 Welkom back and if you're just joining us, this is the buzz. Talk to us on our social media handles at Y24 channel on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter. Today our star of the week is Nigerian businessman Aliko Dangote. Like I mentioned, he is a businessman, philanthropist and the richest man in Africa. Get to know more about him up next. Aliko Dangote is a Nigerian billionaire businessman and philanthropist. He was born on 10 April 1957 into a wealthy family. His great-grandfather was the richest first African at the time of his death in 1955. Dangote showed interest in business from a very early age and while in primary school he would buy cartons of sweets and sell to his classmates. He has a bachelor's degree in business studies and administration. Aliko established the Dangota group as a small trading firm in 1977. Today it is a multi-trillionaire business with many of its operations in Benin, Ghana, Nigeria, Zambia and Togo. He then expanded to cover food processing, cement manufacturing and freight. The Dangota group also dominates the sugar market in Nigeria and is a major supplier to the country's soft drink companies, breweries and confectioners. It is the largest refinery in Africa and the third largest in the world, producing 800,000 tons of sugar annually. The group has moved from being a trading company to be the largest industrial group in Nigeria, including Dangote Sugar Refinery, Dangote Cement and Dangote Flour. The billionaire has diversified and is into almost every industry. The group owns sold factories and flour mills and is a major importer of rice, fish, pasta, cement and fertilizer. The company also exports cotton, cashew nuts, cocoa, sesame seeds and ginger to several countries. It also has major investments in real estate, banking, transport, textile, oil and gas. The Dangote company employs more than 11,000 people and is the largest industrial conglomerate in West Africa. Aliko is a philanthropist and never finds it difficult to extend a hand where needed. He has donated money to the Nigeria Sport Ministry to renovate the national stadium in Abuja. In 2014, he donated $750,000 to halt the spread of Ebola. In March 2020, he donated $500,000 towards the fight against the spread of COVID-19 in Nigeria. Dangote has been named the richest man in Africa from 2012. The Taikun is known to be an avid enthusiast of Arsenal FC in England and has shown interest in buying the football club. Dangote has been married and divorced twice and has three daughters and an adopted son.