Nigerian cement group Dangote Vice President and businessman Sani Dangote looks on as he attends the monthly press conference by Pierre Gattaz, head of French employers association Medef, at the associaltions headquarters in Paris on September 15, 2015. AFP PHOTO / ERIC PIERMONT / AFP PHOTO / Eric PIERMONT (Photo credit should read ERIC PIERMONT/AFP via Getty Images)
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Nigerian businessman Sani Dangote, the brother and business deputy to Africa's richest man, Aliko Dangote, has died.
Their company, the Dangote Group. has not confirmed the cause of death.
Local reports say he died in the US after a long period of sickness.
In a social media post, the Dangote Group called Sani Dangote's death a "painful exit" and committed his soul to God:
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