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Aliko Dangote

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Search every verified Aliko Dangote interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Aliko Dangote, chairman and CEO of the Dangote Group, has recently addressed multiple regional and continental forums, including the 69th ECOWAS mid-year summit and the 2026 African Caucus in Banjul, The Gambia. At these events, he announced the "Dangote Vision 2030," a plan to invest $46 billion across Africa over the next four years, and stated that the group plans to launch a 700,000-barrel-per-day refinery in Lamu, East Africa. Dangote argued that no country has achieved high-income status without industrialization and called for an "African Industrialization Compact 2035" with measurable commitments from governments, the IMF, and the World Bank. He also said that Africa must move beyond exporting raw materials and that economic growth is not the same as economic transformation. Dangote has repeatedly criticized barriers to intra-African trade and movement, stating that a holder of a British passport can move more freely in Africa than an African passport holder, and he called for the full implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area. He said that domestic investment is indispensable and that African pension funds and savings should be mobilized for continental development. Dangote also said that corruption does not stop business but is more pronounced in Africa due to weak institutions, and he argued that local investors must lead before foreign investors will follow.

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