Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote's cement sales rose 22% last quarter, profit just 4%
Dangote Cement lifted half-year profit 24% to ₦640.2 billion, but second-quarter profit growth slowed to 4.4% even as revenue rose 22.2%.
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Dangote Cement lifted half-year profit 24% to ₦640.2 billion, but second-quarter profit growth slowed to 4.4% even as revenue rose 22.2%.
Aliko Dangote will leave a third of his fortune to charity. That is $11.6 billion today, before his refinery reaches the market.
Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote has proposed a fuel storage terminal in Cameroon to serve landlocked Chad and Central African Republic.
Dangote Cement chose London over Dubai for its secondary listing because listing in the Gulf would have taken years, Mariya Dangote told reporters in Lagos.
Aliko Dangote's refinery has raised $2.5 billion in Africa's largest private equity placement, valuing it near $40 billion ahead of a planned listing.
Nigeria's gasoline imports tripled in June as Aliko Dangote's refinery cut domestic supply to sell abroad and earn the dollars it needs to buy crude.
Aliko Dangote's refinery is operating at roughly half throughput after an equipment fault, pushing product exports to their lowest level in three months.
Aliko Dangote has raised $2.5 billion in a private placement ahead of his Nigerian refinery's IPO, set to become the largest in African history.
Greenpeace Africa has called for a halt to Aliko Dangote's $17 billion Lamu oil refinery, warning it threatens one of East Africa's fragile ecosystems.
Aliko Dangote has pledged $2 billion to build a 250-megawatt solar plant and a fuel storage terminal in The Gambia, President Barrow said.
Aliko Dangote has selected Lamu for a $17 billion, 700,000-barrel-a-day refinery, with soil tests and engineering work already under way.
Aliko Dangote's refinery shipped about 466,000 tonnes of jet fuel to Europe in June, overtaking the United States as the region's top supplier.
The Republic of Congo's national oil company has begun talks with Aliko Dangote's Lagos refinery on a strategic partnership to secure refined petroleum products.
Aliko Dangote has unveiled plans for a 2,000-megawatt coal power plant, a urea fertiliser complex and new port infrastructure in Tanzania after meeting President Samia Suluhu.
Tanzania has directed government ministries to begin technical discussions with Aliko Dangote on investments in fertiliser production, energy and transport infrastructure after President Samia's meeting with Africa's richest man.
Dangote Petroleum Refinery has purchased its first two UAE crude oil cargoes, marking a historic shift in the refinery's feedstock sourcing strategy amid persistent Nigerian crude supply constraints.