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Where did Aliko Dangote start his business career?

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Nigerian businessman Aliko Dangote began his career in Nigeria. After completing his business studies at Al-Azhar University in Cairo in 1977, he returned to Nigeria, where his uncle gave him a loan to start a business trading commodities and business supplies, mainly cement. By 1981, his firm had become so successful that he incorporated other businesses and established the Dangote Group.