{"id":169131,"date":"2025-07-11T11:25:47","date_gmt":"2025-07-11T10:25:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/dangote-africa-can-be-heaven-in-five-years"},"modified":"2025-07-11T12:37:39","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T11:37:39","slug":"dangote-africa-can-be-heaven-in-five-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/dangote-africa-can-be-heaven-in-five-years","title":{"rendered":"Dangote: Africa Can Be Heaven in Five Years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Aliko Dangote, Africa\u2019s richest industrialist and founder of the Dangote Group, has declared that Africa could become a \u201cheaven\u201d within five years through strategic investments and visionary leadership.<\/p>\n<p>He made this remark during a sit-down interview at the 32nd Annual Meetings of the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) in Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>His remarks, part of a speech focused on African transformation, emphasized deep investment in local industries, particularly fertilizer and petroleum, as a pathway to breaking free from foreign dependency.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith discipline, vision, and collaboration, we can turn this continent into heaven in the next five years,\u201d Dangote said.<\/p>\n<p>He urged African leaders and entrepreneurs to believe in the continent\u2019s potential and take ownership of its economic future, highlighting the need for self-sufficiency powered by Africa\u2019s abundant resources, talent, and institutions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfrica is not poor; it\u2019s poorly managed. With discipline and collaboration, we can transform our economies,\u201d he added, echoing sentiments from a recent Lagos forum.<\/p>\n<p>Dangote asserted that for Africa to grow we need to have a very strong financial institutions, good manufacturing base, we need to face agriculture so that AI and the rest can follow to aid growth.<\/p>\n<p>He stressed that investments in fertilizer and petroleum industries could drive agricultural and energy independence, creating jobs and boosting intra-African trade.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Aliko Dangote, Africa\u2019s richest industrialist and founder of the Dangote Group, has declared that Africa could become a \u201cheaven\u201d within five years through strategic investments and visionary leadership. He made this remark during a sit-down interview at the 32nd Annual Meetings of the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) in Abuja. 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