Aliko Dangote’s Golden Tweet Gets Him Over 20K Followers in Hours Plus Account Verification

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AlikoNigerian businessman and Africa’s richest man, 56-year old Aliko Dangote’s virgin tweet yesterday gave him well over 20,000 followers and an official verification from Twitter Inc.

“Glad to be on Twitter. Wishing you all a prosperous New Year. Stay positively committed to achieving your dreams, nothing is impossible” he tweeted and followed KofiAnnan Foundation ‏ , General Eecticrics’ Jeff Immelt, author Jack Welch ‏ , Microsoft’s Bill Gates ‏ , his own company Dangote Group and Gordon & Sarah Brownwith the World Economic Forum ‏.

Dangote profile says he is passionate about touching lives of people and twitter might just be another best way to give to his followers who expect to get nuggets from Africa’s top business mogul and philanthropist though his Dangote Foundation which claims to have contributed over $100 million to charity in Nigeria and Africa.

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Based in Nairobi, Kenya, Sam Wakoba is a pan-African technology journalist, author, entrepreneur, technology business mentor, judge, educationalist, and a sought-after speaker and panelist across Africa’s innovation ecosystem. He is the convenor of the popular monthly #TechNight evening event and the #StartupEast Awards and Conference, platforms that bring together startup founders, developers, entrepreneurs, investors, content creators, and tech professionals from across the continent. For more than 16 years, Sam has reported on and analysed Africa’s technology landscape, covering some of the continent’s most impactful, and at times controversial policies, programs, investors, co-founders, startups, and corporations. His work is known for its independence, depth, and fairness, with a singular goal of helping build and strengthen Africa’s nascent technology ecosystem. Beyond journalism, Sam is a business analyst and consultant, working with brands, universities, corporates, SMEs, and startups across East Africa, as well as international companies entering the East African market or scaling across Africa. In his free time, he volunteers as a consulting editor and fintech analyst at Business Tech Kenya, a business, technology, and data firm that publishes reports, reviews, and insights on business and technology trends in Kenya. He also teaches entrepreneurship at Moran Technology & Management Institute (Moran Tech). Follow him on X: @SamWakoba