Aliko Dangote

**Aliko Mohammad Dangote** GCON (a sẽn dog yʋʋmd 1957 4/10), yaa Ned sẽn yaa ned sẽn tʋmd tʋʋm-kãsems a sẽn tʋm a Dangote Group la a raafɩre wã pʋgẽ. Yʋʋmd 2011 soabã, a Goodluck Jonathan yãka a soab tɩ a yɩ tẽnga taoor soaba. A Dangote yaa nin-soab sẽn tar arzɛk wʋsg n yɩɩd nin-buiidã fãa dũni wã pʋgẽ. Sẽn na n ta mars 2025, a Forbes wilgame t'a paoongã yaa dolar milyaar 23.8. 

Yʋʋmd 1977 wã, a Dangote lugla a sẽn boond t'a Dangote Group wã, sẽn yaa kom-bõoneg sẽn da koosd teed sẽn yaa sukari, zu-loees la rɩɩb tɩb sẽn tall n tɩgẽ wã. Yʋʋmd 1981 wã, a lugla Dangote Nigeria Limited la Blue Star Services; b fãa sẽn talld rũmse, la b sẽn talld teed wʋsg wa sãnem la alumiini. Sẽn wa n yɩlẽ tɩ b ra koosd b teed wʋsgo, la b ra baood sement wʋsgo, a Dangote lugla sementã, tɩ b tõog n zab ne Lafarge, sẽn yaa Frans sementã tigis sẽn da boond tɩ sementã sẽn tall n tɩ kẽes Afrika tẽnsẽ wã. Yʋʋmd 2023 soabã tɛka, Dangote Cement ra paamda ligd sẽn ta milyaar 3,7 la a yaa Naagri la Afrɩka sẽn naan naan naan naan dɩt-sɛgdã. 

A Dangote sẽn da tʋmd politikã la a sẽn get a yellã kɩtame t'a lebg nin-buiidã taoor soaba, Afrika. A yaa nin-buiidã sẽn get a sẽn maan bũmb wʋsg n get Nigeria tẽnga arzɛkã yelle. A Goodluck Jonathan kɩtame t'a lebg Nizɛɛr tẽnga taoor soaba yʋʋmd 2011 pʋgẽ. 

## A pipi viim

### buudu
A Aliko Mohammad Dangote dogame yʋʋmd 1957 4 rasem 10 daarẽ, Kano, Britiiz Nizɛɛr soolmẽ wã. A ma wã sẽn yaa a yaab a Sanusi Dantata n kõ-a yʋʋr t'a "Aliko"; a rat n yeelame tɩ "neb nins sẽn tõogd ãdem-biisã" la b kogend-a.  

A Dangote rogame Nigeria zakã pʋgẽ. A wubla a sẽn yaa Musulman, a zãmsame Madrasa, la a zãmsame lekoll sẽn yaa tẽngre.  

A ma, a Mariya (a sẽn dog a Dantata) sẽn yi kom-bɩɩs zakã pʋgẽ, ra yaa zak soab la ned sẽn nong nin-buiidã. A ba wã a Mohammed Dangote me ra yaa zak soab; a ra tara logtoɛɛg kom-pugli. 

A Aliko tara saam-bi-poak a tãabo: a Sani Dangote, sẽn yaa tigims soab sẽn ki ne bãaga;  a Bello, sẽn ki rẽnna yʋʋmd 1996 wã, a Sani Abacha biiga sẽn ki wã; la a Garba, sẽn ki yʋʋmd 2013 ne bãaga. 

A Dangote zakã rãmb ra yaa kom-bɩɩs sẽn tar pãng wʋsgo. A yaab-rãmb a sẽn yaa a ma wã, a Alhassan Abdullahi Dantata, yaa Afirik Wɛtgã arzɛk soab hal t'a ki yʋʋmd 1955. A Alhassan sẽn da wa n yaa tigimsã, a ra yiisda koala n yiis Gana, la a ra lebda ne koala tẽn-zẽmsẽ. A Dangote ba sẽn ki yʋʋmd 1965 wã poore, a kõame a paoongã sõngr yĩnga. A wilgame t'a ma wã sẽn yaa a yaab a Sanusi la a ma wã sẽn ya a yaab a Usman Amaka Dantata yaa a ba wã. 

### A lekolle bangr la kaadem
A Dangote zãmsa a lekollã ne a Sheikh Ali Kumasi Madrasa, la a yaool n wa n wa n paama a lekoll a yiib-n-soabã Kano. Yʋʋmd 1978 wã, a paama a diplôme la a sẽn paam a lekollã. 

A sẽn wa n na n kẽng Ezipt n na n paam n kẽng Nizɛɛr tẽnga, a zãmsa bũmb nins sẽn be tẽn-kaoodbã nengẽ wã n kẽng Al-Azhar karẽn-biis roogẽ wã. A paama a diplôme n yaool n lebg n wa Lagos n na n maan tʋʋm sẽn yaa sõma. 

A Dangote dogla kamb a naase; a dog-bi-poak a tãab la a bi-ribl a ye sẽn boond t'a Abdulrahman. Sã n yaa ne Nigeri wã web site wã sẽn boond tɩ Legit.ng wã, sẽn pa wõnd a Dangote wã, a pagbã pa nong tɩ b gomd b yelle ye. A sẽn tar yʋʋm pis-na-tã wã, a kẽe kãadem ne a pipi pag a Zainab sẽn da yaa a roagdbã n yãk-a tɩ b tũ tẽngã minimã. B dog-a lame. B pa yã tɩ b kãadmã kaoose ye.  A kẽe kãadem ne a Mariya Muhammad Rufai, sẽn da yaa kom-n-soabã sẽn da yaa pʋg-paalã la a sẽn da yaa bi-bɩɩsã taoor soaba. A pagã ne a pagã ra tara bi-pugl a tãab-n-soabã, a Fatima. B kẽe kãadem yʋʋmd 2017 pʋgẽ. 

## Business career
A Dangote sɩngame n dɩk a ziirã sẽn tar ligd sẽn ta dollars 3000 n kõ a sɩd-biigã. A ra koosda rɩɩb teed la a wilgame t'a sẽn tar yʋʋm a nii wã, a ra na n koosda a karen-bi-taasã sukr sẽn yaa b sẽn na n wa n dɩt n kõ-ba, la a ra naaga a yõodo. A paama Nizɛɛr tẽnga sor sor sor sor tɩ b tall tẽnsã n tall tẽnsã, la a paasame tɩ b raagẽ wã yaa tẽnsã sẽn kẽed ne tẽnsã sẽn beẽ wã yʋʋm 1970 wã sʋka, sẽn yaa yʋʋm 1970 wã sẽn zĩnd Nizɛɛr tẽnga tẽnsã sẽn boond tɩ Cement Armada wã sasa. Wakat kãnga, tẽnga taoor lʋɩtb taoor dãmb sẽn da yãk tɩ b tall sɛtã tone milyõ 16 n tall tẽmsa la b naan naan naan naan maan b tʋʋmẽ wã, la b ra ket n tara tẽnsã sẽn tar tẽnsã n be Lagos tẽnsã sẽn yaa b koomã pʋgẽ. B kõ-b-la yaood sẽn na yɩl n paam n bas b sẽn da wa n pa kẽed ne-b wakatẽ wã yĩnga. Wakat kãnga, a Dangote ra ra tara lozõ-rãmb n sɩng tʋʋm nins sẽn wat ne b sẽn da zãad b semẽ wã. 

Yʋʋmd 1977 wã, a Dangote sẽn da tʋmd ne a zakã rãmb wã ra yiisda pasta, zu-loees, sukari la bur bal ye. Yʋʋmd 1981 wã, a kɩtame tɩ b lebg kom-bɩɩs sẽn da koosd teedã, sukari, bur, zu-loees, kaam la gaz la teedã. A zĩnda Atlanta, Georgia, n yaool n lebg n wa Nizɛɛr n sɩng a sementã tʋʋm yʋʋmd 1998 wã. La a sukari raafɩri sẽn be Lagos wã lebga dũni gill pipi sẽn yaa kãseng n yɩɩd a yiib soaba.  Yaa a Zeova Kaset rãmbã n na n sõng-a t'a tõog n tõog n tõog a tʋʋmdã. Yʋʋmd 2000 soabã, a zoa a Olusegun Obasanjo sẽn tõog n zab n na n yɩ tẽnga taoor soab yʋʋmd 1999 wã, Nigeri goosneema wã zãaga a Benue Cement Company (BBC), sẽn yaa tẽnga siglgã sẽn pa le tar yõodã Gboko, Benue soolmẽ wã, n kɩt tɩ a Dangote tõog n paas a sementã tʋʋmẽ. A Dangote sẽn da tʋmd a Obajanu sementã, Kogi soolmẽ wã lebga sementã sẽn yaa kãseng n yɩɩd Sahara tẽn-bɛdã pʋga. Yʋʋmd 2010 wã, sullã ra paamda Afirik Kibɩ tẽnga Sephaku sementã pʋga. 

Yʋʋmd 2012 tʋʋlg kiuugã, a Dangote kosame a Nigeriya Ports Authority t'a na n dɩk a Apapa Port Complex sẽn da pa be wã n dɩk a tẽng n dɩk a roogo. Yʋʋmd 2022 wã, a wilgame tɩ a Peugeot tigisgã sẽn na n zĩnd Nigeri wã na n baasame, a sẽn tũud ne a Stellantis sẽn yaa Peugeot kamb-rãmbã naanegã. A Dangote lebga a Dangote rafinery wã soab, sẽn yaa Afirik tẽnga rafinery kãsenga. A paama tʋʋm-kãsenga yʋʋmd 2023 wã. 

## Political activities
A Dangote sẽn tʋmd tʋʋm-kãsemsã la a sẽn maand a tʋʋmdã ne a taabã, a kẽnga tẽns a taab sẽn be Afrika, wala Bénin, Kamerun, Gana, Nijeri, Afirik-Dĩng la Togo.

### Nigeria
A Dangote ra yaa a zoa a Olusegun Obasanjo sẽn maan a meng n na n lebg n yãk a naamã yʋʋmd 2003 wã taoor soaba. A sẽn kõ ligd milyõ N200 n kõ a tʋʋmdã. Yʋʋmd 2011 soabã, a Goodluck Jonathan yãka a sẽn yaa a prezida wã tɩ yɩ a sull ning sẽn get b raab yelle.

A Dangote paama a yʋʋr t'a yɩ taoor soab a Muhammadu Buhari sẽn na n yãk a naamã yʋʋmd 2019 Nigeri wã. A Femi Otedola me ra be b sõssã pʋgẽ, la b pa sak n leok b sẽn bool-b tɩ b wa n gom b yellã ye. A Dangote kõ a ⁇ 150 milyõ n na n sõng n zab ne Ebola kʋrã yʋʋmd 2014 pʋgẽ. Yʋʋmd 2020 wã, a kõame ⁇ miliyaar 200 n na n sõng zabr ning sẽn be COVID-19 bãaga zab wɛɛngẽ.

A Nigeri wã ra tagsdame tɩ Dangote rafinery wã na n sõng-b lame tɩ b ra wa n wa paam zu-loees sẽn yaa to-to. Yaa sẽn da yaa to-to wã yĩng la a Dangote, a NNPC Limited ne a petrole wã ra pa le tõe n maan bũmb ye.

A Dangote sullã zãada a sẽn naan naan naanã n tõog n maan n naan naan naan naan n maan n kõ a sẽn tõe n maan bũmb ninsã. A sẽn tʋmd a kaam rafinɛɛr ning Lagos wã kɩtame tɩ b tagsd tɩ b na n dɩka burã, n na n yɩɩg n wa paam ligd n paas la b na n boogd b yõor yɩɩrã, tɩ b yeel tɩ b paama sor tɩ b na paam sor tɩ b yiisd yaoodã. n yaa Nigeri wã zʋrnallã.

### Benin
A Dangote sẽn tʋmd ne a tʋʋmdã yaa Benin tẽnga, a sẽn dɩk a ligd n tʋmd ne a sementã. A sẽn tʋmd ne a kongrã, a Dangote Cement, lugla sigma tigis Benin.

### Ghana
Ghãna, a Dangote lugla sigimẽ wã tigis-kãnga Gana, la a sõngame tɩ b tall sigimẽ la teed a taab n wa.

## Criticisms
Yʋʋmd 2014 wã, a Vanguard News sẽn da yiisd sõssã pʋgẽ, Nigeri wã radio wã sɛb tʋm-tʋmd a Sa'adatu Modibbo Kawu sẽn da yaa taoor soaba wã kosa a Dangote ligd sorã.  A gʋlsa woto: a Dangote nafda a Nigeriya wã wã wã sẽn paam n paam n paam ligd wʋsgo, sẽn yɩɩd fãa, a sẽn wa n wa n wa lebg tẽnga taoor lʋɩtb taoor soaba. A sẽn dɩk a togs-n-taare, a wilgame tɩ Nigeri nebã lebga naong rãmba. A sẽn wa n ningd a Forbes a sẽn maan a Dangote wã, a boonda-a tɩ yaa "yaas-rãmb zʋrnall". 

B yeelame tɩ a Dangote talla Obasanjo taoor lʋɩtb sull n yãk yʋʋm 1999 soabã, la rẽ kɩtame t'a Obasanjo kõ-a sor tɩ a tall sement, sukari la riis n tall n tall n tɩ woogã. Yʋʋmd 2007 wã, b sẽn da yiisd sõss-rãmb a yembr WikiLeaks pʋgẽ yʋʋmd 2011, Etazĩni konsul-kãseng a Brian Browne sẽn be Lagos wã wilgame tɩ b kõ a Dangote waoogr sẽn yɩɩd fãa, n na n wa kõ-a ligd a Obasanjo sẽn na n yãk a naamã yʋʋmd 2003 wã. A Dangote basa a sẽn da yeelã.

## A meng viim
A Dangote ra yaa tẽnga taoor soab a Jonathan sull ning sẽn get ligd la tʋʋm siglgã wɛɛngẽ wã sull a ye yʋʋmd 2011. Yʋʋmd kãng kiuugã, b kõo a Nigɛɛr tẽnga taoor soaba, sẽn yaa a yiib soaba. A yɩɩ pipi sẽn pa be goosneema wã sẽn paam-a tʋʋma.

Yʋʋmd 2012 la 2013 wã, a kosa a Cletus Ibeto n wilg t'a Ibeto Cement tara sor n kõ-a sor sor sor sorã. A yaa nin-sõngo, la a sẽn sigl a Dangote Foundation wã ne a sẽn siglgã, b wilgame t'a sõng n sõng Nigeria zãma wã la b zãms nebã. Yʋʋmd 2011, b wilgame t"a kõda ned ning fãa sẽn zoe n yi a roogẽ wã ligd sẽn yaa dollars 60 yʋʋm 2011 wã, Nigeria tẽnga taoor lʋɩtb taoor koe-noogã pʋgẽ.

A Dangote tara kom-bõoneg a nu. A rɩka a zakã rãmb n kẽng Walt Disney World yʋʋmd 2012 wã.

## Ligdi
A Aliko Dangote yaa Afirik tẽnga arzɛk soab, a sẽn tar ligd sẽn tar milyõ 28,1 yʋʋm 2025, yʋʋm 2021 tʋʋlg rasem 19 soabã, Bloomberg Billionaires Index wã sẽn wilg tɩ yaa a soab n yɩɩd a taabã, la a yaa a soab sẽn tar milyɔɔr 23,8 yʋʋm Forbes sẽn wilg tɩ a soab yaa a sẽn tar sement la sukari.
A ra kẽnga Forbes milyaar dãmb sõorẽ yʋʋmd 2008 wã, n tar ligd sẽn ta doolaar milyaar 3,3. A arzɛkã paoong boog yʋʋmd 2009 n ta milyaar 2,5 la yʋʋmd 2010 wã, a paoongã lebga milyaar 2,1.A paoongã paasame n ta milyaar 13.8 yʋʋm 2011 a sẽn naan sig Dangote Cementã poore. A Dangote tara pʋɩ-pʋɩr sẽn yaa pis-na-tã la a yiibu wã. A yaa a sẽn tar pʋɩ-pʋʋs a taab sẽn yaa a Nascon Allied Industries, a Dangote Sugar, la a United Bank for Africa. Sã n yaa ne Nairametrics, a arzɛkã paoong boogame ne ligd sẽn yɩɩd milyaar 1 yʋʋm 2024 wã, a naira wã sẽn tall yõod sẽn pa ta zĩigã la a sẽn tall yõod wʋsg a pʋɩ-pugrã yĩnga. Yʋʋmd 2024 bõn-bɩʋʋngẽ, a Dangote paama a naamã n lebg Afirik tẽnga arzɛk soab, a sẽn paam n lʋɩ a Johann Rupert taoor yʋʋmd kãng yʋʋm-vẽk kiuugã.

## Legacy
A Dangote lebga Naijeri wã pipi milyaar yʋʋm 2007.  Yʋʋmd 2012 wã, The Guardian wã gʋlsa a sẽn yaa Afirik nin-bi-kãsenga la dũni wã nin-negd sẽn tar arzɛk n yɩɩd a taabã yelle. " Sã n yaa ne Nigeri zʋrnallã Vanguard wã, Bloomberg Billionaires Index wã wilgame tɩ a Dangote paoongã paasame ne dollars milyaar 9,2 yʋʋmd 2013. Yʋʋmd 2015 wã, b sẽn yiisd b sɛbã wã wilgame t'a ra yaa Britani wã lagemdã bankã, sẽn yaa HSBC, raab sẽn be Britɛns Virgin Islands wã pʋgẽ wã raab n tar-a.

A sẽn da yaa NEMT sull ning ning ning sẽn geta a kongrã yelle, a Dangote paama a taoor soab a Goodluck Jonathan sẽn kõ-a Nizɛɛr tẽnga taoor soaba (GCON) ning yʋʋm 2011. A yɩɩ pipi sẽn pa be goosneema wã taoor soab sẽn deeg a tʋʋmdã. Yʋʋmd 2014 yʋʋm-vʋʋr kiuugã pʋgẽ, Time sõdg-a lame tɩ yaa dũniyã nin-buiidã sẽn tar pãng n yɩɩd 100 sʋka. Yʋʋmd 2015 wã, Bloomberg sẽn bool a Dangote t'a "Tõnd sẽn tar pãng wʋsg dũniyã pʋgẽ" wã sʋka, la a paama "Guardian Man of the Year" ning ning b sẽn boond tɩ "Guardians Man of the year" ning ning sẽn kõ-a wã.

A Dangote paama b yʋʋr sẽn boond t'a Amerka-Afrika Koɛɛg Tʋʋmdã Koɛɛg taoor soab yʋʋmd 2016 sigr kiuugã pʋgẽ. A Buhari yãka a sẽn yaa Nigeria Malaria wã baasgo taoor soaba yʋʋm 2022 tʋʋlg kiuugã pʋgẽ.

## Kuuni
A Dangote yaa Goodluck Jonathan sẽn yãk-a t'a yɩ a sull ning sẽn get a raabo wã taoor soaba yʋʋmd 2011 wã. Yʋʋmd 2017 wã, a kɩɩsame t'a pa na n yɩ Nigeri tẽnga taoor soab yʋʋm 2019 wã me ye. A zĩnda Muhammadu Buhari sẽn na n yɩ taoor soab n na n yɩ tẽnga taoor soaba.

A Dangote tʋma ne a Gates Foundation wã bãagã yellẽ. Yʋʋmd 2014 tʋʋlg kiuugã, a kõame nair milyõ 150 n sõng Nigeri tẽnga kom-bɩɩsã sẽn na n tõog n sõng n zab ne Ebola wã. Yʋʋmd 2016 soabã, a pʋlemame tɩ b na n kõ ligd milyõ 10 n sõng Nigeri nebã sẽn paam n paam n kʋ b Boko Haram tãb-biisã. Yʋʋmd 2020 tʋʋlg kiuugã, a kõame nair milyõ 200 n na n zab ne COVID-19 sẽn pa le tar zĩig Nigeri wã.

A Dangote yaa Angletɛɛr futbã sull ning sẽn boond tɩ Arsenal FC zo-rãmba, la a wilgame t'a rata n na n dɩ clubã yʋʋmd 2019 wã. Yʋʋmd 2020 wã, a kõ-a-la ligd n kõ Nizɛɛrã sports ministɛɛrã, n na n sõng tɩ b maneg Moshood Abiola National Stadium sẽn be Abuja wã.

* Yʋʋmd 2011 wã, a Dangote paama Nigeri tẽnga pʋga, a sẽn yaa nin-soabã sẽn yaa ninã taoor soaba.
* Yʋʋmd 2021 yʋʋmdã, Nigeria tʋm-tʋmdbã sõssg sull ning sẽn kõ-b kũunã. A paama a soabã me yʋʋmd 2023
* Yʋʋmd 2011 wã, a yɩɩ pipi Nigeri ned sẽn paam n zĩnd Forbes World Billionaires wã pʋga.
* 2012 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award
* 2024 Sabistation Business Owners Awards
* 2024 recipient of the National Order of the Lion by President Macky Sall
* 2022 recipient of the Order of Merit of Niger award by President Mohamed Bazoum
* *Economic Confidential*'s CEO of the year, 2024
* In 2020, Dangote's group won the *CNN* commercial's award

## Notes

# Groundnuts and peanuts were Nigeria's major export produce until the discovery of crude oil in the 1950s.
# TNEMT is an account meaning the National Economic Management Team.
# GCON is the second highest honor given in Nigeria. 

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