[2] After his studies, he joined the family business, Alhassan Dantata & sons in 1948 as a produce buyer and also got married.

[4] Over the years, Dantata expanded the business holdings and his activities into various sectors of the Nigerian political and economic sphere.

In 1968, Dantata was appointed kano State commissioner for Economic Development, Trade and Industry under the administration of Audu Bako, he was in the position until 1973.

[4] During the indigenization period of the 1970s, the Dantata group bought shares and held significant holdings in Mentholatum, SCOA, Funtua Cotton Seed Crushing Co and Raleigh Industries.

By the 1990s, the group had changed its identity to become Dantata Organization with additional investment in oil exploration through Express Petroleum.