons (IDPs) and returnees in Yobe State, many of whom have been hit by starvation, the Dangote Foundation has flagged off the distribution of food and other relief items worth over N100...

November 12, 2016 No Responses

Dangote foundation to unveil private sector strategy against malaria

With Nigeria accounting for 300, 000 out of 100 million deaths arising from Malaria complications worldwide annually, the Dangote Foundation is set to launch a private sector policy documents aimed at reversing the trend. The Dangote Foundation said it was ch...

November 9, 2016 No Responses

Dangote to generate another 250,000 jobs

Dangote Group is to generate another 250,000 employment opportunities for Nigerians through new investments in agriculture, sugar, oil refinery and fertilisers. Quoting the Group, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) report that the projects sited in some state...

November 8, 2016 No Responses

DANGOTE, Osundare, Amao bag University of Ibadan Honourary Degree

Foremost entrepreneur and business guru, Aliko Dangote has been named among three eminent Nigerians to be conferred with honorary degrees by the premier institution, the University of Ibadan. Others to be honoured according the University management are Prof...

October 21, 2016 No Responses

Dangote canvasses tax relief for SMEs

Foremost Businessman and President/ Chief Executive of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, on Thursday urged government at all levels to reduce the multiple taxes placed on small and medium businesses (SMEs). Dangote said in a statement in Lagos explained that...

October 12, 2016 No Responses

Dangote Group decries ‘malicious use of brand name’

Dangote Group has raised the alarm over the activities of online fraudsters, who according to the Group are maliciously misrepresenting and misusing its brand image and that of its senior executives to defraud unsuspecting members of the public. The fraudste...

September 26, 2016 No Responses

Dangote targets $20billion investment

Despite current economic challenges, Dangote Group has announced plan to invest $20billion in Nigeria and other parts of the African Continent. A statement by the group explained that Chairman of the Group, Aliko Dangote, made the commitment in New York,...

September 21, 2016 No Responses

U.S Chamber names Dangote Co-Chair of U.S.-Africa Business Centre

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, in a show of further commitment to collaboration by the business communities in the United States and across Africa, today named Aliko Dangote, Africa’s most successful businessman, as the co-chair of its U.S.-Africa Business Ce...

September 20, 2016 No Responses

‘Oil discovery in Lagos, good development for Dangote refinery’

The recent discovery of oil in Lagos in commercial quantity has been described as a good omen for the development of the oil and gas industry which Dangote refinery will benefit from. Speaking in his office in Lagos during a...