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Oil Refinery

Aliko Dangote plans to build a $17 billion oil refinery in Kenya’s Mombasa, shifting focus away from Tanzania’s Tanga project in a major boost for East Africa’s energy sector.

Dangote to Construct $17B Oil Refinery in Kenya, Drops Tanzania Plans 

Nigerian billionaire and industrialist Aliko Dangote is shifting plans for a major East African oil refinery to Kenya, in a move that appears to sideline earlier proposals centred on Tanzania’s port city
May 10, 2026
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Kenya's President William Ruto and Uganda's President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni jointly address the inaugural Africa We Build Summit in Nairobi on Thursday, April 23rd.

Kenya Ready to Invest in Uganda Oil Refinery, President Ruto Says

Kenya is prepared to invest in Uganda’s oil refinery project as part of a broader strategy to deepen regional energy cooperation and unlock shared economic potential, President William Ruto has said. Speaking
April 23, 2026
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The 525 metre long Paraa Bridge along the 159 kilometre Masindi (Kisanja) Park- Tangi Junction- Paraa road. The road is part of the 700 kilometres of 12 oil roads in the Albertine Graben where government of Uganda has invested USD900 million to facilitate oil activities in the region. As of November 2020, progress on these roads was 60%.

With over USD1 bn earned by Ugandans and over USD1.7 bn gov’t infrastructure investments; how oil and gas is changing Ugandan lives even before first oil flows

From the time Uganda hit the first commercially viable oil finds at Mputa-1 well on 6th January 2006, the word on everyone’s lips has been “first oil”. Cabinet in 2008 passed
December 14, 2020

 

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