'When you're young your first million is important, but after, the numbers don't mean much.'
Aliko Dangote, from Nigeria is Africa's richest man who does good in addition to doing well. His business activities drive economic growth across the continent. He also finds ways to bridge the gap between private business and public health.
"When you're young your first million is important, but after, the numbers don't mean much," Dangote, a manufacturing tycoon with a range of companies spanning cement to flour, told the Mo Ibrahim forum in Abidjan.
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