Dangote retains spot as richest man in Africa for 10th time -Forbes

January 24, 2021

As part of an effort to ensure sugar sufficiency through backward integration template, Aliko Dangote, chairman of Dangote Sugar Refinery Plc, has said that the National Sugar Master Plan (NSMP) when executed as designed could fetch the nation foreign exchange in excess of $700million yearly from the Backward Integration component of the plan.

For the 10th time in a row, Aliko Dangote, chairman of Dangote Group, retained his spot as being the wealthiest man in Africa. The billionaire tycoon whose businesses cut across industrial and consumer goods, and latest interest in oil and gas, had his net worth come to $12.1 billion as at Friday

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