Africa’s richest man and President of the Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has paid a strategic visit to Burundi to explore new investment opportunities and advance plans to expand the Group’s footprint across the African continent.
Dangote held high-level talks with Burundian President, Evariste Ndayishimiye, at the presidential palace, in a meeting that underscored growing economic and diplomatic engagement between both parties.
The business mogul was accompanied by former Nigerian President, Olusegun Obasanjo, and described the visit as both diplomatic and investment-driven.
He stated that two technical teams, one representing the Burundian government and the other the Dangote Group, have been constituted to identify priority sectors and develop bankable investment projects.
“Our focus really is investing heavily in the African continent, not anywhere else, and so Burundi is part and parcel of that African region,” Dangote said after the meeting.
He identified solid minerals, power generation, agriculture, cement manufacturing, and infrastructure development as sectors with strong investment potential, noting that the objective is to build sustainable, mutually beneficial partnerships that will drive economic growth and shared prosperity.
Official sources indicated that discussions during the visit focused on strategic cooperation in infrastructure, logistics, industrialisation, and energy, areas the Burundian government has prioritised as critical to its long-term economic transformation agenda.
The engagement aligns with Burundi’s broader efforts to attract large-scale private sector investment and deepen economic ties with leading African industrial players.