founded 1981 founder aliko dangote headquarters lagos lagos state nigeria key people aliko dangote president & ceo sani dangote vice president products cement sugar salt flour steel oil & gas packaging materials services logistics real estate revenue us 2.642 billion 2012 profit us 1.029 billion 2012 number of employees 26 000 subsidiaries dangote cement dangote sugar dangote flour national salt company of nigeria website dangote group.com footnotes references 1 the dangote group is a nigerian multinational industrial conglomerate . it is the largest conglomerate in west africa and one of the largest on the african continent . it generated revenue in excess of us 3 billion in 2015 . the group is one of the leading diversified business conglomerates in africa . the company employs more than 26 000 people . contents 1 overview 2 subsidiary companies 3 see also 4 references 5 external links overview edit the dangote group is a diversified conglomerate headquartered in lagos with interests across a range of sectors in africa . current interests include cement sugar flour salt pasta beverages and real estate with new projects in development in the oil and natural gas telecommunications fertilizer 2 and steel . the group focuses on provision of local value added products and services that meet the needs of the african population . dangote cement the largest cement production company in africa with a market capitalization of almost us 14 billion on the nigeria stock exchange has subsidiaries in benin cameroon ghana nigeria south africa and zambia . 3 in december 2010 the group signed an agreement with the government of zambia to construct a us 400 million cement plant in zambia . once completed in june 2013 as anticipated the new plant is expected to have an annual output of 1.5 million metric tonnes of cement . 4 subsidiary companies edit the dangote group nig . includes the following subsidiaries among others alco international limited dangote nigeria limited dangote transport limited dangote cement plc. listed on nigeria stock exchange and accounts for over 60 % of dangote group revenue . 5 national salt company of nigeria plc. listed on nigeria stock exchange dangote flour mills plc. listed on nigeria stock exchange dangote sugar refinery plc. listed on nigeria stock exchange 6 dangote oil & gas industries international dangote textiles limited dangote holdings limited blue star limited dansa foods limited dansa food processing limited dancom technologies greenview international company limited has invested us 28 million in cement factory in ghana . 7 sephaku cement limited dangote group has 64 % shareholding in this south african cement company . 8 alheri engineering limited kura holdings limited see also edit aliko dangote dangote cement references edit group corporate profile pdf . dangote group nig . dangote group ventures into fertilizer dangote group s cement operations span six african countries the zambian cement plant has started its operations.nigerian tycoon to invest 400 million in zambia cement plant four dangote subsidiaries listed on nse dangote sugar listed on nse dangote subsidiary invests in ghanaian cement factory dangote group acquires 64 % shareholding in sephaku cement limited external links edit dangote group homepage aliko dangote forbes profile retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title dangote group & oldid 741427392 categories conglomerate companies of nigeriacompanies established in 1981companies based in lagos navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages fran ais portugu s edit links this page was last modified on 27 september 2016 at 12 33 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view