Dangote refinery. Photo: Dangote
A 700,000-bpd East African oil refinery proposed by Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, will be built in Kenya, a senior company official said Tuesday, putting a lid on speculation over the location of the mega-project.
The massive refinery, similar to Dangote’s sprawling complex in Nigeria, will be based in Lamu, an island off the coast of Kenya, Edwin Devakumar, the vice president in charge of oil and gas at Dangote Industries Limited, told AFP.
It will take around 30 months to build the facility in east Africa’s largest economy.
Initially, Tanzania was also one of the locations considered for the refinery.
