I Once Withdrew $10m From A Bank Just To Be Sure I Am Rich: Dangote
Nigerian businessman and Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote has revealed that he once withdrew a sum of $10 million from a bank just to confirm if he was indeed rich as he has been described.
The business speaking to Mo Ibrahim Foundation said, “The way it is that when you first start business, your target is to make your first million. Fine, I did that.
“After a year or so, I realised that I had much more, and I said ok, fine, all these numbers are just written numbers.
“One day I went to a bank, and at that time, there were no restrictions, and I wrote a cheque and cashed $10m from the bank and put it in the boot of my vehicle, and I went home and I opened it and I looked at $10m and I said ‘now I believe I have money’.”
UK Unveils Plan To Penalise Facebook, Google For Harmful Online Content.
British regulators on Sunday unveiled a landmark proposal to penalize Facebook, Google and other tech giants that don’t stop the spread of harmful content online, marking a major new regulatory threat for an industry that’s long dodged responsibility for what its users say or share.
The aggressive, new plan – drafted by the United Kingdom’s leading consumer-protection authorities and blessed by Prime Minister Theresa May – targets a wide array of web content, including child exploitation, false news, terrorist activity and extreme violence.
Experts said the idea potentially could limit the reach of sites including 8chan, an anonymous message board where graphic, violent content often thrives and that played an important role in spreading images of last month’s mosque attack in New Zealand.
