Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote attends Ruto inauguration

Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote was among the VIPs who attended Kenya’s President William Ruto’s inauguration ceremony at Kasarani International Stadium yesterday.

Mr Dangote, who is also Africa’s richest man, was spotted on the dais among the dignitaries and top Kenyan politicians who came to spectate the event.

The Nigerian tycoon has previously tried to invest in Kenya by planning to build a cement factory in the local market. His firm Dangote Cement, however, delayed its entry into the Kenyan market without giving the reasons for the change of plans.

However in a reported conversation with a Kenyan journalist , he allegedly revealed that he shelved plans to extend his vast business empire to Kenya after being put off by top decision makers in the country whom he described as “more corrupt than Nigerians.”

Ruto and Dangote have a history. The two met in March 2014 when Ruto-then deputy president visited Dangote Cement’s Obajana plant in Kogi state in Nigeria.