Nigeria: Dangote Cement has reported that Alhaji Sani Dangote died on 14 November 2021. He was the brother of the company’s founder and chair Aliko Dangote.
Sani Dangote was a businessperson with over 30 years’ experience in various sectors of the Nigerian economy including manufacturing, agriculture and oil services. He was the Vice President of Dangote Industries and sat on the board of several other companies. He was also the deputy chair of the African Gum Arabic Producers Association, a fellow of the Nigeria Institute of Shipping and president of the Fertiliser Producers and Suppliers Association.