ALIKO DANGOTE- #51 ON WORLD BILLIONAIRES LIST

Aliko Dangote

Na wa o!!! When will i get here?? (by honest and praiseworthy means).. OK while I'm not striving to be rich just so i can make Forbes list (which is tempting) i can't help but be inspired by such stories considering I'm twice less in age than Aliko Dangote, 54, who is now valued at $13.8B and is # 51 on Forbes World Billionaire's list! Heck he beat Roman Abramovich and 348 more people to stand in that position! Kai!! He's also No 1 richest man in Africa... But who is even more inspiring is Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook founder and CEO) who is only 27(my age kai) and is one step behind Aliko, valued at $13.5B ranking in at #52 on the World's Billionaires List, #35 on Forbes 400 richest Americans! Whoaaaa!!! Just because of Facebook?? 

There are mixed reactions to this story, a lot of people are peeved at the fact that Forbes would consider him newsworthy since the source of his wealth is unequivocally unquestionable (Politricks, the government and the corrupt leaders)..quote me not, but thats the advantage of democracy. OK so i don't buy into corruption or ill gotten money and i also don't buy into OWING STAFF SALARY (Dangote, c'mon!!), but i buy into pride when Africa produces something 'positively newsworthy'. Lets face it, Africa has been tagged a dark continent with nothing good to offer and so much negative news on hunger, war, corruption etc etc... so for once its nice to hear stuff worth hearing about and yes, worth splashing on Forbes, so all i can say is WAY TO GO ALIKO!!!! News has it that he's pledged $2 million to establish a fellowship program aimed at grooming young leaders from Africa! (Aliko, please pick me!!!) The fellowship is going to sponsor 35 young Africans and  put them through intensive leadership training in world renowned institutions, with the objective of the program aimed at increasing participation of young Africans in the non-business sector in the Young Global Leaders (YGL) community program being run by the World Economic Forum. Good stuff, at least he's giving back to society.. (though i would have preferred to hear that the fellowship award is for 35 NIGERIANS not AFRICANS), after all charity begins at home!

PS:Anyone who knows Aliko should please tell him there's a young, intelligent, passionate about world issues, potential leader and future ambassador woman, seating down on a swivel chair at work advertising him for free! So he should do well to pick me for the fellowship award! :D.. Thanking him in advance ;)..

hehehe... For more info on this story, check out Forbes here