"I need a new wife" - Africa's richest man Aliko Dangote admits

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July 12, 2018 11:42 AM

The business magnate admitted he needed to calm down and find true love

Aliko Dangote, Africas richest man disclosed in an interview with Financial Times that he is open to having a new wife, noting that his busy schedule would not limit him from finding a companion again.

The father of three daughters, who has been divorced twice, explained that he was not getting any younger and is willing to take on a wife.

“I’m not getting younger. Sixty years is no joke. But it doesn’t make sense to go out and get somebody if you don’t have the time.

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Right now, things are really, really very busy, because we have the refinery, we have the petrochemicals, we have the fertilizer, we have the gas pipeline”

The 61-year-old however, admitted the need to calm down and find true love.

Aliko Dangote who was born in 1957 is a Nigerian business magnate, investor, and owner of the Dangote Group, which has interests in commodities in Nigeria and other African countries.

Forbes Magazine

As of March 2018, he had an estimated net worth of US$14.1 billion.

Dangote is ranked by Forbes magazine as the 100th-richest person in the world and the richest in Africa, and peaked on the list as the 23rd-richest person in the world in 2014.

He surpassed Saudi-Ethiopian billionaire Mohammed Hussein Al Amoudi in 2013 by over $2.6 billion to become the world's richest person of African descent.

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