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Birnin Kudu Old Boys Association. Government College, Birnin Kudu is a secondary school in Birnin Kudu, Jigawa State. Founded as a middle school in 1947 by the regional government, the college has some notable alumni. [1] including five governors and industrialist Aliko Dangote.
It is home to one of the oldest schools in northern Nigeria, Government College Birnin Kudu, from where many Northern Leaders and businessmen emerged including Alhaji Aliko dangote (Richest man in Africa). In recent politics, Birnin Kudu has produced two governors of Jigawa State (Alh Ali Sa'adu, first civilian governor of the state ...
28 ott 2003 · 28 October 2003. Daily Trust (Abuja) analysis By Hassan A. Karofi. Dutse — Government College Birnin Kudu was established as a middle school in 1947 by the then British colonial government....
- Early Life
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- Wealth
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- Personal Life
- Awards and Memberships
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- Further Reading
Dangote was born into a wealthy Hausa Muslim family on 10 April 1957 in Kano, which was then part of British Nigeria. His mother, Mariya Sanusi Dantata, was the daughter of businessman Sanusi Dantata. His father, Mohammed Dangote, was a business associate of Dantata. Through his mother, he is the great-grandson of Alhassan Dantata, the richest pers...
The Dangote Group was established as a small trading firm in 1977, the same year Dangote relocated to Lagos to expand the company. Dangote received a ₦500,000 loan from his uncle to begin trading in commodities, including bagged cement as well as agricultural goods like rice and sugar. In the 1990s, he approached the Central Bank of Nigeriawith the...
Dangote became Nigeria's first billionaire in 2007. Dangote reportedly added $9.2 billion to his personal wealth in 2013, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, making him the 30th-richest person in the world at the time, and the richest person in Africa. In 2015, the HSBC leaks revealed that Dangote was a HSBC client and that he had assets...
Dangote had a prominent role in the financing of President Olusegun Obasanjo's re-election bid in 2003, to which he gave over N200 million (US$2 million). He contributed N50 million (US$500 thousand) to the National Mosque under the aegis of "Friends of Obasanjo and Atiku". Dangote also contributed N200 million to the Presidential Library. These hi...
Philanthropy
Dangote has worked alongside the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation on public health issues. In August 2014, he donated ₦150 million ($750,000) to assist the Nigerian government's efforts to stop the spread of Ebola. In May 2016, he pledged $10 million to support Nigerians affected by the Boko Haram insurgency. In March 2020, he donated ₦200 million ($500,000) towards the fight against the spread of COVID-19in Nigeria.
Football
In 2019, Dangote and Femi Otedola promised to give the Nigerian national football team $75,000 for every goal scored in the Africans Cup of Nations (AFCON). He is also an avid fan of English football team Arsenal FCand has shown interest in buying the club. In 2020, he donated money to Nigeria's sport ministry to renovate Abuja, the country's national sports stadium.
Dangote lives in Lagos.He owns two private jets and reportedly works 12 hours every day from 5 a.m. to 5 p.m. and runs 10 miles on a treadmill almost every day. Dangote married Zainab Dangote in 1977, but they divorced at an unknown date. He was later married to Mariya Muhammad Rufai until their divorce, though the dates of the wedding and divorce ...
Awards and recognition
1. Dangote was awarded Nigeria's second-highest honor, the Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger (GCON) by the former president, Goodluck Jonathan. 2. Dangote was named as the Forbes AfricaPerson of the Year 2014. 3. For six consecutive years, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018 Forbeslisted him as the "Most Powerful Man in Africa". 4. In 2014, he was listed CNBC's "Top 25 Businessmen in the World" who changed and shaped the century. 5. In April 2014, Time magazine listed him among its...
Memberships
Dangote sits on the board of the Corporate Council on Africa and is a member of the steering committee of the United Nations Secretary-General's Global Education First Initiative, the Clinton Global Initiative and the International Business Council of the World Economic Forum. He was named co-chair of the US-Africa Business Center, in September 2016, by the US Chamber of Commerce. In April 2017, he joined the board of directors of the Clinton Health Access Initiative. He is also on the board...
Barau, A. S. (2007), The Great Attractions of Kano. Research and Documentation Directorate, Government House, KanoFayemiwo, M. A., & M. M. Neal (2013), Aliko Mohammad Dangote The Biography of the Richest Black Person in the World, Strategic Book Publishing ISBN 9781618978851Ekekwe, N. (2020), The Dangote System: Techniques for Building Conglomerates, Tekedia InstituteAbout. Us. The School of Nursing was established in May 1996 at Birnin Kudu town which is 47Km away from the State Headquarter (Dutse) and located along Kano-Maiduguri Road, It has so far graduated 19 sets of Nurses, while, School of Midwifery Birnin Kudu started operating in the year 2010, and has so far graduated 4 Sets of student midwives.
Government College, Birnin Kudu is a secondary school in Birnin Kudu, Jigawa State. Founded as a middle school in 1947 by the regional government, the college has some notable alumni. including five governors and industrialist Aliko Dangote. (en) dbo:city: dbr:Jigawa_State; dbr:Birnin_Kudu; dbo:country: dbr:Nigeria; dbo:foundingYear: 1947-01-01 ...
Government College, Birnin Kudu is a secondary school in Birnin Kudu, Jigawa State. Founded as a middle school in 1947 by the regional government, the college has some notable alumni. [1] including five governors and industrialist Aliko Dangote .
