Abdulsalami Abubakar businessman Aliko Dangote Cardinal John Olorunfemi Onaiyekan and the Anglican Primate Archbishop Nicholas Dikeriehi Orogodo Okoh...
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Corporate barons are more taciturn than their political counterparts but the absence of businessmen such as Aliko Dangote and Femi Otedola at PDP fundraisers sends its own message...
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' One test case this year will be Nigerian magnate Aliko Dangote's bold plan to build a $9 bn...
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Vol 55 No 22 |
- WEST AFRICA
This time the question is the effect these economic problems will have on a new breed of national capitalists such as Aliko Dangote and companies such as Oando and Seplat as well as on private equity investors from Europe Asia and the Americas – and on public political feeling...
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Vol 55 No 14 |
- EAST AFRICA
In her case the gamble is on increased power generation: the completion of a gas pipeline from Mtwara to Dar es Salaam; the funding of a 240 megawatt gas-fired power station that will drive rural electrification and end Tanzania's debilitating power-cuts; and the completion of a cement plant in Mtwara by Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote (AC Vol 55 No 13 Sanusi's political throne)...
He also used his influence with Aliko Dangote another Kano notable and Africa's richest businessman to persuade him to fund a tomato processing and canning plant in Kaduna State...
However we hear that the success of the negotiations was much helped by the personal involvement of Nigerian tycoon Aliko Dangote...
Vol 55 No 2 |
- ECONOMY
- AFRICA
For example Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote is investing $9 bn...
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Large vested interests in the economy as well as persistent corruption are further concerns and are well illustrated by the difficulties faced by Nigerian industrialist Aliko Dangote in building a new cement factory (AC Vol 54 No 21 Shaky Sall seeks solace)...
The only confirmed investment is the Mtwara cement factory of Nigerian tycoon Alhaji Aliko Dangote...