Kenya refinery ‘new chapter in Africa’s industrial journey’ – Dangote

The new $16-billion oil refinery project being launched on the Kenyan coast on Wednesday shows that Africa is in charge of its own industrialisation, its builder Aliko Dangote said at the ceremony.
Dangote created Africa’s biggest oil refinery in his native Nigeria, and the east African version at the Kenyan port of Lamu will have a capacity of 700,000 barrels per day — larger than any in Europe.
“This is Africa coming together to build Africa. Today we are not simply breaking ground for a refinery, we’re breaking ground for a new chapter in Africa’s industrial journey to a brighter future,” Dangote said in a speech.
Dangote and Kenyan President William Ruto were joined by regional ...