Tanzania is stepping up efforts to secure major fertiliser, power and infrastructure investments from Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, after neighbouring Kenya was selected for his planned giant East African oil refinery.
A Tanzanian government delegation recently visited Dangote’s sprawling refinery and petrochemical complex in Lagos to advance investment discussions between President Samia Suluhu Hassan’s government and the Nigerian billionaire’s industrial group.
Tanzania is particularly seeking Dangote investments in fertiliser production and energy, Punch reported, citing Kitila Mkumbo, the country’s Minister of State responsible for Planning and Investment.
“We have come here to make a follow-up on what they deliberated with our president in terms of further Dangote investments in Tanzania,” Mkumbo said.
The visit moves discussions beyond the high-level talks held between Hassan and Dangote earlier this year and comes as East Africa emerges as an important frontier in the billionaire’s plans to expand his industrial empire beyond Nigeria.
