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
Aliko Dangote West Africa. Dangote has diversified into telecommunications and has started building 14,000 kilometres of fibre optic cables to supply the whole of Nigeria. As a result, Dangote was honoured in January 2009 as the leading provider of employment in the Nigerian construction industry. He has said, "Let me tell you this and I want to really emphasise it ... nothing is going to help Nigeria like Nigerians bringing back their money. If you give me $5 billion today, I will invest everything here in Nigeria. Let us put our heads together and work." Dangote played a prominent role in the