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Dangote’s $2bn Petrochemical Plant to Produce 77 Grades of Polypropylene

By Ele Ifah Sunday August 30, 2021 155 0

Dangote’s $2 billion Petrochemical Plant located in Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos State, is designed to produce 77 different high-performance grades of polypropylene in the country. With a turnover of $1.2 billion, the 900,000 metric tonnes per annum capacity Dangote Petrochemical plant, situated alongside the Dangote Refinery, has been strategically positioned to cater to the Continue Reading

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Dangote Cement Acquires 2,000 Trucks for Distribution of Products

By Ele Ifah Sunday July 12, 2021 222 3

…As Dangote Fertiliser Takes Delivery of 500 Trucks for Urea Distribution To address challenges related to the ease of distribution and availability of cement across the country, especially among its value-chain service providers, Dangote Cement Plc has rolled out over 2,000 trucks for distribution services. With an investment of $150 million, the company took delivery Continue Reading

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Effective stakeholders’ management key to business success-Dangote boss

By Ele Ifah Sunday July 7, 2021 234 0

The Group Managing Director of Dangote Industries Limited, Olakunle Alake has hinged the success of business organizations on the adoption and implementation of effective stakeholders’ management strategies. Speaking on ‘Stakeholder Management: The CEO’s Role’, at the Global CEO-Africa Programme, a collaboration by the Lagos Business school, IESE Business School, Continue Reading

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Dangote women empowerment program reaches N4.3billion in disbursement

By Ele Ifah Sunday June 17, 2021 208 0

…He understands Nigeria better than some politicians-Gov The Aliko Dangote Foundation (ADF) has doled out a whooping N4.2billion as part of its unconditional Micro Grant Programme for empowering women in the rural areas across the country. Speaking at the flag-off of its one-off unconditional Micro-grants Programme Tuesday in Bauchi, the Chairman of the Aliko Dangote Continue Reading

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Dangote $2 billion urea fertilizer Plant pushes out 120 trucks everyday

By Ele Ifah Sunday June 14, 2021 172 0

… Excites marketers, farmers in North  After months of speculations, Dangote Urea fertilizer is now finally on sale nationwide and it currently pushes out a minimum of 120 trucks per day across the country. Group Executive Director, (Strategy, Capital Projects & Portfolio Development) · Dangote Industries Limited,  Devakumar  Edwin, revealed to the press over the Continue Reading

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Dangote Emerges Overall Winner At Kaduna Trade Fair

By Ele Ifah Sunday June 10, 2021 157 0

Dangote Group of Industries has emerged overall winner at the Kaduna International Trade Fair which came to a close on June 6. Dangote Cement gained recognition as the ‘Best Exhibitor of Building Material’, while Dangote Sugar earned the ‘New Product of the Year award. The Award Committee of the Kaduna Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines […]Continue Reading

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Dangote partners German govt on youth training to address skills deficit

By Ele Ifah Sunday June 3, 2021 197 0

…Sanwo Olu woos ADF, VDMA to set up same in Lagos The Aliko Dangote Foundation in partnership with Germany’s VDMA (the German Association for Mechanical and Plant Engineering) and its Foundation for Young Talent in Mechanical Engineering (NWS) have officially launched a technical training program in Nigeria, in a bid to significantly address the skill deficit in […]Continue Reading

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2021: Dangote, MTN still the most admired African brand

By Ele Ifah Sunday May 31, 2021 138 0

During a year defined by the pandemic which brought the world to a halt, as markets have to adapt to a new reality, African brands retained their 13% share of the Top 100 most admired brands in Africa. While WHO and MTN’s top list of brands recognized as most helpful during the Covid-19 Pandemic, Dangote […]Continue Reading

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Shareholders hail Dangote over Cement’s N272.6bn dividend

By Ele Ifah Sunday May 27, 2021 197 0

Shareholders of Dangote Cement Plc on Wednesday commended the Management of the company for an impressive performance despite the economic challenges in the year under review. Unanimously, the shareholders approved N272.6 billion as a dividend, translating to N16 per share for the year ended December 31, 2020. The 16 percent increase in the company’s revenue led […]Continue Reading

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Gov Sanwo-Olu thanks Dangote, excited over Refinery, Fertiliser Progress, Impact

By Ele Ifah Sunday March 23, 2021 144 0

Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has commended the Dangote Group for situating the biggest investment in the country in Lagos State, and for the positive development which the Dangote Oil Refinery and Dangote Fertiliser Complex would bring to Lagos and the Nigerian economy. President of the Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, on his part thanked the […]Continue Reading

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Dangote Sugar increase production by 13.7% despite pandemic

By Ele Ifah Sunday March 2, 2021 161 0

Despite the disruptions to the economy, owning majorly to coronavirus pandemic, Dangote Sugar Refinery recorded an increase in production volume which rose by 13.7 percent to 743,858 tonnes in the financial year ended December 31, 2020, compared to 654,071 tonnes in 2019. The sugar group also posted an increase in sales volume which rose by   […]Continue Reading

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Dangote Grooms Nigerian Engineers to Manage Refinery Complex on Completion

By Ele Ifah Sunday March 1, 2021 166 0

The Management of Dangote Oil Refinery is preparing young Nigerian graduates to take over the management of its 650,000 barrels per day single train refinery when it becomes operational in 2022. Already, the company has trained several Nigerian engineers in some of the world’s biggest refineries in India and other parts of the world to […]Continue Reading