Rare Photos from Inside Aliko Dangote’s $30Million (N6billion Naira) Mansion

Africa Cradle was granted rare access into Africa’s richest man’s home, which he is putting up for sale in Abuja.

Mr. Dangote has called this place home for a good twelve years, and he said he is selling the property because he has just completed a new piece of real estate in the United Kingdom, where he is switching to after putting ink to paper on a deal to purchase the london based  Arsenal Football Club.

Pictured above is his living room. And about it, Aliko said this when he noticed AfricaCradle.com was awed by the sight of this room:

Television is an invention that permits you to be entertained in your living room by people you wouldn’t have in your home. I love watching television. I watch a lot of business channels, such as Bloomberg TV, which is my favourite and many others. I look forward to the day when AFRICA will have quality media, which gives us good entertainment, and insightful information into African business trends and those from other parts of the world as well. But yeah, welcome, this is my living room.”

Check out more amazing, mind blowing pics of the kitchen, bedroom, home office, bathroom and more after the cut

The mansion from outside

This is where Mr. Dangote hosts most of his meetings with business associates and government officials. This room has the boardroom style works well if the group is reasonably small and will spend most of the time talking to each other or listening to one or two speakers who are not using a screen.

This is the place where most of the meals for the wealthiest African man are cooked for his nourishment.

“They say that the kitchen is the heart of the home.  It is where the meals are created – it fuels the bodies, minds and souls of friends and families all over the world. Some say that while life may be created in the bedroom, it is certainly lived in the kitchen, ” Aliko Dangote said.

This is Aliko Dangote’s home office, where he does all the business if he is away from his office. 

“Whether you work from home fulltime or a few hours a week, setting up your home office properly is important for your comfort and productivity. I have hosted a number of  very important people here, including Bill Gates, President Goodluck Jonathan, and many others I am not inclined to mention. ”

And this is where the wealthiest man in Africa sleeps. 

“I feel bad to show you where I sleep, you know,” he said, showing us into the bedroom. “But here is where I sleep. My wife and I try the best we can to keep this place as serene and quite as possible. 

To tell you the truth, I spend less time here than I do in my office and elsewhere where I can work. I do value relaxation and unwinding, and I have read a lot of news articles and research studies that recommend eight to ten hours of sleep. But why should one sleep so much? To relax? Don’t get me wrong, relaxing is good, but if you love to sleep, poverty will be your portion. Well, this is my bedroom, let’s move on.”