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Invest: Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote met Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa to discuss business prospects.
AFRICA

Nigeria’s Dangote offers Zimbabwe hope

But ordinary Zimbabweans driven to cynicism after years of state corruption under the ruling Zanu-PF party are pessimistic

  • Lenin Ndebele
3 min read
Aliko Dangote, Africa’s wealthiest entrepreneur and founder of the Dangote Group met with Zimbabwe President Emmerson D. Mnangagwa at the State House to discuss significant investment prospects in cement production, coal mining, and power generation. (ZanuPFOfficial/X)
AFRICA

Dangote plans transnational pipeline across Southern Africa

The project could change the production structure of Zimbabwe, with fuel landing at a lesser cost

  • Lenin Ndebele
2 min read
An aerial view of trucks parked on the road side waiting to get access into Tincan port in Apapa, Lagos, on January 11, 2021. – At the beginning of 2020, just before the coronavirus crisis, 99% of exports and more than 89% of imports passed through the seas, almost exclusively via Lagos. After oil, the port of Lagos, which stretches from Apapa to Tin Can island, is the second largest source of income for the African giant. (Photo by Benson Ibeabuchi / AFP) (Photo by BENSON IBEABUCHI/AFP via Getty Images)
ADEDEJI ADENIRAN

Nigeria’s economy short circuits despite oil gains

Africa’s largest oil producer has not been able to cash in fully on the price rally because of lacklustre production and its reliance on imported fuel

  • Sarah Smit
5 min read
PPC chief executive Ketso Gordhan says the pipeline for at least one or two more projects is very healthy at the moment.
DANGOTE GROUP

PPC seeks more Africa projects to boost cement capacity by 75%

The cement giant expects to producing 14-million tonnes by 2017 on the back of expansion across the continent.

  • Rene Vollgraaff
2 min read
DANGOTE GROUP

Tiger Brands writes off R850-million in Nigeria’s Dangote Flour

Writing off the investment in Africa’s largest economy will see the food company’s earnings half of that achieved in the previous financial year.

  • Andre Janse
  • Van Vuuren
1 min read
DANGOTE GROUP

Africa’s richest man Dangote mulls buying Nigeria oil fields

Multi-billionaire Nigerian Aliko Dangote is considering buying Nigerian oil and gas fields from multinationals looking to sell.

  • Jaco Visser
4 min read
BUSINESS

Sub-Saharan titans take on the world

African companies are expanding rapidly thanks to the region’s unique risks and opportunities.

  • Staff Reporter
8 min read