ALIKO DANGOTE

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

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

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

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

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.