Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, says his organization is getting closer to breaking ground on the planned oil refinery in Kenya, indicating that the long-awaited project might soon move from planning to building.
In a recent BBC interview, Dangote stated that negotiations with the Kenyan government had advanced greatly, and that construction might begin as early as October.
“The plans have actually gone very far with Kenya,” Dangote said when asked about the progress of the project.
He added that the company was targeting an October groundbreaking, after which construction would begin.
“We’ve gone very far, and I think by October we would be doing groundbreaking; once we break ground, we would start the construction,” he stated during the interview.
