{"id":27888,"date":"2026-09-23T18:12:01","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T18:12:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=27888"},"modified":"2026-09-23T18:12:01","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T18:12:01","slug":"africas-richest-man-picks-indian-psu-for-450-million-refinery-contract-in-kenya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=27888","title":{"rendered":"Africa\u2019s richest man picks Indian PSU for $450 million refinery contract in Kenya"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-134432591,imgsize-102646,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/aliko-dangote.jpg\" alt=\"Africa\u2019s richest man picks Indian PSU for $450 million refinery contract in Kenya\" title=\"Aliko Dangote\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Aliko Dangote, Africa\u2019s richest person, has hired an Indian firm to oversee the construction of his next big project, a $16 billion refinery in Kenya.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"1\"\/>Engineers India Ltd (EIL), with a majority stake owned by the state, has signed a $450 million deal with Dangote to oversee the construction of the 700,000-barrels-per-day greenfield refinery and petrochemical plant in Lamu, a coastal town in Kenya.<!-- --> EIL was also involved in building Dangote\u2019s Lagos refinery.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"5\"\/>EIL was the consultant for Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals Fze in Lagos and is also overseeing its ongoing expansion. The company operates under the ministry of petroleum and natural gas of the government of India.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"7\"\/>The new Kenya project will add to Dangote\u2019s refinery business, which already includes his Lagos facility. The Lagos refinery\u2019s capacity is planned to double to 1.4 million barrels a day by 2029, Bloomberg reported.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"11\"\/>The Kenya plant will expand Dangote\u2019s presence from the Atlantic coast to the Indian Ocean and into the global energy market.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"13\"\/>&#8220;Once completed, this project will be critical in strengthening fuel production within East Africa, reducing reliance on imports, and supporting regional energy security,&#8221; Engineers India, or EIL, said in a filing on the Mumbai stock exchange.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"15\"\/>Dangote said this month that work on the refinery will start by the end of September. The project will cost $16 billion to complete and will have a planned capacity of 700,000 barrels of crude per day.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"19\"\/>Dangote also plans to build pipelines as part of the project. One pipeline will connect Lamu to Ethiopia, while another will link Djibouti to Ethiopia.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"22\"\/>These plans are part of a larger proposal to build a 4,000-kilometre pipeline network connecting landlocked countries in the region.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"24\"\/>The Kenya refinery is part of Dangote\u2019s wider plans to expand his business across Africa.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"27\"\/>Dangote currently has a net worth of $35.5 billion on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. He plans to spend as much as $50 billion over the next four years to expand his business empire across the continent.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"29\"\/>The expansion comes after Dangote set a target of $100 billion in revenues for the Dangote Group by 2030.<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/business\/india-business\/africas-richest-man-picks-indian-psu-for-450-million-refinery-contract-in-kenya\/articleshow\/134432368.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aliko Dangote, Africa\u2019s richest person, has hired an Indian firm to oversee the construction of his next big project, a $16 billion refinery in Kenya.Engineers India Ltd (EIL), with a majority stake owned by the state, has signed a $450 million deal with Dangote to oversee the construction of the 700,000-barrels-per-day greenfield refinery and petrochemical 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