CATEGORY: Dangote's Accumulation of Capabilities

2.3 – When Conglomerates Lose

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“Don’t kill the competition. Competition is healthy for businesses. It keeps you the entrepreneur on your toes.” – Aliko Dangote Despite the strengths of conglomerates, they can be challenged by anyone that can master what they do. The conglomerates accumulate capabilities and they use them to compete. I will use an illustration of a Nigerian company that took […]
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2.2 – Dangote Conglomerate Tax

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“Manufacture, don’t just trade. There is money in manufacturing even though it is capital intensive. To achieve a big breakthrough, I had to start manufacturing the same product I was trading on; which is commodities.” – Aliko Dangote Dangote Group is one of the most successful companies in Africa. It has the operational quality and scale […]
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2.1 – Winning Through Accumulation of Capabilities

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“Nigeria is one of the best-kept secrets…A lot of foreigners are not investing because they’re waiting for the right time. There is no right time.” – Aliko Dangote Companies win by accumulating capabilities. From Google to Dangote Group, when companies accumulate capabilities, they operate in domains that generate higher value, usually upstream, compared with where […]
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