<p></p>
<div id="the-post">
<p><!-- .entry-header-outer /--></p>
<div class="featured-area">
<div class="featured-area-inner">
<figure class="single-featured-image"><img width="1200" height="600" src="https://toptechblitz.com.ng/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/dangotes-birthday-banner-1200x600.jpeg" class="attachment-jannah-image-post size-jannah-image-post wp-post-image" alt="Dangote’s 80th birthday banner sparks confusion, mistaken for obituary" data-main-img="1" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high"/></figure>
</div>
</div>
<div class="entry-content entry clearfix">
<p>The graphic designer responsible for Nigerian billionaire businessman<a target="_blank" href="http://gistreel.com/tag/aliko-dangote"><strong> Aliko Dangote</strong></a>‘s 68th birthday banner is faced with ridicule over an obituary-looking design.</p>
<p>The business tycoon marked his birthday on Thursday with warm wishes pouring in from across the globe. <span style="font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', 'Open Sans', Arial, sans-serif;">What was meant to be a celebratory moment took an unexpected turn after his official X account shared a birthday poster that left many bewildered.</span></p>
<p>The banner, which featured a solemn portrait of the business mogul with a minimalist design, quickly sparked mixed reactions online. Many mistook it for <strong>an obituary</strong>, leading to an outpouring of confusion, concern, and then laughter once the truth was clear.</p>
<figure id="attachment_1169411" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-1169411" style="width: 650px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-1169411" src="https://toptechblitz.com.ng/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/batch_Screenshot-2025-04-11-at-6.03.52â¯AM.jpg" alt="Dangote’s 80th birthday banner sparks confusion, mistaken for obituary" width="650" height="521" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-1169411" class="wp-caption-text">Screenshot</figcaption></figure>
<p>Social media users didn’t hold back in expressing their disappointment at the <strong>graphic designer</strong> responsible for the poor job.</p>
<p>A social media user <strong>@Mayordavid_9</strong> commented, <em>“I thought it was an obituary poster. This your designer no sabi work oooo.”</em></p>
<p>Another user <strong>@TFKhaleed</strong> wrote, <em>“2025 and y’all can’t pay a good graphic designer to run this. Still stuck in 1998.”</em></p>
<p><strong>@ambalium,</strong> added: <em>“Pay your graphics team to unlearn and relearn design concepts. Or just sack them all and employ confam professional graphics designers. I can recommend 3 right now sharp sharp. This should not even scale approval in a big company like Dangote. Happy birthday Alhaji Dangote.”</em></p>
<p>Despite the backlash, the billionaire’s milestone birthday was still widely celebrated, with tributes from business leaders, political figures, and admirers across the world.</p>
<p><!-- CONTENT END 1 --></p></div>
<p><!-- .entry-content /--></p>
<p>		<!-- .toggle-post-content --></p></div>
<p><a href="https://www.gistreel.com/dangotes-68th-birthday-banner-sparks-confusion-mistaken-for-obituary/" previewlistener="true">Source link </a></p>

