Dangote

Fayemi attracts $50m investment to boost agric sector
- This Day
- 11 June 2020
Investments include FMS Farms' $10 million starch processing plant and farm in Ikole council area, where it has already commenced farming activities
Dangote invests in Katsina tomatoes production project
- Sun News
- 05 July 2018
Dangote said he would expand the project and exploit what he called Katsina’s vast arable land for other agriculture initiatives and allied business ventures.
Du ciment à l'agriculture: le nigérian Aliko Dangote et le marocain Anas Sefrioui auraient-ils fait le même rêve ?
- Agence Ecofin
- 20 September 2017
Dangote et Sefrioui veulent désormais contribuer à réduire le gap de l’offre dans des produits alimentaires essentiels en Afrique.
Edo State sets aside 300,000 ha of land for investment
- Agro Nigeria
- 11 September 2015
The Edo State government has articulated a policy that allows investors to own government lands irrespective of the size for about 200 thousand naira.
Dangote veut produire 950 000 tonnes de riz, soit 45% des importations actuelles du Nigéria
- Agence Ecofin
- 09 February 2015
Aliko Dangote a acquis 150 000 hectares à travers cinq états du Nigeria (Edo, Jigawa, Kebbi, Kwara et le Niger State) afin de produire à terme 950 000 tonnes de riz par an
Niger is number one rice investment destination in Nigeria —Commissioner
- NIgeria Tribune
- 07 October 2014
Niger State Commissioner for Agriculture says Aliko Dangote is coming to Niger State in grand style with a request for 50,000 ha of land in the flood plain bank of River Niger for rice and sugarcane production.
Nigeria: Basin authority to cultivate 10,000 hectares of rice, sugar cane in Kwara, Kogi
- NAN
- 06 October 2014
The Dangote Group had indicated interest in investing in irrigation around Kampe dam, adding that the land was suitable for sugar cane cultivation
Richest African Dangote says Dubai deals may be billions
- Bloomberg
- 01 October 2014
Investment Corp. of Dubai in tie-up with Nigerian businessman Aliko Dangote that "could run into billions of dollars" and involves ventures in agriculture.
Africa's richest man Aliko Dangote invests $1 Billion in rice production in Nigeria
- Forbes
- 02 August 2014
Dangote Group has acquired 150,000 hectares of farmland in five Nigerian states -Edo, Jigawa, Kebbi, Kwara and Niger- which will be used for the commercial production of rice paddy.
Sokoto to allocate 33,000 ha of farmland to Dangote – commissioner
- Blueprint
- 26 June 2014
Nigeria's Sokoto state government has approved the allocation of 33,000 hectares of farmland to Dangote Group of companies for the plantation of sugarcane.
Nigeria: Dangote Group pays N1.2 billion as land compensation in Taraba
- Daily Independent
- 19 May 2014
The Taraba Government on Monday said that Dangote Group had paid N1.2 billion to it as compensation for land acquired in Lau Local Government Area of the state.
Dangote Group pledges to invest $2.3bn in Northern Nigeria
- This Day
- 11 May 2014
He said the conglomerate would require about 250,000 hectares of land for sugar cane production and 130,000 hectares for rice farming.