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Re:Bill and Melinda Gates Are Paying Off Nigeria's $76M Debt... by skc on Tuesday January 16, 2018 @02:30AM (#16156436)
The current richest person in Africa (with a net worth of just under 13 billion US dollars) comes from Nigeria. I hope he's taking notes.
Re:Bill and Melinda Gates Are Paying Off Nigeria's $76M Debt... by shaftoe on Tuesday January 16, 2018 @06:34AM (#16157427)
He died recently and I'm helping his lawyer transfer his money out of the country. I'll email the lawyer and see if he might be willing to donate some of the royal estate to a humanitarian cause like this.
Re:Bill and Melinda Gates Are Paying Off Nigeria's $76M Debt... by anc84 on Tuesday January 16, 2018 @07:40AM (#16157741)
If you need some help getting inherited money out of Nigeria, I have lots of experience in e-mail-based initiation of intermediate.
Re:Bill and Melinda Gates Are Paying Off Nigeria's $76M Debt... by blocked_again on Tuesday January 16, 2018 @03:12AM (#16156563)
I bet he is making more than notes when he is paying his taxes.
Re:Bill and Melinda Gates Are Paying Off Nigeria's $76M Debt... by skc on Tuesday January 16, 2018 @03:16AM (#16156583)
Dangote has been in business long enough to know exactly where his taxes go.
Re:Bill and Melinda Gates Are Paying Off Nigeria's $76M Debt... by throwwwwaway9 on Tuesday January 16, 2018 @03:36AM (#16156648)
...has interests in commodities in Nigeria and other African countries, including Benin, Ethiopia, Senegal, Cameroon, Ghana, South Africa, Togo, Tanzania, and Zambia.

In some countries, suitcases or wire transfers to secret accounts beat lawyers when it comes to saving in taxes. But then, now you have your fortune, now you don't.

Re:Bill and Melinda Gates Are Paying Off Nigeria's $76M Debt... by zakoud on Tuesday January 16, 2018 @07:59AM (#16157822)
I think the richest person in Africa is probably the king of Morocco (~150bn)