Africa’s richest man, @AlikoDangote, joins twitter

Dangote is estimated to be Africa’s richest man.
Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, on Tuesday joined millions of people who are on the social media network, Twitter.
Dangote’s twitter account, @AlikoDangote, got an automatic verification from Twitter without a single tweet. About an hour after the account was opened, it had over 1000 followers.
The multi-billionaire philanthropist is President of Dangote Group of Companies and has diverse interests in various industries including oil and gas, food, cement, and telecommunications. He was listed as Africa’s richest man, 25th globally, by Forbes Magazine, which estimates the Kano-born businessman to be worth $20.8 billion.