Huddah umeona hii? Richest man in Africa, Aliko Dangote is looking for a wife

Piece by: Lily Mwangi
Lifestyle

Aliko Dangote, Africa's richest man is looking for a wife.

According to Forbes, he is worth $12.2B. He is the founder and chair of Dangote Cement, the continent's (Africa)largest cement producer.

How did Dangote acquire his riches? Well, at the age of 21, Aliko Dangote borrowed $3,000 from his uncle in order to import and sell agricultural commodities in Nigeria. His business venture quickly became a success, and as a result, he managed to repay the entire loan within three months of starting operations.

Aliko Dangote declared in an interview that he is ready for another wife. He is a father of three daughters and has been divorced twice. He explained in an interview with Financial Times that he is not getting any younger and is willing to take on a wife.

In the same interview, he opened up saying he has been busy making sure his refinery will soon be up and running. Dangote is set to open up his $12 billion refinery in Nigeria which will be the largest exporter of petroleum products in Africa.

“I’m not getting younger. Sixty years is no joke. But it doesn’t make sense to go out and get somebody if you don’t have the time.Right now, things are really, really very busy, because we have the refinery, we have the petrochemicals, we have the fertiliser, we have the gas pipeline.”

Aliko Dangote is clearly a good businessman, he probably has some Kikuyu blood in him. His dream is to one day buy Arsenal as it is his favorite team and well, he can afford it.

 “I love Arsenal and I will definitely go for it,”

According to the interview with FT, he says Arsenal is only worth 2bn and so why not go for it. He even has the dream of changing things there and making sure the expectations of the supporters have been met.

“When I buy it, I have to bring it up to the expectations of our supporters. Once I have finished with that headache (refinery project) I will take on football,” 

He did not specify what kind of woman he wants. So even you Kenyan ladies can try your luck. You might just be the next Mrs Dangote.

One of his daughters got married this year in a lavish wedding attended by the big fish in the world like Jeff Koinange and Bill Gates among other bigwigs.