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  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Sunday, 7 September, 2014
    African companies
    Dubai to build west Africa ties with $300m Dangote Cement stake
  • Tuesday, 5 August, 2014
    World
    US seeks to catch up with China in Africa
  • Wednesday, 4 June, 2014
    LexEuropean companies
    African cement: Dangote’s day?

    Africa’s richest man and Lafarge battle it out

  • Thursday, 15 May, 2014
    beyondbricsJavier Blas
    The surge in Africa direct investment
  • Tuesday, 13 May, 2014
    World
    Blighted economy in Nigeria’s north fuels brutal insurgency
  • Sunday, 4 May, 2014
    Commodities
    Slow start to Nigeria’s farming transformation

    Scheme to reduce reliance on imports is criticised for being protectionist

  • Monday, 3 March, 2014
    beyondbricsUS downturn
    Africa’s elite leap up the global billionaire rankings
  • Tuesday, 28 January, 2014
    beyondbricsJonathan Wheatley
    Davos wrap: EM winners (Mexico) and losers (Brazil)
  • Friday, 11 October, 2013
    FT Magazine
    Aliko Dangote – Africa’s richest man

    The Nigerian industrialist has built up a fortune worth $22bn – and his ambitions may not be contained by one continent

  • Friday, 11 October, 2013
    beyondbricsMarkets
    Nigeria: stumbling on
  • Thursday, 10 October, 2013
    World
    Aliko Dangote builds up manufacturing with $9bn Nigeria refinery

    Africa’s richest man bets project will halve fuel imports

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