Bet, many people don’t know that Africa’s richest man and President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has only female children. According to the business mogul, he has three daughters.
Dangote has revealed that he does not believe a son would have done better than his three daughters.
He made this known during an interview with ARISE News, when he was asked if he still hoped to have a son.
Dangote said: “That one, I think, is not my priority. Let me say it bluntly. It’s not really my priority because today, as we speak, God controls everything.
“And for me, really, you know, sometimes you can pray for God to give you a son, but that son might be the one that will take the family name down. So sometimes, when God doesn’t give you something, don’t push.
“I don’t think a son would have done better than these three daughters that I have.”
His daughters include Halima, Fatima and Mariya Dangote. According to reports, Dangote also has an adopted son, Abdulrahman.
Meanwhile, his three daughters have been entrusted with senior responsibilities within the Dangote business empire.
Halima Aliko Dangote is an Executive Director of Dangote Group and has held senior positions in companies including Dangote Flour Mills and NASCON. Under the group’s latest restructuring, she was assigned responsibility for the Dangote Family Office and the company’s international operations, particularly its offices in Dubai and London.
Fatima Aliko Dangote has been assigned to oversee commercial activities within the group’s oil and gas business, a key area of expansion following the growth of the Dangote Petroleum Refinery.
Mariya Aliko Dangote oversees the group’s cement and food-related businesses. She joined the Dangote Group after completing an MBA in the United Kingdom and has since taken on various responsibilities within the family business.
