Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, joins twitter

Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, on Tuesday joined millions of people who are on the social media network, Twitter.

Dangote’s twitter account, @AlikoDangote, got an automatic verification from Twitter without a single tweet. His account already gathered 11,290 followers as at the time of this report.

The multi-billionaire philanthropist is President of Dangote Group of Companies and has diverse interests in various industries including oil and gas, food, cement, and telecommunications. He was listed as Africa’s richest man, 25th globally, by Forbes Magazine, which estimates the Kano-born businessman to be worth $20.8 billion.