The President of the Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, has given insights into the drive behind the success of his businesses. Dangote disclosed this in an interview for the 2017 KPMG CEO Outlook. For the third year in a row, KPMG has surveyed CEOs from leading corporations around the world to assess their perception of the global economy, their top concerns and their expectations for the near future. Dangote was one of the CEOs that were specially profiled in the global report. The Dangote Group, one of the leading diversified business conglomerates in Africa, generates revenues in excess of US$3 billion and employs more than 26,000 people, with business interests as diverse as cement, sugar, pasta, natural gas, and telecommunications. The company’s various businesses are growing at paces that would make most CEOs envious. But Dangote said the group was focused on aggressive growth. “I think really, the future is looking very, very bright,” he told KPMG in t...