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Aliko Dangote, president of Aliko Dangote Foundation and president/CEO of Dangote Industries Limited, was appointed in the list of philanthropy of the inaugural Time100.
This list recognizes the 100 most influential leaders that shape the future of philanthropy all over the world. Dans is the only Nigerian in this distinct list.
The prestigious list, published by Time Magazine Tuesday, presents Aliko Dangote, whose foundation spends an average of $ 35 million a year in programs throughout Africa, together with other global data in charity works, such as Michael Bloomberg, Oprah Winfrey, Warren Buffett and Melinda Gates, all which are recognized as Titans.
Other prominent names in the list include David Beckham; Dolly Pardon; Lisa Yang; Michael Dell and Susan Dell; Tsitsi and Strive Masiyiwa; Jack ma; Alex Soros, Prince William and Catherine, Princess of Wales, among others.
A total of 100 influential individuals from 28 countries have been honored for their philanthropic efforts in four categories: Titans, leaders, pioneers and innovators, with dands that emerges as one of the 23 titans.
Time highlighted the remarkable ascent to the wealth of dresss, having built a fortune of $ 23.9 billion through concrete initiatives, agriculture and oil refining in Nigeria. However, his philanthropic efforts are equally noteworthy. In 2014, he equipped the Aliko Dangote Foundation with $ 1.25 billion, with the aim of returning to the continent that played such a key role in his success. The Foundation spends $ 35 million on average every year in various initiatives in Nigeria and Africa.
“Investing in nutrition, health, education and economic enhancement is our contribution to the approach of Africans for success” – observed Dangote, reflecting the fundamental priorities of the Foundation.
Among the efforts in progress of the Foundation there is a multi -year initiative from $ 100 million to fight serious childhood malnutrition.
In addition, a previous program of vaccines in Nigeria, developed in collaboration with Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and others, contributed to the 2020 declaration of the 2020 World Organization according to which Polio had been uprooted by Africa, Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa and the last country to eradicate the disease.
Education is another area in which Dangote is having a significant impact. He recently announced a donation of $ 10 million to the University of Science and Technology of Aliko Dangote, based in the State of Kano. The conglomerate provided a wide range of infrastructure support to the country’s tertiary institutions.
In 2019, the Federal Government revealed that the N1.2 billion hostel donated by Aliko Dangote Foundation to Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, was the greatest donation ever made by an individual at a university in the history of Nigeria at that moment.
As a member of the Global Business Coalition for Education, the Aliko Dangote Foundation also focused on early childhood education. Through the Mu Shuka Iri (Let’s Plant A Seed) program, local women-affected women known as “aunts”-they are trained in Montessori-style education to become community educators in Kano.
Foundation’s investments in education include the supply of professional training and the supply of secondary and tertiary scholarships, as well as offering annual scholarships through the global leaders program of the World Economic Forum. “We must create the next generation of African leaders,” says Dangote, underlining his commitment for long -term social change.
“My mother instilled me with the ethics of returning, which inspired my philanthropy 30 years ago. I trust that my three daughters will continue to this inheritance, just as they will continue to grow our business and the impact. I want to be known not only as the richest person in Africa, but also as his greatest philanthropist”.
