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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)

  1. Population of Kano: 3.6 million inhabitants (the second Nigerian city)
  2. Kano is a city dominated by Hausa and Fulani, mostly Muslims

Transport and Logistics

  1. Kano is strategically located (commercial hub in Sub-Saharan Africa)
  2. Numerous African cities connect by Road with Kano: Niger, Chad, Cameroon and Benin
  3. Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport
  4. Lagos-Abuja-Kaduna-Kano Railway (rehabilitated in 2013, 30 hours, 442 kilometres)
  5. Distance of Kano to Maiduguri: 586 kilometres

Study in Nigeria: Masters, Business, Trade Nigerian Students (Kano)
Nigerian Students (Kano) Trade Business

  1. Masters: Business in Africa, Transport in Africa
  2. 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

Alhaji Aliko Dangote: the richest African

  1. State: Kano
  2. Local government areas (LGA): Kano Municipal, Fagge, Dala, Gwale, Tarauni and Nasarawa
  3. Most Muslims in Kano are Sunni
  4. Tension between Muslims and Christian minority
  5. Terrorist attacks (Boko Haram)
  6. Foundation of Kano: 1000 (Hausa city-State), Trans-Saharan Trade (slaves, ivory, gold)
  7. 14th Century: Islam introduction
  8. 19th Century: Jihad of Usman dan Fodio (Fula). Dynasty of the Emirs of Kano
  9. 1903: English protectorate of Northern Nigeria

Study in Nigeria (Master, Trade, Business)

Abdulsamad Rabiu Nigerian Businessman

The Nigerian Historian Akin Mabogunje was born in Kano

Akin Mabogunje Nigerian Historian

Amina Odidi (businesswoman)

Amina Odidi (Businesswoman, Nigeria)

Kano State (Nigeria)

  1. Capital of the Kano State (North of Nigeria): Kano
  2. Population of the Kano State: 10 million inhabitants
  3. Area of the Kano State: 20,131 km²
  4. Main languages: Hausa and Fula

Higher Education in Kano (Nigeria)

  1. Bayero University
  2. Kano University of Science and Technology
  3. North-West University

Business in Africa (Spanish) Kano (Nigeria) Trade and Business in Africa (French) Kano (Nigeria) Business in Africa (Portuguese) Kano (Nigéria)



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