Aliko Dangote shares A Practical Experience to Lagos Business School Entrepreneurs

Aliko Dangote GCON is a Nigerian business magnate, investor, and owner of the Dangote Group, which has interests in commodities in Nigeria and other African countries. As of March 2018, he had an estimated net worth of US$14.1 billion.

Aliko Dangote shares practical business tips with participants as he visits Lagos Business School Founder/CEO, Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote has admonished participants at Lagos Business School (LBS) to refrain from embarking on business ventures they have no thorough knowledge of.

Dangote shared this insight during a presentation he delivered at the School auditorium on Wednesday, May 10, 2018. The visit is part of experiential learning activities organised by LBS to expose participants to firsthand knowledge from successful entrepreneurs that can inspire them to scale their businesses and contribute to transforming the Nigerian economy.

Earlier in the day, participants went on a bus tour of the refinery and petrochemical plant situated on 2,535 hectares of land at the Lekki-Epe Free Trade Zone. They were taken through several parts of the facility by construction supervisors who shared details of the work going on at the plant. Dangote who has just been named one of the 75 Most Powerful People on the planet said of the refinery, “When construction work is done, and the refinery is ready, Nigeria will become the largest exporter of petrochemical, even bigger than South Africa”.