Dangote's Sh2 Trillion Lamu Refinery Plan Faces Fresh Opposition From Activists
The 700,000-barrel-a-day project could become Africa’s second-largest refinery and has raised concerns over its impact on a UNESCO World Heritage site.
- Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote confirmed last week that his new oil refinery will be located on Lamu Island, Kenya, with a planned capacity of 700,000 barrels per day.
- Kenya secured the project after competing with Tanzania for months, with the massive, privately funded industrial undertaking projected to cost up to $17 billion.
- Greenpeace Africa opposes the refinery, warning that "this project threatens to damage one of East Africa's most fragile coastal ecosystems" while locking Kenya into a risky fossil fuel future.
- President William Ruto champions the project for its job creation potential, which may influence voters in coastal swing counties during his reelection campaign next year.
- Financing remains uncertain as Nigeria's Securities and Exchange Commission has not received or approved an IPO application for the Dangote Petroleum Refinery project.
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Dangote's mega oil project threatens fragile Kenyan ecosystem: Greenpeace
The east African oil refinery, with a planned capacity of 700,000 barrels per day, was confirmed earlier this month to be located at Kenya's Lamu port, ending months of speculation that Tanzania could host the project. "This project threatens to damage one of East Africa's most fragile coastal ecosystems while locking Kenya into a risky fossil fuel future," Sherelee Odayar, Greenpeace Africa Oil and Gas campaigner, said in a statement. The group…
Greenpeace Demands Halt to Dangote Kenya Refinery
Climate rights group Greenpeace Africa has called for the suspension of a proposed mega oil refinery project backed by Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, warning that the development could pose serious environmental risks to Kenya’s coastal ecosystem. The planned refinery, with a projected capacity of 700,000 barrels per day, is expected to be built at Kenya’s Lamu port. The decision to locate the facility in Lamu ended months of speculation t…
Mohammed Dewji, Tanzania's richest man, offers to invest $100 million in Dangote's refinery
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