Richlist International Special Report: Tony Elumelu’s Tribute to Aliko Dangote in TIME — “Alicash, The Africapitalist”
In a string of tribute published by TIME International, serial investor and Heirs Holdings Chairman Tony O. Elumelu celebrated his friend Aliko Dangote, describing him as “the greatest African entrepreneur of our time.” The piece moves beyond business accolades to capture the man behind the myth. Elumelu opens with humility: “It is an honour to write about Aliko but the real honor is knowing the man behind the myth.” He reveals a personal side of Africa’s richest man, referring to him fondly as ‘Alicash’, a nickname that speaks to both their brotherhood and Dangote’s legendary deal-making ability. The tribute traces Dangote’s journey as proof of possibility. “He’s shown us what’s possible when you don’t quit,” Elumelu writes, pointing to decades of persistence that turned trading roots into a pan-African industrial empire spanning cement, sugar, salt, fertilizer, and now oil refining. Elumelu frames Dangote not just as a capitalist, but as an _Africapitalist_ — his own philosophy that ...