The President of the Dangote Group and companies, Alhaji. Aliko Dangote, has persuaded African countries to dismember all Economic barriers hampering free trade among the nations to achieve sustainable growth and development across the continent.
Alhaji. Dangote who was represented by the Group Executive Director, Dr. Adenike Fajemirokun, said this while speaking in Lagos at the launch of a special publication ‘The world ahead 2023’ organized by The Economist magazine’.
He also expressed his commitment to finding a solution to some of the economic challenges encountered by the African continent and its people.
He also added that to realize this goal, the company had committed over $20billion on investments in several major sectors of the African economy.
Dangote cited that the crucial task of building a sustainable future that guaranteed equitable growth and prosperity for all should not be the exclusive role of the public sector alone, but should also involve the private sector.
“We have investments of over $20billion across major industries, including energy, agriculture, and infrastructure. The company recently commissioned 3million metric tons fertilizer plant, expansions in cement production, and our soon to be commissioned 650,000 barrels per day world’s largest single-train refinery, are all set to empower farmers, foster backward integration, create thousands of jobs, eliminate our dependence on imported products, and improve our nation’s foreign exchange earnings significantly,” he cited.
He said that the organization was confronting environmental issues through investment in alternative charges and also unlocking enormous opportunities in the communities where it had stronghold, while ultimately ensuring that it kept delivering huge value to its shareholders.
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