{"id":279477,"date":"2023-07-14T11:23:13","date_gmt":"2023-07-14T10:23:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=279477"},"modified":"2023-07-14T11:26:48","modified_gmt":"2023-07-14T10:26:48","slug":"dangote-to-merge-salt-sugar-rice-businesses-into-single-company","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/07\/14\/dangote-to-merge-salt-sugar-rice-businesses-into-single-company\/","title":{"rendered":"Dangote to merge salt, sugar, rice businesses into single company"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>The planned merger is coming months after the group\u2019s rival, BUA Group announced a similar move<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><strong>The move will consolidate\u00a0Dangote&#8217;s food businesses<\/strong><\/strong><br \/>\n<hr \/>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>NASCON Allied Industries Plc, the salt-making arm of the conglomerate Dangote Industries Limited, will contemplate a business combination with two other food companies in the group during a meeting of its directors\u2019 board later this month.<\/p>\n<p>The marriage is expected to unite the salt-maker with Dangote Sugar, owners of sub-Saharan Africa\u2019s largest sugar refinery, and Dangote Rice into a single entity, according to a regulatory filing on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Both NASCON and Dangote Sugar are listed in Lagos, while Dangote Rice is not quoted yet. Dangote Industries Limited is the holding company for a raft of firms majority-owned by Africa\u2019s wealthiest man Aliko Dangote.<\/p>\n<p>The planned merger is coming months after the group\u2019s fiercest rival, BUA Group, announced a similar move consolidating its food businesses \u2013 rice, sugar, flour, edible oils and flour \u2013 into a new company known as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/08\/13\/bua-chairman-abdul-samad-rabiu-visits-buhari-donates-n10bn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BUA Foods<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>BUA Foods would go on to list on the Nigerian Exchange and is currently Nigeria\u2019s biggest consumer goods company by market value, worth over N2.4 trillion as of market open on Thursday and N649.6 billion in total assets as of 31 March.<\/p>\n<p>BUA Group is controlled by Abdul Samad Rabiu, Nigeria\u2019s second-richest person and Africa\u2019s fourth-wealthiest.<\/p>\n<p>Dangote Sugar and NASCON opened trade respectively on Thursday at 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