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Aliko Dangote
Industrialist who founded and heads the Dangote Group and founded and chairs the Aliko Dangote Foundation.
Independently verifiedLatest source dated 2026-08-30Last reviewed 2026-10-26
What outcomes can be attributed to Aliko Dangote?
Foundation endowment
Self-reported
- Role
- Founder and funder
- Outcome
- Endowed with USD 1.25 billion about a decade before 2026, plus about USD 700 million more since (per Halima Dangote); about 70% of spending in Nigeria
- Reported by
- Dangote family (Halima Dangote), reported by Fortune
[1]Routine immunisation MoUs with Gates Foundation and six northern state governments (Kano from 2012; Bauchi, Borno, Yobe, Kaduna, Sokoto 2014-2016; through 2022)
Independently verified
- Role
- Co-signatory and co-funder through the Aliko Dangote Foundation
- Outcome
- The two foundations provided about 70% of state RI programme funds in year one, and the evaluation reports both paid their full committed amounts; pentavalent-3 coverage rose in all six states 2011-2021 (Yobe about 10% to nearly 60%; Sokoto about 4% to nearly 8%). No comparison group, so effects cannot be isolated
- Reported by
- Population Council evaluation (Dougherty et al.), BMC Health Services Research 24:951 (2024), using NICS/MICS household surveys
[2, 3]Malnutrition partnership with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (2016-2020)
Pledged
- Role
- Co-announced and co-funded through the Aliko Dangote Foundation
- Outcome
- USD 100 million combined commitment over five years (split between the foundations not stated); no delivery or outcome figures found
- Reported by
- Scaling Up Nutrition Movement (announcement)
[4]Dangote Micro Grant Scheme - commitment (2012)
Pledged
- Role
- Chairman of the foundation
- Outcome
- N10 billion earmarked for vulnerable women in all 774 local government areas, as one-off N10,000 cash transfers
- Reported by
- Aliko Dangote Foundation, reported by The Guardian (Nigeria) and BusinessDay
[5, 6]Dangote Micro Grant Scheme - disbursed (to July 2021)
Self-reported
- Role
- Chairman of the foundation
- Outcome
- About N4.2 billion disbursed to over 400,000 women in 12 states (headline says N4.3bn); earlier report: about 360,000 women in 10 states (about 40% of target) plus 34,000 in Katsina
- Reported by
- Dangote Group (Mansur Ahmed, Group Executive Director), reported by BusinessDay; The Guardian (Nigeria)
[5, 6]Education commitment (January 2026)
Pledged
- Role
- Founder of the foundation
- Outcome
- USD 688 million (N1 trillion) over 10 years; initial 45,000 students in 2026, target 1.3 million students by 2035 (STEM, girls' literacy, teacher training, school-to-work)
- Reported by
- Aliko Dangote Foundation, reported by Alliance magazine
[7]Lagos State University female hostel (2026)
Pledged
- Role
- Donor through the foundation
- Outcome
- N600 million pledged for a female student hostel; disbursement not reported
- Reported by
- THISDAY
[8]Bequest to charity (July 2026)
Pledged
- Role
- Testator
- Outcome
- One-third of his fortune to charity under a will the family has signed (Fortune estimates about USD 11.6-11.7 billion on an estimated USD 35.2 billion)
- Reported by
- Halima Dangote (foundation trustee) in a Bloomberg interview, reported by Fortune
[1]COVID-19 response (March 2020)
Pledged
- Role
- Founder of the foundation
- Outcome
- N200 million pledged for points-of-entry health facilities, surveillance and case-management training; foundation had earlier committed about N1 billion to Ebola response
- Reported by
- Aliko Dangote Foundation, reported by BusinessDay
[9]
Sources
- Why is Aliko Dangote leaving one third of his $35 billion fortune to charityFortune, 2026-07-30, secondary source
- An evaluation of a multi-partner approach to increase routine immunization coverage in six northern Nigerian StatesBMC Health Services Research (Population Council authors), 2024-08-20, primary source
- Major stakeholders review MoU on Routine Immunization progress in Borno and Kano statesWHO Regional Office for Africa, 2018-01-31, primary source
- Dangote and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation jointly invest $100 million to combat malnutrition in NigeriaScaling Up Nutrition Movement, 2016-01-21, secondary source
- 34,000 women benefit from Dangote's N10 billion lifeline in KatsinaThe Guardian (Nigeria), secondary source
- Dangote women empowerment programme hits N4.3bn in disbursementBusinessDay, 2021-07-03, secondary source
- Nigerian billionaire injects over half a billion philanthropic funding into overhauling school systemAlliance magazine, 2026-01-15, secondary source
- Dangote's N600 Million Gesture: When Wealth Finds Purpose in the Future of Young NigeriansTHISDAY, 2026-08-30, secondary source
- Dangote donates N200m to fight coronavirus in NigeriaBusinessDay, 2020-03-04, secondary source
Change history
- 2026-10-26 Record published.
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