Africa's richest man will break ground on a $16 billion Kenyan refinery by October
Aliko Dangote says groundbreaking on the 700,000 barrel-a-day Lamu refinery will take place by October, at a cost revised down to about $16 billion.
Dangote Refinery Kenya
Aliko Dangote's $17 billion Lamu refinery faces Greenpeace demand for halt over ecosystem risk
Greenpeace Africa has called for a halt to Aliko Dangote's $17 billion Lamu oil refinery, warning it threatens one of East Africa's fragile ecosystems.
Tanzania's president met Dangote in Dar es Salaam after losing the oil refinery to Mombasa
Tanzania's President Suluhu met Aliko Dangote in Dar es Salaam on May 16, days after he told the FT he favours Mombasa over Tanga for his East African refinery.