The Pan-African conglomerate, Dangote Group has been inducted into the influential Global Executive Council (GEC) of the Project Management Institute, PMI the very first African business organization to become a member in history.
Group Executive Director, Capital Projects, of Dangote Group, Mr. Devakumar Edwin pledged the commitment of the company to participate as a part of the PMI Global Executive Council.
A statement from Dangote Group said: “Thus Dangote Group is joining on the Council, over 80 other global businesses and organizations such as AB Volvo, Airbus, Ali Baba Group, Bank of England, BHP, Amazon, ABB, Boeing, Bosch Group, Australia Department of Defence, China Petroleum Engineering & Construction, Treasury Board of Canada, Microsoft, Wells Fargo etc.”
PMI is one of the world’s largest not-for-profit membership associations for the project management profession with over 500,000 members and over 1,500,000 certification holders.
They have led the work of project management advocacy for over 50 years PMI works closely with several multinational companies. The statement further stated : “By the induction into the elite PMI Council, the Institute has shown confidence that Dangote Industries Ltd is one such value adding company and as such would like a collaborative relationship.”