Change of plan? Dangote now eyes Mombasa for new refinery

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President and Chief Executive of Dangote Industries Limited, Aliko Dangote.

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Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote is looking at Kenya as the site of a 650,000-barrel-a-day oil refinery that he intends to build in East Africa, the Financial Times reported on Sunday, citing an interview with him.

“I’m leaning more towards Mombasa because Mombasa has a much larger, deeper port,” Dangote said in the interview.