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Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest person, says he still faces difficulties travelling in Africa with his Nigerian port.

Dangote spoke recently at the Africa CEO Forum Annual Summit in Kigali, Rwanda.

“I still complained to President Kagame. I told him that as an investor, I have to now apply for 35 different visas on my port, and I told Mr. President, I really don’t have the time to go and be dropping my ports in embassies to get a visa,” he said.

“But you see, the most annoying thing is that yes, if you are treating everybody the same, then I can understand.”

Using the French port as an example, Dangote said Patrick Pouyanne, chairman of Total Energies, does not need 35 visas on his French port to gain access to African countries.

“You don’t need 35 visas on your French port. This means you have a freer movement than myself in Africa,” he said.

Speaking further on businesses within Africa, he said right now, “our main job is to make sure the regional markets all work. Once they work, then we can now go to Africa Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA). But then, for AfCFTA also, we need to make sure that it works”.

“We cannot have a very promising continent and our intra-trade rate is less than 16 percent. Okay, so we Africans will have to do it. If we are waiting for foreigners to come and do it, both the development of Africa, it’s not going to happen,” he said.

“So it can only happen to us Africans. We must risk our sources and make sure that we lead, then we will have people who actually trust and believe in Africa like Patrick to come and help us to push to the next level.”

Also, at the event, the business mogul announced that Nigeria will not have to import petrol into the country by June when Dangote refinery commences production of the product.

https://www.thecable.ng/dangote-i-need-35-visas-to-travel-within-africa-but-french-investors-dont/amp/

Until inec stops stesling people's mandate and African leaders lead by example by allowing free and fair elections .

We do not want sit tight presidents .
Infact single term of seven years should be made compulsory in Africa

If its another 'biznazeman' now, e go begin wail upandan about how african countries are ganging up against him.
Taaa......

DANGOTE JUST EXPOSED and the growing foothold in Africa.

UK is just a waste...and worthless partner

Dangote ebimpawa ooooo

Africa doing themselves can't we have an African Union port.

That is Africa for you. Undoing themselves and worshipping white colonial masters. They are still being controlled.

BondRiv:
That is Africa for you. Undoing themselves and worshipping white colonial masters. They are still being controlled.

No mind them

Later if Tinubu starts controlling them like he controls us agbado men they will be shouting meanwhile the oyibo man is the controller in chief and they don't care

Wetin black man do black man.

If I had a country, with the attitude of some Nigerians, even with visas they won't still be allowed to enter my counrty

That's why I shake my head when the clowns gather under Africa Union.
What have they achieved with their union?

Oga you too talk pump fuel make we see

peleson1:
Until inec stops stesling people's mandate and African leaders lead by example by allowing free and fair elections .

We do not want sit tight presidents .
Infact single term of seven years should be made compulsory in Africa

In short until an Ibo man is president nothing good will happen on earth

Ok

Dangote the scammer ….

Nigeria exports crude oil to buy refined products

Now Dangote the scammer imports crude oil so he could refine in his refinery….

Yet we are still waiting to see the impact of this madness …

Mstheeeeeeew and you are busy complaining about Visa …

Same way we foreign investors at the expense of local guys. Imagine French investors move freely but a whole Dangote can not. Infact we don't even consider fellow Nigerians as investors

Someone was asking Airpeace to close shop rather than highlight the extortions and collusion in the sector.

Blackman and inferiority complex

eweqwatr:
is their former colonial master. When Nigeria start having good leaders, everybody will throw their doors wide open to us. Till then

👍

Too bad for Africa.

Dangote you are no good to Africans before

But let me leave the personality and face the issue, this is one of the sickness Africa is facing.
My colleagues here in the US have no problem visiting African countries for summer vacation while me an African go through a more rigorous process to get a visa to visit my continent

Gajagojo:
In short until an Ibo man is president nothing good will happen on earth

Life is not about selling curtain or tiles in Aba. Don't be tribalistic. Say we need good politicians and also, we need to be good people with integrity.

He made valid points.

Why won't you need visas?




Are you not coming from a sh*thole country which you their inept govt?

Chai AU has been useless since it was formed... look at EU they have achieved greater prosperity working together as a union with free movement among the member states but AU is an assembly of clowns...they meetings and resolution remain docile....because of lack of unity of purpose...niger indeed exposed the AU as nothing

eweqwatr:
is their former colonial master. When Nigeria start having good leaders, everybody will throw their doors wide open to us. Till then

Is the former colonial master of 35 countries?
Which countries are these 35

Dangote's problem is that of black elites who fail to realise that a tree does not make a forest, so he is essentially an extreme poverty pauper like most of his Kano almajiri people and other Nigerians.

Sir, are crying?

Imagine

The reason is, if they can travel freely, they will abuse the system by overstaying.

You are part of the problem in Nigeria and should even need more visas. In few months time, when ur refinery is fully functional; we will be at your mercy

peleson1:
Until inec stops stesling people's mandate and African leaders lead by example by allowing free and fair elections .

We do not want sit tight presidents .
Infact single term of seven years should be made compulsory in Africa

P
Seven long years and you call that democracy...

it's called Colo mentality