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Nigeria’s Aliko Dangote targets new refinery in Kenya

Theherald · · 212 words · By Reuters
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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”
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The claim is reported identically by two independent news sources (Sowetan and Dailydispatch).
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — General elections were held in Kenya on 8 August 2017 to elect the President, members of the National Assembly and Senate. They coincided with the 2017 Kenyan local elections which elected Governors a…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_Kenyan_general_election
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Aliko Mohammad Dangote (; born 10 April 1957) is a Nigerian businessman known for his key roles in Dangote Group and Dangote Refinery. In 2011, he was appointed as member of the economic management t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aliko_Dangote
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Owned by the Dangote Group and located in Lekki, Nigeria, the Dangote Refinery was officially inaugurated (commissioned) on May 22, 2023 and began operations in January 2024, processing crude into pro…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dangote_refinery
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“Kenyan President William Ruto said last month that East African countries were discussing plans for a joint oil refinery at the Tanzanian port of Tanga”
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The statement attributed to President William Ruto regarding a joint refinery in Tanga, Tanzania, is reported by two independent news sources.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — William Ruto became President of Kenya on 13 September 2022 following the 2022 Kenyan general election. While, William Ruto travelled extensively for official business as Deputy President of Kenya, th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_international_presiden…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — William Kipchirchir Samoei Arap Ruto (born 21 December 1966) is a Kenyan politician who is the fifth and current president of Kenya since 13 September 2022. Prior to becoming president, he served as…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Ruto
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Cabinet of the Republic of Kenya is made up of the elected President and Deputy President, together with the appointed Attorney General, and Cabinet Secretaries. Cabinet Secretaries are nominated …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabinet_of_Kenya
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“Dangote estimated it would cost $15bn-$17bn to build the refinery”
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The specific cost estimate of $15bn-$17bn provided by Dangote is reported by two independent news sources.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Alhassan Dantata ((); Arabic: ال حسان دان تاتا, romanized: al-Ḥasan ɗan Tātā; 1877 – 17 August 1955) was a Nigerian businessman and philanthropist. Through his trade with large British companies, he b…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alhassan_Dantata
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Owned by the Dangote Group and located in Lekki, Nigeria, the Dangote Refinery was officially inaugurated (commissioned) on May 22, 2023 and began operations in January 2024, processing crude into pro…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dangote_refinery
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of oil refineries. The Oil & Gas Journal publishes a worldwide list of refineries annually in a country-by-country tabulation that includes for each refinery: location, crude oil daily…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_oil_refineries
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“East Africa imports all of its refined petroleum products, mainly from the Middle East”
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The fact that East Africa imports its refined petroleum products primarily from the Middle East is reported by two independent news sources.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — East Africa, also known as Eastern Africa or the East of Africa, is a region at the eastern edge of the African continent, distinguished by its unique geographical, historical, and cultural landscape.…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Africa
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — EMEA (Europe, the Middle East and Africa) is a geographic designation used by institutions, governments, global marketing, media, and business sectors—especially in North American business circles—whe…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Middle East and North Africa (MENA), also referred to as West Asia and North Africa (WANA) or South West Asia and North Africa (SWANA), is a geographic region which comprises the Middle East (also…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_East_and_North_Africa
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“Africa’s richest man Dangote, at an infrastructure summit in Nairobi last month, said he could replicate his 650,000-barrel-a-day Nigerian refinery in East Africa”
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The claim that Dangote spoke at an infrastructure summit in Nairobi about replicating his 650,000-barrel-a-day refinery in East Africa is reported by two independent news sources.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Yvonne Khamati (born c. 1982), is a Kenyan politician who was nominated to the East African Legislative Assembly as Member of Parliament by Ford Kenya Party (and the Kenya National Assembly) aged 21 a…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yvonne_Khamati
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Al-Azhar University is a public university in Cairo, Egypt. Founded in 970, and associated with Al-Azhar Al-Sharif in Islamic Cairo, it is Egypt's oldest degree-granting university, and one of the…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Azhar_University
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Nigeria has a lower-middle-income, mixed economy and emerging market, with expanding manufacturing, financial, service, communications, technology, and entertainment sectors. It is ranked as the 52nd-…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Nigeria
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