President and CEO of the Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote and President of The Africa Center , Halima Dangote will host an online press conference on Thursday, March 23 at 14:00 GMT.
Halima Aliko Dangote , who was recently appointed the president of The Africa Center in New York City is saddled with the major responsibility of raising capital for the center.
The goal is to raise funds to complete the center building in New York as there would be three fundraising events one of which will be hosted in Nigeria by the Aliko Dangote Foundation on the 23rd of March at the Eko Hotels & Suite Victoria island.
The Africa Center in New York City is a non-profit, multidisciplinary institution that provides a gateway for engagement with contemporary Africa, and a platform for the most compelling content from the continent. The goal of the Africa Center is to help people understand and engage with contemporary Africa.
Meanwhile, the new location represents a cultural gateway to Harlem the traditional African- American neighborhood in New York. The building, designed by architect Robert A.M. Stern , is the first museum building built on New York’s Museum Mile since the completion of the Guggenheim in 1959.
While construction is being finalized, the Africa Center continues to present pop up events in its new space until the building is completed. It will serve as a cultural center, and will make the museum accessible to a wide range of people from the world over, thus solidifying the museum’s presence as one of the most challenging and diverse art institutions in the U.S.
The new building will encompass approximately 90,000 square feet (8,400 m2) with 16,000 square feet (1,500 m2) of exhibition space, as well as a theater, education center, library, classrooms, event space, restaurant and gift shop.
The growth into the cultural center has been spearheaded by, among others, Hadeel Ibrahim , daughter of Mo Ibrahim and Chelsea Clinton.
The focus areas of The Africa Centre’s programming include: business, policy and culture.
Companies such as Dangote are at the forefront of re-defining for the world what African business is and what Africans can accomplish. Showcasing Africa in a new and positive light is what makes this project worthwhile and something that we can be proud to attach our name to – so long as we are on the Board and able to effectively influence what the Center does.
The ambition of the Center is to become a major rallying point on African issues globally, and Dangote Group’s position and relevance in Africa makes us a natural partner to the project.
