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Dangote Appoints MTN Group CEO Ralph Mupita to Fertilizer Board

Paul MurungiLeadership & Governance Manufacturing & Industry The Big StoryJanuary 28, 2026January 28, 2026

Dangote Industries has appointed MTN Group Chief Executive Officer Ralph Mupita to the board of its fertilizer business as the company prepares to expand operations and pursue a listing in…

Africa’s Inequality Crisis: A Few are Growing Richer Amid a Rising Army of Poor People

CEO East Africa MagazineThe Big StoryJuly 13, 2025July 13, 2025

It’s just after sunrise in the hills of Kapchorwa, eastern Uganda. A smallholder farmer, barefoot and bent over with age, tends to her coffee shrubs. She’s been growing the crop…

Billionaire Dangote gathers Africa’s billionaires and movers and shakers in Kigali, to shape Africa’s transformation agenda

Paul MurungiThe Big StorySeptember 14, 2024September 15, 2024

The President and Chief Executive of the Pan-African conglomerate, Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote (www.Dangote.com), has called on African business leaders to take the lead in transforming the continent. Speaking at…

Africa’s Top 10 Billionaires In 2023

CEO ReporterBillionairesNovember 8, 2023November 8, 2023

1. ALIKO DANGOTE Net worth: $13.5 billionRank in 2022: 1Origin of wealth: Cement and Sugar Self-madeAge: 65Country: NigeriaResidence: Lagos Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest person, founded and chairs Dangote Cement, the…