# HIGHLIGHTS: Aliko Dangote - Founder and CEO of the Dangote Group Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/in-good-company-with-nicolai-tangen-5384475/highlights-aliko-dangote-founder-and-ceo-of-the-dangote-group Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/in-good-company-with-nicolai-tangen-5384475/highlights-aliko-dangote-founder-and-ceo-of-the-dangote-group.md Podcast: [In Good Company with Nicolai Tangen](https://stenobird.com/podcast/in-good-company-with-nicolai-tangen-5384475) Published: 2026-05-15T03:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://shows.acast.com/in-good-company-with-nicolai-tangen/episodes/highlights-aliko-dangote-founder-and-ceo-of-the-dangote-grou Audio file: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/622618c7057f3400120d15db/e/6a045fe9d58f9c365b04931e/media.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/in-good-company-with-nicolai-tangen-5384475/episodes/highlights-aliko-dangote-founder-and-ceo-of-the-dangote-group Duration seconds: 604 ## Resource We've curated a special 10-minute version of the podcast for those in a hurry.     Here you can listen to the full episode: https://podcasts.apple.com/no/podcast/aliko-dangote-building-africas-industrial-future-from/id1614211565?i=1000767507108&l=nb Nicolai Tangen sits down with Aliko Dangote, Founder and CEO of the Dangote Group, Africa's largest industrial conglomerate, to explore his journey from a small Lagos trading firm to a sprawling empire spanning cement, fertiliser, petrochemicals, and the world's largest single-train oil refinery. They discuss overcoming fierce opposition, Africa's infrastructure challenges, and why its booming youth population signals enormous opportunity. Dangote's mission? Pioneering the industrialisation of an entire continent. Tune in for an insightful conversation! In Good Company is hosted by Nicolai Tangen, CEO of Norges Bank Investment Management. New full episodes every Wednesday, and don't miss our Highlight episodes every Friday.    The production team for this episode includes Isabelle Karlsson and PLAN-B's Niklas Figenschau Johansen, Sebastian Langvik-Hansen and Pål Huuse. Background research was conducted by Karoline Woie.   Watch the episode on YouTube:  Norges Bank Investment Management - YouTube Want to learn more about the fund?  The fund | Norges Bank Investment Management (nbim.no) Follow Nicolai Tangen on LinkedIn:  Nicolai Tangen | LinkedIn Follow NBIM on LinkedIn:  Norges Bank Investment Management: Administrator for bedriftsside | LinkedIn Follow NBIM on Instagram:  Explore Norges Bank Investment Management on Instagram Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/in-good-company-with-nicolai-tangen-5384475/episodes/highlights-aliko-dangote-founder-and-ceo-of-the-dangote-group/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/in-good-company-with-nicolai-tangen-5384475/highlights-aliko-dangote-founder-and-ceo-of-the-dangote-group.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.