Africa's wealthiest businessman Aliko Dangote is set to fulfil his promise to reward Nigeria's team with $1m for winning the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations
. Earlier this month he became the first African to be listed in the top 25 of Forbes magazine's annual ranking of global billionaires, with a net worth of $25bn. His wealth has been accumulated from a business empire that he founded in 1977 and now includes the number one sugar production company in Nigeria, a cement factory and textile products.
After a public appeal by Super Eagles captain Vincent Enyeama, it seems Dangote is about to come good.He told BBC Sport: "We've been waiting for Nigerian officials to collect the money but nobody has written to us."We will write to them, asking for the account numbers of the players, then we'll make the transfer immediately."
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