DANGOTE GROUP OF COMPANYTYPE PRIVATE

INDUSTRY CONGLOMERATE

FOUNDED 1981

FOUNDER(S) ALIKO DANGOTE

HEADQUARTERS LAGOS, NIGERIA

KEY PEOPLE ALIKO DANGOTE, PRESIDENT & CEO SANI DANGOTE, VICE PRESIDENT

PRODUCTS CEMENT SUGAR SALT FLOUR STEEL OIL & GAS PACKAGING MATERIALS

SERVICES LOGISTICS REAL ESTATE

REVENUEUS$2.642BILLION (2012)

PROFITUS$1.029BILLION (2012)

EMPLOYEES22,000

SUBSIDIARIES DANGOTE CEMENT DANGOTE SUGAR DANGOTE FLOUR NATIONAL SALT COMPANY OF NIGERIA

WEBSITEDANGOTE-GROUP.COM

The Dangote group is the largest industrial conGlomerate in west africa and one of the largest in Africa. It generated revenue in excess of us$2 billion in 2011. The group is one of the leading diversified business conGlomerates in Africa. It employs in excess of 21,000 people.OVERVIEWThe Dangote group is a diversified conGlomerate, headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria, with interests across a range of sectors in Africa. Current interests include cement, sugar, flour, salt, pasta, beverages and real estate, with new projects in development in the oil and natural gas, telecommunications, fertilizer and steel. the group focuses on provision of local, value-added

products and services that meet the needs of the african population. Dangote cement, the largest cement production company in africa, with a market capitalization of almost us$14 billion on the Nigeria stock exchange, has subsidiaries in benin, cameroon, ghana, Nigeria, south africa and zambia. In December 2010, the group signed an agreement with the government of zambia to construct a us$400 million cement plant in zambia. Once completed in June 2013, as anticipated, the new plant is expected to have an annual output of 1.5 million metric tonnes of cement. Subsidiary CompaniesThe Dangote group nig. Includes the following subsidiaries, among others:1. Alco international limited2. Dangote Nigeria limited3. Dangote transport limited4. Dangote Cement plc. - listed on Nigeria Stock Exchange[5]5. National Salt Company Of Nigeria plc. - listed on Nigeria Stock Exchange6. Dangote Flour Mills plc. - listed on Nigeria Stock Exchange7. Dangote Sugar Refinery plc. - listed on Nigeria Stock Exchange[6]8. Dangote oil & gas industries international9. Dangote textiles limited10. Dangote holdings limited11. blue star limited12. Dansa foods limited13. Dansa food processing limited14. Dancom technologies15. Greenview international company limited - has invested us$28+ million in cement factory in ghana.[7]16. Sephaku Cement limited - Dangote group has 64% shareholding in this south african cement company.[8]17. Alheri engineering limited18. Kura holdings limited

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GLOBACOMGlobacom limited (or Glo) is a Nigerian multinational telecommunications company headquartered in lagos, Nigeria. Glo is a privately owned telecommunications carrier that started operations on 29 august 2003. it currently operates in four countries in west africa, namely Nigeria, republic of benin, ghana and cte d'ivoire. as of june 2009, the company has employed more than 2,500 people worldwide.OverviewGlo has an estimate of over 25 million subscribers (june 2009) and it is a 100 percent Nigerian owned company. Glo built an $800 million high-capacity fibre-optic cable known as Glo-1, a submarine cable from the United Kingdom to Nigeria.OwnershipGlo is privately owned by the mike adenuga group which also consists of equatorial trust bank (etb) now sterling bank, conoil plc, a petroleum marketing company, and conoil producing, a crude exploration company.HistoryIn 2005, Glo mobile introduced the Glo fleet manager which is the most comprehensive vehicle tracking solution offered. Glo fleet manager helps transporters/fleet operators manage their fleet. they also introduced the Glo mobile internet service which provides subscribers with high speed access to all popular internet sites which have been customized for mobile phone browsing. in 2006, Glo mobile introduced blackberry. Glo started the sponsorship of the confederation of african football african player of the year award. The company also started the sponsorship of Glo Lagos international half marathon. In 2009, Glo mobile launched blackberry prepaid services which gives subscribers options to pay daily, weekly or monthly for the service. blackberry prepaid service gives subscribers free yahoo mail access and free blackberry messenger. the company also launched 3g high speed internet services through the sale of its 3g modem. Glo mobile 3g network is available in lagos, abuja, benin and port harcourt.SponsorshipsGlo sponsors sports events as a way to give back to communities within the countries they operate. Nigerian supporters in Glo-shirts at 2010 fifa u-20 women's world cupin Nigeria, Glo sponsored until 2009 the Nigerian premier league, Nigerian national football teams, Nigeria football federation (nff), Glo lagos international half marathon, Glo people police marathon, eyo festival, ojude oba festival, eleghe festival and the confederation of african football african player of the year award. In the republic of benin, Glo sponsors the fitheb and caf african player of the year award.[25] .In ghana, Glo sponsors the Glo ghana premier league, the ghana national football teams[26] and the caf african player of the year award.In november 2009, Glo became an official sponsor of football club manchester united. the sponsorship also includes young players from benin, ghana and Nigeria going to manchester to train with the club.[27]

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