This is the first time Fortune magazine is recognizing and including Aliko Dangote in the annual ranking. Gates, who himself was ranked along with Dangote, said “Aliko Dangote, through his leadership at the Aliko Dangote Foundation, is a key partner in the Polio eradication effort, strengthening routine immunisation and fighting malnutrition in Nigeria and across Africa. The Aliko Dangote Foundation (ADF) is the Philanthropic endeavor of Aliko Dangote. Aliko Dangote has been named among most powerful persons in the world for the past five consecutive years. He also donated a N1.2 billion Business School complex to Bayero University in Kano and another one for the University of Ibadan Business School.

Source: The North Africa Journal May 21, 2019 10:30 UTC