In other cases grand industrial projects were not enough to make a significant impact on growth – examples being Aliko Dangote's gargantuan oil refinery fertiliser and petrochemical plant in Nigeria and the Ethiopian government's agro-processing schemes (AC Vol 62 No 17 Energy law unsettles rentiers)...

Most outraged at the sudden move was Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote who had opened a large cement plant in Mtwara on government promises of cheap power (AC Vol 58 No 1 The power and the glory)...

A lobby of oil traders have seized on proposals introduced by legislators that they say will unduly benefit Aliko Dangote Nigeria's wealthiest businessman...

The downstream sector also faces radical change with a deluge of new refineries due to start up over the next three years by billionaires Aliko Dangote and Abdul Rabiu fresh investment to rehabilitate the four domestic refineries and several other private sector-sponsored projects...

The reach of Aliko Dangote dominant in cement production and agribusiness is to extend to heavy industry with the launch a 650 000 barrel-a-day refinery fertiliser and petrochemicals plant in Lagos state early next year...

This is despite the plans of Aliko Dangote Africa's richest man to launch operations at his 650 000 bpd refinery near Lagos next year...

Forbes-listed billionaires and captains of industry Aliko Dangote Folorunso Alakija Femi Otedola Herbert Wigwe Tony Elumelu and Ibukum Awosika have offered billions of naira in donations to help speed up medical outreach and facilities...

Billionaires such as Aliko Dangote Tony Elumelu and Folorunsho Alakija are contributing funds for testing kits ventilators and building more ICUs...

Nigeria's cement magnate Aliko Dangote is building a US$12billion plant outside Lagos to refine some 650 000 barrels a day of oil and producer fertilisers and petrochemicals...