Dangote looks beyond Mugabe

Africa's richest man, Aliko Dangote, is looking well beyond President Robert Mugabe's rule as he moves to invest billions in cement, power and coal projects at a time most investors are sitting on the fence jittery due to Zimbabwe's hostile business environment.

This comes it has also emerged that Dangote arm twisted government for exemption from indigenization laws.

Dangote met Mugabe and his ministers to get the go-ahead and assurances of security of his investments in the country.

Ministers have said that Dangote knows that Mugabe will go one way or the other, so he is positioning himself.