Aliko Dangote

Upon completion, the refinery is expected to process 700,000 barrels of crude oil a day, making it East Africa's largest industrial project by capacity

The developments come after police fired tear gas as they clashed with residents in Lamu who were protesting the proposed Ksh2 trillion Dangote East Africa refinery project

Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote, Ethiopia and Djibouti have agreed to develop a $660m (£500m) petroleum pipeline and storage project linking the two countries

An Indian state-owned engineering firm has secured a contract worth more than Ksh58 billion to provide project management and engineering services for Dangote Group's planned 700,000-barrel-per-day refinery and petrochemical plant in Kenya

He is the continent’s wealthiest tycoon, worth give or take $30bn

Nigerian industrialist Aliko Dangote opened his refinery to public ownership Monday with plans to raise $1.6 billion from retail investors across the continent in Africa’s biggest initial public offering, or IPO

Although abundant and relatively cheap to produce, coal is considered one of the dirtiest fossil fuels

Nigerian billionaire and business tycoon Aliko Dangote last week confirmed the final location of his new oil refinery in East Africa: Lamu Island off the Kenyan coast

The 60-mile (96.5km) Nembe Creek Trunk Line runs near the riverine community of Bille, which is made up of 45 islands, from inland oilfields to a coastal processing site for exporting

The urea plant will have a capacity of 3 million metric tons a year ​and is part of a ​drive by Dangote to end Africa's fertiliser imports

The two-day summit is aimed at broadening Paris's partnerships and making investment deals on the continent against a backdrop of rising anti-French sentiment and diminishing power in its former colonies, especially in West Africa

It comes as African countries are actively seeking ways to make energy more secure, following huge global disruptions amid the US and Israel’s war on Iran and Tehran’s subsequent closure of the Strait of Hormuz, through which about 20 percent of the world’s oil and natural gas is shipped

Tanzanian Leader Rebukes Kenya’s Ruto Over Planned Refinery

Dangote made this commitment directly to two East African presidents, President William Ruto and President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda, during the Africa We Build Summit 2026 in Nairobi on April 23, attended by captains of industry within and beyond Africa

It might be hard to imagine the Iran war weighing on stuffed toys with names like Snuggle Glove, Bizzikins and Wobblies, but even plush playthings are not immune when oil shipments from the Middle East are constrained

In northern Malawi, Suteny Williams Nsamba is struggling to buy fertilizer for his small farm, where he grows corn, groundnuts and tobacco

The DA is demanding a 50% reduction in fuel levies as of April to shield South Africans from the impact of the US-Israel war on Iran

African Nations Assure Residents, Warn Against Hoarding Fuel

Kenya obtains all its fuel supplies from the Middle East through government-to-government deals with ​Gulf crude producers and refiners

Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote’s refinery is being flooded with inquiries as African governments scramble to secure fuel supplies after the Iran war disrupted flows

Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote’s refinery is being flooded with inquiries as African governments scramble to secure fuel supplies after the Iran war disrupted flows

Air New Zealand has canceled about 1,100 flights through early May

Kenya and South Africa are among African countries now turning to Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote for fuel supplies amid growing fears of a looming shortage driven by the escalating war in the Middle East

To date, approximately one fifth of all oil transport around the globe has been routed through this bottleneck