African Billionaire Alhaji 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 arguably the most high-stakes role, leading Commercial Operations for Oil and Gas — a brief that covers the flagship Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals, fertiliser operations, and WAEP Upstream, alongside corporate communications and procurement.
Mariya rounds out the trio as head of Commercial Operations for Cement and Foods, driving strategy across two of the group’s most established business lines.
The moves signal that Dangote is actively shaping his succession blueprint while simultaneously pushing the group into an aggressive growth phase.
On the expansion front, the group has struck a deal with Chinese construction giant XCMG Construction Machinery to acquire heavy equipment for projects across refining, petrochemicals, agriculture, and infrastructure.
The partnership is designed to turbocharge the group’s Vision 2030 ambitions — chief among them scaling the Dangote refinery’s capacity from 650,000 barrels per day to 1.4 million, tripling urea output, and dramatically ramping up polypropylene and base oil production across Nigeria and Ethiopia.
