Halima Aliko-Dangote

Dangote Flour Mills Plc engages in the business of flour milling, processing and marketing of branded flour. Its products include bread flour, confectionery flour, semolina and wheat offal. The firm operates through following business segments: Flour, Pasta and Noodles. The Flour segment engages in the milling and selling of bread and confectionery flour. The Pasta segment manufactures and sells spaghetti and macaroni. The Noodles segment engages in the manufacturing and sale of noodles. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria.

Dangote Group Ltd. operates as a holding company with interests in diversified businesses. It engages in cement and sugar production, production of consumer products and poly products; logistics and real estate activities. The firm’s brands include Dangote Sugar, Dangote Salt, Petit Tomato Paste, Dangote Cement, Dangote Sacks, Danvita, Dangote Macaroni, Mowa Water, Dangote Flour, Dangote Spaghetti, Ziza Milk, Dansa Juice, and Dangote Noodles. The company was founded by Aliko Dangote in May 1981 and is headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria.^

Dangote Industries Ltd. engages in the business of cement, sugar, salt, pasta, beverages and real estate services. It offers logistics, manufacturing noodles, poly products and milling flour services. The firm serves the oil and gas, telecommunications, fertilizer and steel sectors. The company was founded in 1978 and is headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria.

Women Corporate Directors is a membership organization of women directors of public and large private companies. The non-profit company is based in New York, NY and has subsidiaries in Italy. The company was founded by Mary Beth Vitale, Véronique Morali, Linda Eskind Rebrovick, Deborah A. Peacock, and Darcy A. Howe. The CEO is Susan C. Keating.

The Africa Center is a nonprofit institution that serves as a gateway for engagement with contemporary Africa. The private company is based in New York, NY and has subsidiaries in the United States. The center offers multidisciplinary programming such as exhibitions, performances, talks, readings, book signings, and film screenings. The center's programming aims to experiment and test cultural programming, including the intersections with policy and business. The CEO of the company is Uzodinma Iweala.