Nigerian 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 Brown with the World Economic Forum .