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Aliko Dangote

  • Tuesday, 29 October, 2024
    Nigeria’s president summons Aliko Dangote over supplies to new oil refinery

    Meeting on Tuesday is needed to release more crude for refinery, says industrialist

    A view of the Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals complex in Lagos, showcasing large industrial pipes and structures.
  • Thursday, 25 January, 2024
    Dangote Group
    Aliko Dangote faces toughest political challenge despite opening refinery

    Africa’s richest man comes under unaccustomed pressure after anti-corruption watchdog’s raid on Lagos headquarters

    Montage of Aliko Dangote and refinery
  • Sunday, 7 January, 2024
    Dangote Group
    Nigeria’s Dangote Group attacks corruption watchdog after raid on HQ

    Africa’s richest man drawn into probe investigating favourable exchange rates offered by ex-central bank governor

    Aliko Dangote
  • Tuesday, 12 December, 2023
    Energy Source
    Nigeria’s oil sector hit by an exodus of foreign companies

    As multinationals retreat from the continent’s largest oil producer, local groups jockey for influence

    Aliko Dangote
  • Friday, 8 December, 2023
    Dangote Group
    Nigeria’s Dangote oil refinery closer to production after years of delays

    First batch of crude from Shell’s oil trading arm marks milestone for refinery

    Aliko Dangote
  • Saturday, 25 November, 2023
    Dangote Group
    Africa’s richest man under pressure as giant refinery nears production

    Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote faces accusations of unfair practices and a struggle to secure crude supplies

    A montage of Aliko Dangote with with refining pipework at the Dangote Industries Ltd. oil refinery and fertilizer plant site in the background
  • Wednesday, 28 June, 2023
    Special ReportInvesting in Nigeria
    Dangote oil scheme raises Nigeria hopes of more refined future

    The project, long in the making, is the brainchild of Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote

    Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari (C) cuts the tape to inaugurate the Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals flanked by (from R to L) Senate President Ahmad Lawan, President/CEO Dangote Industries, Aliko Dangote, Togolese President Faure Gnassingbe, Chairman All Progressives Congress (APC) Abdullahi Adamu, Governor Dapo Abiodun, and Group executive director, Dangote Industries Devakumar Edwin
  • Tuesday, 12 October, 2021
    Education
    Schools must lay the foundations to bridge Africa’s skills gap

    Governments and business have to work together, says Dangote Group’s CEO

  • Wednesday, 21 November, 2018
    Nigeria
    Bold refinery plan aims to transform Nigerian oil

    Billionaire Aliko Dangote’s big gamble seeks to change the economics of the sector

    Workers talk as they move across the under-construction Dangote Industries Ltd. oil refinery and fertilizer plant site in the Ibeju Lekki district, outside of Lagos, Nigeria, on Thursday, July 5, 2018. The $10 billion refinery, set to be one of the world’s largest and process 650,000 barrels of crude a day, should be near full capacity by mid-2020, Devakumar Edwin, group executive director at Dangote Industries said in an interview. Photographer: Tom Saater/Bloomberg
  • Thursday, 23 August, 2018
    News in-depthAfrican companies
    Failed Kenya investment throws doubt on UK aid strategy

    Collapse of cement company raises questions over Britain’s role in Africa

    ARM Cement - Rhino Cement Kenya
  • Wednesday, 11 July, 2018
    Lunch with the FTBest of Lunch with the FT 2018
    Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest man, on his ‘crazy’ $12bn project

    On his yacht in Lagos, he talks about his ambitious oil refinery — and his dream of buying Arsenal

  • Wednesday, 15 November, 2017
    Special ReportAfrican Philanthropy
    African business leaders find new ways to give back

    From famine relief to skills training and school bursaries, these are some of the entrepreneurs putting their money to work

    Jim Ovia
  • Monday, 9 October, 2017
    Energy sector
    Dangote accuses ‘Bulldozer’ Tanzanian president of scaring away investors
  • Monday, 12 June, 2017
    beyondbricsEmerging markets
    Germany’s initiative on Africa must be seized

    A G20 Partnership with Africa has potential — if the continent’s governments step up

    German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari give a press conference at the Chancellery in Berlin on October 14, 2016. / AFP / John MACDOUGALL (Photo credit should read JOHN MACDOUGALL/AFP/Getty Images)
  • Wednesday, 25 November, 2015
    World
    Michael Holman sees signs of success in Nigeria despite the state

    Political nationalism is being replaced by an economic nationalism and a surge of self-confidence

  • Wednesday, 25 November, 2015
    World
    Nigerian business moguls offer help to fledgling entrepreneurs

    Rise of charitable foundations spurs debate on how self-made billionaires can share their success

    FT Africa Summit 2015 at Claridge's. Picture shows Aliko Dangote, President & CEO, Dangote Group
  • Sunday, 18 October, 2015
    Executive MBA
    Whom would you bring to a meeting?

    Meetings can be boring. We asked readers which person, living or dead, they would like to invite along

  • Thursday, 23 April, 2015
    World
    Plight of malaria victims and huge costs are a call to action

    Efforts have reduced prevalence but much more needs to be done

    Bed-nets
  • Tuesday, 3 March, 2015
    African companies
    Nigeria’s oligarchs count cost of oil price and currency falls

    Africa’s richest businessman sees $5.4bn wiped off his estimated $21bn personal fortune

    Journalists inspect a new Porsche Cayman S inside a showroom for the luxury brand on Victoria Island in Lagos, Nigeria, Thursday, May 9, 2013. Porsche is one of the luxury brands now competing for the attention of the ultra-rich in Nigeria, an oil-rich nation of more than 160 million people. While the majority of the country lives in hand-to-mouth poverty, luxury brands are making a push for the dollars of the country's elite. (AP Photos/Sunday Alamba)
  • Sunday, 14 December, 2014
    African companies
    Africa’s richest tycoon adds another $2bn into Nigeria refinery

    Aliko Dangote raises investment to $11bn despite looming slowdown in the country

    Aliko Dangote
  • Wednesday, 8 October, 2014
    Arab banking & finance
    Cash rolls in as Arab region shrugs off bad news

    Indicators show a marked upturn in financial activity in the region, even as sectarian violence spreads

    Dubai’s Burj Khalifa
  • Sunday, 7 September, 2014
    African companies
    Dubai to build west Africa ties with $300m Dangote Cement stake
    Houses near the Dangote Industries cement plant under construction in Pout, some 50 km from Dakar, Senegal on February 6 2014
  • Tuesday, 5 August, 2014
    World
    US seeks to catch up with China in Africa
    US President Barack Obama speaks during a town hall meeting at the Summit of the Washington Fellowship for the Young African Leaders Initiative(YALI) in Washington, DC on July 28, 2014. The YALI Summit serves as the lead-up event to next weeks inaugural U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit, the largest gathering any U.S. President has held with African heads of state and government, which will strengthen ties between the United States and one of the worlds most dynamic and fastest growing regions. AFP PHOTO/Mandel NGANMANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images
  • Wednesday, 4 June, 2014
    LexEuropean companies
    African cement: Dangote’s day?

    Africa’s richest man and Lafarge battle it out

    Industrial magnate: Aliko Dangote
  • Thursday, 15 May, 2014
    beyondbricsJavier Blas
    The surge in Africa direct investment
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