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In 1981, he founded Dangote Nigeria Limited and Blue Star Services; both imported rice, and bulk materials like steel and aluminum products. Following the large sales by the company, and high demand for cement, Dangote founded Dangote Cement, which faced competition from Lafarge, a French cement manufacturing company known for importing cement to African countries during that period. As of 2023, Dangote Cement has generated about $3.7 billion in revenue, and Dangote Sugar Refinery has been ranked as one of the largest sugar producers in Nigeria and Africa.","Dangote's political activities and views have made him a public figure in Africa. He is also known for his influence on the Economy of Nigeria and was awarded the Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger in 2011 by Goodluck Jonathan and listed in Time magazine's 100 most influential people in the world in 2014."],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"10 April 1957","date":"1957-04-10"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1394965#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Kano","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q182984"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1394965#P19"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"Nigeria","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1033"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1394965#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"businessperson","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q43845"},{"text":"industrialist","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6606110"},{"text":"philanthropist","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12362622"},{"text":"entrepreneur","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q131524"},{"text":"business magnate","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q911554"},{"text":"chief executive officer","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q484876"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1394965#P106"}},{"key":"education","label":"Education","values":[{"text":"Al-Azhar University","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q173959"},{"text":"Government College, Birnin Kudu","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q96379757"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1394965#P69"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"director","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1162163"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1394965#P39"}},{"key":"awards","label":"Awards","values":[{"text":"Grand Officer of the National Order of Benin","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q59647799","date":"2013"},{"text":"Order of the Nigeria","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2612174","date":"2011"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1394965#P166"}},{"key":"x","label":"X (Twitter)","values":[{"text":"alikodangote","url":"https://x.com/alikodangote"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1394965#P2002"}},{"key":"instagram","label":"Instagram","values":[{"text":"aliko_dangotegcon","url":"https://www.instagram.com/aliko_dangotegcon/"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1394965#P2003"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aliko_Dangote","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1394965","https://x.com/alikodangote","https://www.instagram.com/aliko_dangotegcon/"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Aliko Dangote born?","a":"Aliko Dangote was born on 10 April 1957 in Kano."},{"q":"What positions has Aliko Dangote held?","a":"Positions held by Aliko Dangote include: director."},{"q":"Where did Aliko Dangote study?","a":"Aliko Dangote was educated at Al-Azhar University, Government College, Birnin Kudu."}],"related":[{"name":"Donald Trump","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/donald-trump"},{"name":"Chanda Kochhar","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/chanda-kochhar"},{"name":"Evangelos Marinakis","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/evangelos-marinakis"},{"name":"Trevor Hemmings","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/trevor-hemmings"},{"name":"Owen Richardson","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/owen-richardson"},{"name":"John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/john-william-strutt-3rd-baron-rayleigh"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/aliko-dangote-e6d22e73e2.jpg","width":500,"height":670,"license":"CC BY 3.0","credit":"Saba Dubai","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Al_Shabani_at_the_acquisition_of_Dangote_Cement_by_ICD_in_2014_(cropped).jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Aliko Dangote","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aliko_Dangote","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q1394965","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1394965","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Al Shabani at the acquisition of Dangote Cement by ICD in 2014 (cropped).jpg by Saba Dubai (CC BY 3.0)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Al_Shabani_at_the_acquisition_of_Dangote_Cement_by_ICD_in_2014_(cropped).jpg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Aliko Dangote, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Al Shabani at the acquisition of Dangote Cement by ICD in 2014 (cropped).jpg — Saba Dubai, CC BY 3.0.","cite":"\"Aliko Dangote\". DigiNepal. Last updated 31 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/aliko-dangote. Retrieved 4 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-10-31T11:28:20Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-04","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/aliko-dangote","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/aliko-dangote","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/aliko-dangote?lang=ne"}}