ALIKO DANGOTE

Africans are the biggest consumers of things made elsewhere. That's the opportunity.

The Dangote Refinery will change Africa's energy economics forever.

I started with a $500,000 loan from my uncle. Now I employ 30,000 people. That's what entrepreneurship does.

Find what your continent imports the most. Build the factory. Capture the margin.

Cement is not exciting. But everything — every house, every road, every hospital — starts with cement.

Nobody on Earth has bet bigger on Africa than I have. And I'm not done.