Aliko Dangote(Meet me)Show

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Aliko Dangote GCON is a Nigerian billionaire business magnate and philanthropist. He is the wealthiest person in Africa, and the richest Black person in the world with an estimated net worth of US$13.5 billion. Wikipedia

Born: 10 April 1957 (age 63 years), Kano

Net worth: US$10.7 billion (December 2020)

Children: Halima Dangote, Fatima Dangote, Mariya Dangote

Education: Al Azhar University Darrasah Campus, Government College, Birnin Kudu

Parents: Hajia Mariya Sanusi Dantata, Mohammed Dangote

Siblings: Sani Dangote

Family

Aliko Dangote, an ethnic Hausa Muslim[3] from Kano, Kano State, was born on 10 April 1957 into a wealthy Muslim family,[4][5] the son of Mohammed Dangote and Mariya Sanusi Dantata, the daughter of Sanusi Dantata. He is the great-grandson of Alhaji Alhassan Dantata, the richest West African at the time of his death in 1955.

Education

Dangote was educated at the Sheikh Ali Kumasi Madrasa, followed by Capital High School, Kano.[6] On his early life...In 1978, he graduated from the Government College, Birnin Kudu.[8] He received a bachelor's degree in business studies and administration from Al-Azhar University, Cairo.[9][6]

Awards

Dangote was awarded Nigeria's second-highest honour, the Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger (GCON) by the former president, Goodluck Jonathan.[25]

Dangote was named as the Forbes Africa Person of the Year 2014.[26]

For six consecutive years, 2013,[27] 2014,[28] 2015,[29] 2016,[30] 2017,[31] and 2018[32] Forbes listed him as the 'Most Powerful Man in Africa'.

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