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Aliko Dangote, the richest man in Africa, has been recognized for his contribution to increasing local food production and reducing food imports to Nigeria.
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| Aliko Dangote. (Photo by: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg via Getty Images) |
Dangote was one of Bloomberg's 50 most influential people honored for his contribution to humanity at the annual Bloomberg gala dinner in New York.
According to Bloomberg, he was honored for "an extraordinary commitment of more than $ 4 billion to increase food production capacity in Nigeria".
He also commended the focus on domestic production of sugar and dairy products with 500 million liters of local milk to be produced by 2019.
Earlier this year. Dangote has announced an investment of $ 50 billion in renewable energy sources.
President of the Foundation Administration presented in New York, Dangote was accompanied by visionary electric car Elona Muska; Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman; Beatrice Fihn, an anti-nuclear activist and the Nobel Peace Prize winner.
He is also honored, Jeff Bezos of Amazon; Robert Mueller, a special adviser who explores the possible secret of Donald Trump with Russia and Vitalik Buterin, whose invention of cryptocurrency Ethereum revolutionizes the new blockchain craze.
"What sets Bloomberg 50 apart from other lists is that every person selected has shown measurable changes over the past year," said Bloomberg Businessweek, Megan Murphy.
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