Dangote’s ‘Sermon at the Bank’ is hollow to Africa’s power elite

Billionaire Aliko Dangote outlines a bold five-year plan to turn Africa into an economic "heaven"—but warns that corruption could derail it all.

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At last, the long awaited “Sermon at the Bank” that can deliver Africans to Heaven has been delivered. More accurately, it is about delivering Heaven to Africa.

This time, all Africans, big and small, should listen, for the one making the sermon is the continent’s richest person, who should know what he is talking about. Aliko Dangote, while addressing the 32nd Annual Meeting of the Afrexim Bank, spelt out how the continent can be turned into “Heaven” in five years.