Don't kill the competition. Competition is healthy for businesses. It keeps you the entrepreneur on your toes.

Don't kill the competition. Competition is healthy for businesses. It keeps you the entrepreneur on your toes.

In whatever you do, strive to be the best at it.

To succeed in business, you must build a brand and never destroy it. One competitive advantage I had when I ventured into manufacturing was my brand “Dangote,” which I diligently built in the course of my trading commodities.

Passion is what drives me forward. Passion is what makes me go to bed at 2am and wake up at 6am.

When you have made it in life, you must give back to those who made you.

I enjoy myself a lot but I derive more joy in working. I believe in hard work and one of my business success secrets is hard work. It's hard to see a youth that will go to bed by 2am and wake up by 5am. I don't rest until I achieve something.