Dangote emerges ‘Leadership Person of the Year’
By Tosin Brown
The president of the Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has been named Person of the Year at the 2025 Leadership Annual Conference and Awards.
Dangote was recognized as the Leadership Person of the Year by the Leadership Group of Newspapers at an event attended by the Vice President, Ministers, State Governors, lawmakers, top government officials, and private sector operators.
Dangote, Africa’s wealthiest person, was represented by his Special Adviser, Engr. Mansur Ahmed, who collected the award on his behalf.
Dangote thanked Leadership Newspapers for considering him for such a prestigious award, adding that the recognition has inspired him to do more for his country.
In April 2014, TIME Magazine listed Dangote among its 100 ‘Most Influential People in the World.’
For six consecutive years (2013-2018), Forbes listed him as the ‘Most Powerful Man in Africa,’ alongside Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.
He was named Vanguard Personality of the Year in 2022 and Guardian Man of the Year in 2015.
In 2012 and 2024, the Daily Sun, Nigeria’s leading tabloid, named him the Sun Man of the Year.
