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Dangote Wins 2021 Most Admired Brand in Africa

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<p><&excl;-- BEGIN THEIA POST SLIDER --><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad4" id&equals;"quads-ad4" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"9VdqHl45" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- TV --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"4399361195" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"CRyzGHoP" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- TV --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"4399361195" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>The Pan-African and fully integrated Conglomerate&comma; Dangote Group has again emerged as the most Admired Brand in Africa for the year 2021 for its leadership position in driving quality brands across Africa&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The award was announced by Brand Africa&comma; founders of the Brand Africa 100&colon; Africa’s Best Brands during a virtual event in Uganda&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The 2021 survey was conducted between March and April 2021 and yielded over 80&comma;000 brand mentions and over 3&comma;500 unique brands&period;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"qvVZkcRL" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block&semi; text-align&colon;center&semi;" &NewLine; data-ad-layout&equals;"in-article" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"fluid" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"6550225277"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>One again&comma; Dangote retained its status as the number one most admired African brand for the fourth time in a row&comma; pushing MTN and DSTV of South Africa to the second and third positions respectively&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;nigeriantracker&period;com&sol;2021&sol;06&sol;01&sol;emir-of-kanos-visit-to-edo-depicts-kanos-monarch-as-a-symbol-of-unity-nwobi&sol;">Emir Of Kano’s Visit To Edo Depicts Kano’s Monarch As A Symbol Of Unity-Nwobi<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad4" id&equals;"quads-ad4" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>With this feat&comma; Dangote has made Nigeria to occupy number one position as a country with the most admired brand in Africa&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Top 100 brands in Africa continue to be dominated by European brands which have held their share at 41&percnt; &lpar;-1&rpar;&comma; North America &lpar;&plus;1&rpar;&comma; Asia &lpar;no change&rpar;&comma; and Africa retaining its 13&percnt; share of the most admired brands in the world&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Similarly&comma; the leading African countries that dominate the rankings largely retained their positions with Nigeria &lpar;-1&rpar; and South Africa &lpar;-&rpar; with 5 brands each&comma; Ethiopia &lpar;&plus;1&rpar; and Kenya &lpar;-&rpar; accounting for the13 brands among the Top 100 most admired brands in Africa&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad1" id&equals;"quads-ad1" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;There is no doubt the pandemic&comma; that continues to cost lives and livelihoods&comma; and coincided with the launch of the implementation phase of the AfCFTA which aims to accelerate intra-Africa trade from 18&percnt; to 50&percnt; in 2030&comma; is becoming a catalyst for loconomies with nations having to look internally for sustainability&period; The internal shifts in the rankings in particular the African brands&comma; Africa can and will need to grow its own brands to meet the needs of its growing consumer market&comma;” says Thebe Ikalafeng&comma; Founder and Chairman of Brand Africa and Brand Leadership&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;African brands will continue to play a dual role of being globally competitive but most importantly of transforming the continent’s promise into a real change&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Established in 2011&comma; the Brand Africa 100&colon; Africa’s Best Brands rankings are the most authoritative survey and analysis on brands and underlying businesses in Africa&comma; based on a study by Geopoll across 28 countries spanning all the five economic regions&comma; and analysis and ranking by Kantar and Brand Leadership&period; Collectively they account for over 80&percnt; of the population and over 80&percnt; of the GDP of Africa&period; An analysis of the data over the past 10 years&comma; has established that on average&comma; only 20&percnt; of the brands admired by Africans are made in Africa&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Group Chief Corporate Communication Officer of the Dangote&comma; Anthony Chiejina&comma; said the management was not unexpected of the ranking because the company has a long-standing reputation for quality&comma; relevance compliance and social stewardship&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Our mission and vision engage and inspire us&semi; and by extension connects us to both our internal and external stakeholders&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We fervently believe that only Africans can develop Africa&comma; and this gives us stronger sense of relevance in all the countries where we have our operations&period; We are touching lives by providing their basic needs and empowering Africans more than ever before creating jobs&comma; reducing capital flight&comma; helping government conserve foreign exchange drain by supporting different industrial and infrastructural projects of African government&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Chiejina stated further that Dangote Cement has been producing high quality products&comma; creating employment&comma; reducing poverty&comma; engaging in unprecedented philanthropy and above all respecting the laws of the land where we operate&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;All these are our credo and we do not compromise it&period; And the ranking is just an acknowledgement of all these by our stakeholders&comma; we keep our brand promise and stay authentic&period;” he concluded&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;-- END THEIA POST SLIDER -->&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 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