KENYA · ENERGY

Key Facts

—The decision: Aliko Dangote has selected Lamu, on Kenya’s northern coast, as the site of his planned East African refinery, with soil tests and engineering work already under way.

—The scale: Up to $17 billion and 700,000 barrels a day — on par with his Lagos plant, the world’s largest single-train refinery.

—The market: The refinery is to supply Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, South Sudan and neighbouring countries, a region that imports virtually all its refined fuel.