Lazarus Angbazo Finance, European Finance Review, Journal of Risk and Insurance," and "Management Science Journal." He is a speaker at the Krannert Executive Forum at Krannert School of Management, Purdue University. Angbazo currently sits on the boards of several universities and business schools in Nigeria including the Lagos Business School of the Pan-Atlantic University, the Africa-America Institute and Bingham University. Angbazo was appointed as a member of the Nigeria Industrial Policy and Competitiveness Advisory Council inaugurated by the chairman, Nigeria's Vice President Professor Yemi Osinbajo. Other businessmen on the council include Africa's richest man, Aliko Dangote who is its vice-chair. The council
Dangote Group pipeline, when completed will extend from Bonny (Rivers State) through Ogedegbe, Olokola to Lekki and the Escravos Lagos pipeline, finally terminating at the West Africa Gas Pipeline. The company was founded by Aliko Dangote after receiving a $3,000 loan from an uncle. Initially, the company focused on the bulk sale of foods such as rice, but gradually expanded to shipping and the importing of cement. Dangote competed (and competes) with Lafarge, a French company that imported and produced the bulk of African cement. Today, Dangote Group is a diversified conglomerate, headquartered in Lagos, with interests across a range of sectors