African billionaire Aliko Dangote has elevated his three daughters to top executive roles within the Dangote Group as part of a sweeping succession and expansion drive targeting a $100 billion valuation by 2030.
Halima, Fatima and Mariya Dangote have each been named Group Executive Directors, with portfolios spanning the conglomerate’s most critical business arms.
Halima will helm the newly structured Dangote Family Office and International Offices, taking charge of the group’s operations in Dubai and London while overseeing governance and coordination across its global footprint.
Fatima steps into a key leadership role, heading Commercial Operations for Oil and Gas, a brief that covers the Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals, fertiliser operations and WAEP Upstream, alongside corporate communications and procurement.
Mariya assumes responsibility as head of Commercial Operations for Cement and Foods, driving strategy across two of the group’s most established business lines.
The appointments indicate that Dangote is advancing his succession plans while pursuing an accelerated growth strategy for the conglomerate.
On the expansion front, the group has reached an agreement with XCMG Construction Machinery to acquire heavy equipment for projects spanning refining, petrochemicals, agriculture and infrastructure.
The partnership is designed to support the group’s Vision 2030 objectives, including scaling the Dangote refinery’s capacity from 650,000 barrels per day to 1.4 million barrels per day, tripling urea output, and significantly increasing polypropylene and base oil production across Nigeria and Ethiopia.
