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Dangote targets Nigeria fuel self-sufficiency by 2030

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Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote announced on 29 September 2026 that his group is targeting fuel self-sufficiency by 2030. The statement, made in Nairobi, comes as the costs of gas, oil and electricity fuel energy debates, according to La Nouvelle Tribune.

Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote said on Tuesday, 29 September, in Nairobi that he wanted to help most African countries become self-sufficient in fuel by 2030. He was speaking to journalists on the eve of the planned launch of construction of a new refinery in Lamu, on the Kenyan coast.

The Lamu refinery project is led by the Dangote Group, which is planning a new foothold in the refining sector in East Africa.

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