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 is the main supplier (70 percent of the market) to the country's soft drinks companies, breweries and confectioners. It is the largest refinery in Africa and the third largest in the world, producing 800,000 tonnes of sugar annually. Dangote Group owns salt factories and flour mills and is a major importer of rice, fish, pasta, cement, and fertiliser. The company exports cotton, cashew nuts, cocoa, sesame seeds, and ginger to several countries. It also has major investments in real estate, banking, transport, textiles, oil, and gas. The company employs more than 11,000 people and is the largest industrial conglomerate in