Business in Kano (Nigeria), Hausa, Fulani
International Trade in Kano (Nigeria): commercial and transport hub of the Sahel, Hausa, Fulani.
Kano is the capital of the Kano State (North of
Nigeria,
West Africa)
- Population of Kano: 3.6 million inhabitants (the second Nigerian city)
- Kano is a city dominated by Hausa and Fulani,
mostly Muslims
Transport and Logistics
- Kano is strategically located (commercial hub in Sub-Saharan Africa)
- Numerous African cities connect by Road with Kano: Niger, Chad, Cameroon and Benin
- Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport
- Lagos-Abuja-Kaduna-Kano Railway (rehabilitated in 2013, 30 hours, 442 kilometres)
- Distance of Kano to Maiduguri: 586 kilometres
Nigerian Students (Kano)
- Masters: Business in Africa, Transport in Africa
- Doctorate in African Business
More information: Trade and Business in Nigeria, at EENI Global Business School Website.
The Nigerian businessmen Alhaji Aliko Dangote and Abdulsamad Rabiu
were born in Kano
- State: Kano
- Local government areas (LGA): Kano Municipal, Fagge, Dala, Gwale, Tarauni and Nasarawa
- Most Muslims in Kano are Sunni
- Tension between Muslims and Christian minority
- Terrorist attacks (Boko Haram)
- Foundation of Kano: 1000 (Hausa city-State), Trans-Saharan Trade (slaves, ivory, gold)
- 14th Century: Islam
introduction
- 19th Century: Jihad of Usman dan Fodio (Fula).
Dynasty of the Emirs of Kano
- 1903: English protectorate of Northern Nigeria
The Nigerian Historian Akin Mabogunje
was born in Kano
Amina Odidi (businesswoman)
Kano State (Nigeria)
- Capital of the Kano State (North of Nigeria): Kano
- Population of the Kano State: 10 million inhabitants
- Area of the Kano State: 20,131 km²
- Main languages: Hausa and Fula
Higher Education in Kano (Nigeria)
- Bayero University
- Kano University of Science and Technology
- North-West University
Kano (Nigeria)
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