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Recognize me if my tie was fixed. Leave it this way. All right. David i do not consider myself a journalist. Nobody else would consider myself a journalist. I began to take on the life of being an interviewer even though i have a day job of running a private equity firm. How do you define leadership . What is it that makes somebody tick . David Aliko Dangote is known to be the wealthiest man in africa. Is that a title you are proud to have or one where you get people calling you for money, you wish you were not the wealthiest man in africa . Aliko first of all, thank you very much. It is great to be here. You know, when they call you the wealthiest person in africa, it comes with a lot of baggage. There are so many demands. People come up with different demands. It is good because i like to give back to the society. David you are involved in many philanthropic endeavors in africa and elsewhere. Lets go through some of them. Recentl ....
Fixed, but ok. Just leave it this way. Alright. . David i dont consider myself a journalist. And nobody else would consider myself a journalist. I began to take on the life of being an interviewer even though i have a day job of running a private equity firm. How do you define leadership . What is it that makes somebody tick . Aliko dangote is widely known to be the wealthiest man in africa, so is that a title you are proud to have, or you get so many people calling you for money that you issue or not the wealthiest man in africa . Aliko thank you very much, david. It is great to be here. Well, you know, when they call me the wealthiest person in africa, it comes with lots of baggage. There are so many demands, people come up with so many different demands, but it is good because i like to give back. David right now you are involved in many philanthropic endeavors in africa and elsewhere. Lets go to some of them before we go to how you made this money. You recently had an event in new ....
Cement business is the core of your wealth. You are building other things. You are building a refinery in nigeria. Why does nigeria need another refinery . Bit, we useve you a our businesses to build the future of the business. Used. Gar profits were event, fertilizer, petroleum. Also, chemicals. Why would building a refinery . We have only two working refineries. The other one is in south africa. Thesedernity of all of theyde african countries, export their oil but import products. Modernity of the foreign was petroleum for imports. Nigerias exporting oil and has to refine products back and import. Youre building one of the largest refineries in the world . Aliko it is the largest in the world, 650,000 barrels a day. David 650,000 barrels a day. To do that, do you have to borrow some money . Where did the money come from . Aliko we are borrowing from the commercial banks. We are also borrowing some money from, you know, some financial institutions, like, you know, the african deployme ....
Would you fix your tie, please . David people would not recognize me of my tie was fixed. Lets just leave it this way. David i do not consider myself a journalist. Nobody else would consider myself a journalist. I began to take on the life of being an interviewer, even though i have a day job of running a private equity firm. How do you define leadership . What is it that makes somebody tick . Aliko dangote is widely known to be the wealthiest man in africa. So is that a title you are proud to have . Or is that one where you get so many people calling you for money that you wish you were not the wealthiest man in africa . Aliko first of all, david, it is great to be here and seeing you today. Well, you know, when they call you the wealthiest person in africa, it comes with a lot of baggage. Of course, there are so many demands. People come up with so many different demands. But it is good because i like to give back to the society. David so right now, you are involved in many philanthr ....
David i dont consider myself a journalist. And nobody else would consider myself a journalist. I began to take on the life of being an interviewer even though i have a day job of running a private equity firm. How do you define leadership . What is it that makes somebody tick . Aliko dangote is widely known to be the wealthiest man in africa, so is that a title you are proud to have, or you get so many people calling you for money that you issue or not the wealthiest man in africa . Aliko thank you very much, david. It is great to be here. They callknow, when me the wealthiest person in africa, it comes with lots of baggage. There are so many demands, people come up with so many different demands, but it is good because i like to give back. David right now you are involved in many philanthropic endeavors in africa and elsewhere. Lets go to some of them before we go to how you made this money. You recently had an event in new y african a wealth and businessperson and bill gates in which ....