Aliko Dangote joins twitter shares first message

Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote recently joined the popular micro blogging site, Twitter. The businessman already has over 17,000 followers.
He shared his first tweet at exactly 12am, wishing his followers a happy new year and offering his first advice.


 
The business mogul who has become a household name in the manufacturing industry particularly in cement production used his inaugural tweet to welcome everyone into the New Year and encouraged his followers to keep the conversation going.
“Glad to be on Twitter. Wishing you all a prosperous New Year. Stay positively committed to achieving your dreams, nothing is impossible” January 1, 2014.
Africa’s richest black man has since followed the official twitter account of his organization, @DangoteGroup and some of his billionaire entrepreneurs, philanthropist and global thought leaders including Bill Gates, Jeff Immelt, Jack Welch, Gordon and Sarah Brown.
His handle is @AlikoDangote.