President/Chief Executive of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has held a high-level meeting with Nicolai Tangen, Chief Executive Officer of Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM), the world’s largest sovereign wealth fund manager, which oversees assets valued at about $1.9 trillion.
The meeting also had in attendance Svein Tore Holsether, Chief Executive Officer of Yara International, one of the world’s leading fertiliser and agricultural companies, and Terje Pilskog, Chief Executive Officer of Scatec, a global renewable energy company.
During the engagement, Dangote participated in an episode of “In Good Company” hosted by Tangen, where he spoke extensively on the transformation of Dangote Group from a regional trading company into one of Africa’s largest industrial conglomerates.
Dangote also shared insights into large scale industrial investments, domestic production capacity, and the role of the private sector in driving economic transformation across the continent.
He highlighted the Group’s strategic investments across cement, fertiliser, petrochemicals, refining, agriculture, and infrastructure, noting that industrialisation remains critical to Africa’s economic self sufficiency and long-term growth.
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