Halima Dangote

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Halima Dangote
Born
Halima Aliko-Dangote
NationalityNigerian
OccupationBusinesswoman
Board member ofDangote Foundation
Spouse(s)
Sulaiman Sani Bello
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(m. 2008)​
Children2 daughters
Parent(s)Aliko Dangote, Zainab Dangote
RelativesSanusi Dantata-(great great grandfather)

Halima Dangote is a Nigerian businesswoman. She is the executive director, commercial operations of Dangote Group, an African industrial conglomerate. She is also the second daughter of Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote. Halima is on the board of Dangote Group, NASCON Allied Industries Plc, Aliko Dangote Foundation, Endeavor Nigeria, and a member of Women Corporate Directors and the president of the board of the Africa Centre in New York.

Education[]

At the American Intercontinental University, London, England, she obtained her bachelor's degree in marketing. Halima also obtained an MBA from Webster Graduate School in England.

Halima attended leadership development programs such as the Program for Leadership Development (PLD) at Harvard Business School. At the Kellogg School of Management, she attended the Executive Development Program and also Finance and Accounting for Non-Financial Executives at Columbia Business School.[1][2][3]

Career[]

Halima worked as a Business Analyst with KPMG Professional Services before quitting and joining Dangote industrial limited in 2008. In 2019, she was announced as the new Group Executive Director, Commercial Operations of Dangote Industries Limited also known as Dangote Group. However, she has held several executive positions and has acquired 12 years of professional experience in business.

While she was the Executive director of Dangote Flour Mills, she turned the company's revenue from a loss to profit using several initiatives. Under her administration, a World ‘Puff Puff’ Day was introduced by the Dangote Flours Mills and to be celebrated annually on October 27. During the celebration, Dangote Flours Mills broke the Guinness world records for world's largest puff-puff pyramid.[4][5]

She also served as an Executive Director of NASCON Allied Industries PLC, a member of the Dangote Group of companies that manufactures salt, food seasonings and food consumption related products. Although, she is now a member of the board of directors, a non-executive member. She is also a Trustee of the Aliko Dangote Foundation.

Halima is also known for having a strong passion for women empowerment. She is a member of the Women Corporate Directors (WCD). She is also a board member at Endeavour Nigeria and the President of the Board of the Africa Centre in New York.[6][7][8]

Personal life[]

Halima Dangote is the second daughter of the Nigerian billionaire, Aliko Dangote who also is the great-grandson of Sanusi Dantata.[9]

Halima met her spouse, Sulaiman Sani Bello while schooling in the university in the UK. They fell in love and got married in August 2008 in Kano State, Nigeria.[10] After getting married, she didn't change or add her husband's name to her name. According to Nigeria traditions, after marriage a woman bears her husband name. However, Halima still bears her father's name 'Dangote' instead of her husband's name 'Bello'.[11] They have 2 daughters.

References[]

  1. ^ "Halima Dangote: Like Father, Like DaughterÂ". THISDAYLIVE. 2017-07-29. Retrieved 2020-11-13.
  2. ^ "Halima Dangote – Endeavor Nigeria". Retrieved 2020-11-13.
  3. ^ "Between Mariya, Fatima and Halima Dangote". Vanguard News. 2016-11-13. Retrieved 2020-11-13.
  4. ^ "2018 World Puff-Puff Day: Dangote Flour breaks Guiness World Record". Vanguard News. 2018-10-28. Retrieved 2020-11-14.
  5. ^ "Dangote initiates World Puff-puff Day, targets Guinness record". Punch Newspapers. Retrieved 2020-11-14.
  6. ^ Oyedele, Oluwamuyiwa (2019-11-12). "Halima Aliko Dangote, meet the new Dangote's commercial operations head". Vanguard Allure. Retrieved 2020-11-14.
  7. ^ "Halima Dangote's impressive strides". The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News. 2019-11-16. Retrieved 2020-11-14.
  8. ^ "Halima Dangote – Endeavor Nigeria". Retrieved 2020-11-14.
  9. ^ Amodeni, Adunni (2016-11-13). "Meet Aliko Dangote's beautiful daughters, they all have two things in common (photos)". Legit.ng - Nigeria news. Retrieved 2020-11-14.
  10. ^ BellaNaija.com (2008-08-21). "BN EXCLUSIVE: DANGOTE WEDDING". BellaNaija. Retrieved 2020-11-14.
  11. ^ admin (2018-04-22). "IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER...REAL REASON HALIMA DANGOTE ANSWERS TO FATHER'S NAME YEARS AFTER SHE GOT MARRIED". THISDAYLIVE. Retrieved 2020-11-14.

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