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Africa's Richest Man to Purchase 10,000 Indonesian-made Rural Vehicles

Africa's Richest Man to Purchase 10,000 Indonesian-made Rural Vehicles

A billionaire from Africa plans to purchase 10,000 Indonesian-made light pickup trucks, called the rural multipurpose mechanical tool (AMMDes), to be marketed in Nigeria, The Jakarta Post reported.

Putu Juli Ardika, the Indonesian Director of Maritime Industry, Transportation Equipment and Defense Equipment, the vehicles would be purchased by Aliko Dangote through his company, Dangote Group.

“Dangote Group is very interested in importing [the trucks] for its customers in Africa,” Putu said as quoted by kompas.com on Monday. Putu stated that Dangote was interested in the multipurpose vehicle for to its ability to carry water and cassava and seed processors.

Image: AMMDes can be used as ambulance feeder in rural area. Image: Skygrid
Image: AMMDes can be used as ambulance feeder in rural area. Image: Skygrid

 

“Dangote’s team will check three units as a sample to be brought to Africa at the end of January,” Putu said.

According to local Nigerian media New Telegraph, Dangote Group is a Nigerian-based enterprise that operates in fields such as cement, sugar and flour production. The company operates in Nigeria and other African countries such as Benin, Cameroon, Togo, Ghana, South Africa and Zambia.

With a net worth of $4.3 billion, Dangote is Africa’s richest man and one of the word’s 100 richest men according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.

 

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Indah Gilang Pusparani

Indah is a researcher at Badan Perencanaan Pembangunan Penelitian dan Pengembangan Daerah Kota Cirebon (Regional Development Planning and Research Agency of Cirebon Municipality). She covers More international relations, tourism, and startups in Southeast Asia region and beyond. Indah graduated from MSc Development Administration and Planning from University College London, United Kingdom in 2015. She finished bachelor degree from International Relations from University of Indonesia in 2014, with two exchange programs in Political Science at National University of Singapore and New Media in Journalism at Ball State University, USA. She was awarded Diplomacy Award at Harvard World Model United Nations and named as Indonesian Gifted Researcher by Australian National University. She is Researcher at Regional Planning Board in Cirebon, West Java. She previously worked as Editor in Bening Communication, the Commonwealth Parliament Association UK, and diplomacy consulting firm Best Delegate LLC in USA. Less
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