Aliko Dangote Listed In Forbes As World’s Most Powerful People Of 2015 (See)

 

Africa’s richest man and CEO of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has been named by Forbes as one of the 75 World’s Most Powerful People of 2015. The 54-year-old billionaire sits at the 71 position on the list. You can read up the story here. Meanwhile, read what Forbes wrote Aliko Dangote below;

“Aliko Dangote is Africa’s richest man by far, and he’s not slowing down. This year alone, his Dangote Cement, Africa’s largest cement producer, launched new cement plants in Cameroon, Ethiopia, Zambia and Tanzania. In total, Dangote Cement now produces more than 30 million metric tonnes each year, with a plan to double capacity by 2018. Dangote owns more than 90% of publicly-traded Dangote Cement through a holding company. Other companies in the Dangote Group – which is active in 15 African countries – include publicly-traded salt, sugar and flour manufacturing companies