Their story
Aliko Dangote is Africa's richest person and one of the most significant industrialists the continent has ever produced. Starting from a trading business in Lagos, he built the Dangote Group into a conglomerate spanning cement, sugar, flour, salt, and oil refining. His Dangote Cement is the largest cement producer in Africa. The Dangote Refinery in Lagos will be the world's largest single-train petroleum refinery with a capacity of 650,000 barrels per day — a project largely self-funded to reduce Africa's dependence on imported fuel.