Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest
man, is now on the list of 100 richest people in the world.
He became $4.3 billion richer in
2019 with earnings from cement, flour and sugar, according to the Bloomberg
Billionaires Index.
The 62 years old mogul ended the
decade with a net worth of almost $15 billion, making him the 96th wealthiest
man on earth.
Dangote incorporated his own
business selling cement at 21 and shifted to manufacturing the building
material in the 1990s.
He heads the Dangote Industries
which account for more than a fifth of the value of the Nigerian stock
exchange.
Dangote is close to completing
one of the world’s largest oil refineries in Nigeria. He has a fertilizer
factory on the same site.
