President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote has been appointed to co-chair 2014 World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos-Kloster, Switzerland.

The Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum, Prof. Klaus Schwab in his invitation letter to the business mogul, said Aliko Dangote’s participation as co-chair will contribute significantly to the substance and relevance of exchanges between global leaders from government, business, academia, civil society, and the media at the forum.

The theme for the 2014 annual forum scheduled to hold from January 22, 2014 to January 25, 2014 is “The Reshaping of the World: Consequences for Society, Politics, and Business” and it aims to “develop insights, initiatives and actions necessary to respond to current and emerging global challenges.”

In a same vein, Aliko Dangote was recently appointed to the steering committee of the United Nation Global Education First Initiative, a five-year global advocacy initiative, sponsored by Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon, to make a sustainable impact on lives of children and youth through education and push to achieve internationally-agreed education goals set for 2015.

In the Secretary-General’s own words, “when we put Education First, we can reduce poverty and hunger, end wasted potential – and look forward to stronger and better societies for all.”

The three priorities of Education First are: putting every child into school; improving the quality of learning and fostering global citizenship.

bigtt76: I hope Shekau is reading this ...Boko is not always Haram o! Here's one of his people chairing world intellectual gathering brainstorming ....Shekau de there de chair gathering of mumu losers de bombstorming! #differentstrokes

ledafaze: That is the man of the people. The pride of Africa... even tho he is chopping the money via magomago sometimes, his good deeds has far far left GEJ agenda in the rain.

How I wish other Nigerian billionaires can act like him... like a role model...

omonnakoda: Ibo man doing great things!

hammedkola:

Someone gat to be the good guy and another person be the bad guy

Africa has 55 billionaires, far more than previously thought, Nigeria-based Ventures financial magazine says.

They include three women - the mother of Kenya's president, a daughter of Angola's president and a Nigerian oil tycoon and fashion designer.

The richest man is Nigeria's Aliko Dangote, with a fortune of $20.2bn (£12.5bn), Ventures said.

The list is likely to reignite debate about inequality between rich and poor people in Africa, correspondents say.

In April, the World Bank said the number of people living in extreme poverty in Africa had risen in the past three decades from 205 million to 414 million.

realone2012: They wont talk about Islam now since its a GOOD THING that a Muslim from the North is doing. ONE WORD ------------------> HYPOCRITES!!

omonnakoda: Ibo man doing great things!

biafranqueen:

Why so many new Billionaires but the masses are slipping deeper and deeper into Poverty that is going to be the hottest topic!