Ryan Jerry

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Dangote’s Kenya Refinery Could Shift Power in East Africa For decades, East Africa has depended on fuel refined thousands of kilometers away, leaving the region exposed to global oil shocks, shipping costs, foreign-exchange pressures, and decisions made outside the continent. That is why Dangote’s reported plan to build a 650,000-barrel-per-day refinery in Kenya matters. If it happens, this will not just be about petrol and diesel. A refinery of that scale could support aviation fuel, petrochemicals, lubricants, plastics feedstock, fertilizer inputs, and other products critical to industrial growth. It could also reduce import dependence, create skilled jobs, support manufacturing and agriculture, and keep more value within the region. Most importantly, it challenges the old economic model in which Africa exports raw materials and imports finished products at a higher cost. East Africa does not only need access to fuel. It needs control over the systems that produce, process, and distribute it. This is what economic sovereignty looks like.

Rais wa Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania Mhe. Dkt. Samia Suluhu Hassan akiwa kwenye picha na Mfanyabiashara kutoka nchini Nigeria ambaye pia ni Mwanzilishi na Mmiliki wa Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, Ikulu Jijini Dar es Salaam tarehe 16 Mei, 2026.