No fewer than 200 Nigerians will be beneficiaries of
train-the-trainer (didactic & rhetoric) course under Dangote VDMA
Initiative on Technical Education and Vocational Training (TEVT). The programme
is collaboration between Dangote Industries Limited (DLI) and German Equipment
Manufacturers Association (VDMA).
The training which is holding at the Dangote Academy Complex
in Obajana, Kogi State is a culmination of a project, which started on February
10, 2016, with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the DIL and
the VDMA.
The two parties had expressed their commitments to promote
and enhance technical vocational education and the TEVT in order to develop a
skilled workforce in Nigeria.
DLI operates as a diversified business conglomerate company
in Africa. The company engages in the manufacturing/importing, packaging, and
distribution of cement; manufacturing and refining of sugar; refining,
manufacturing, and marketing of kitchen, table, and industrial salts;
manufacturing, importing, and selling of petti tomato paste; milling and
packaging of flour; producing pasta, as well as spaghetti and macaroni;
producing fruit juices, water, and pasteurised milk and yoghurt drinks; and manufacturing
polypropylene sacks.
The company also owns real estate assets, such as
warehouses, flats, and commercial offices in Nigeria.
DLI is a subsidiary of Dangote Group, a company owned by
Nigerian billionaire and philanthropist, Alhaji Aliko Dangote.
Dangote Group is one of the largest conglomerates in West
Africa with annual revenue of over $3 billion, and over 20,000 employees.
The group has operations cutting across various areas of the
economy including flour milling, sugar and salt refining, and port operations.
The Dangote Group is currently building one of the largest
crude oil and petrochemical complexes in Africa.
On the other hand, VDMA is the largest network organisation
for mechanical engineering in Europe with more than 3,200 members. The company
represents the common economic, technological and scientific interests of this
diverse industry.
