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An Empowered Africa

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SUSTAINABILITY

Dangote Group is all about creating ventures that serves the interest of stakeholders, communities and the people concerned. We believe in establishing impactful businesses that are socially responsible to cater for people’s needs.

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Aliko Dangote Foundation

Through interventions in healthcare, education, economic empowerment and distaster relief, we are impacting the lives of millions of people across Africa.

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We are a diversified and fully integrated conglomerate. The Group’s interests span a range of sectors in Nigeria and across Africa.

The core business focus of the Group, which started operations in 1978, is to provide local, value-added products and services that meet the ‘basic needs’ of the populace.

Dangote Sugar Refinery Plc

NASCON Allied Industries Ltd

Since its incorporation in 1994, the Aliko Dangote Foundation has worked hard to enhance

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Alhaji Aliko Dangote

Aliko Dangote is the founder and President/Chief Executive of Dangote Industries Limited, the largest conglomerate in West Africa. A graduate of Al-Azhar University in Cairo, Egypt, Dangote began his business career in 1978, trading in rice, sugar and cement, before he ventured into full-scale manufacturing.

The Group he founded, currently has presence in 17 African countries and is a market leader in cement on the continent. One of the Group's subsidiaries, Dangote Cement Plc, is the largest listed company in West Africa and the first Nigerian company to join the Forbes Global 2000 Companies list. The Group has four other subsidiaries: Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals, Dangote Fertiliser Limited, Dangote Sugar Refinery and NASCON Allied Industries, with the latter two Business Units listed on the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX).

The Group is diversified and operates in major sectors of the Nigerian economy in

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Dangote Group

Nigerian industrial conglomerate

The Dangote Group is a Nigerian multinational industrial conglomerate, founded by Aliko Dangote.^[2] It is the largest conglomerate in West Africa and one of the largest on the African continent. The group employs more than 30,000 people, generating revenue in excess of US$4.1 billion in 2017.^[2]

History

The company was founded in 1981 as a trading enterprise, importing sugar, cement, rice, fisheries, and other consumer goods for distribution in the Nigeria market.^[3] The group moved into manufacturing in the 1990s, starting with textiles, moving onto flour milling, salt processing and sugar refining by the end of the decade. The company next moved into cement production, growing rapidly and moving into other African countries. A high degree of vertical integration is a hallmark of Dangote Group's operating strategy.^{[citation needed]}

The group now owns and operates over 18 subsidiaries, operating in ten African countries. Dangote Cement, is one of these subsidiaries and is list