Dangote’s Lamu Refinery and the Sustainability Questions

A 700,000-barrel-a-day refinery is not simply another industrial building. The proposed Lamu development is expected to include a refinery, a 1,000MW power plant and associated petrochemical and chemical facilities, with an estimated investment of about $16 billion.

The Dangote East African Refinery is a major project with great potential. From the onset, the idea of a major undertaking at Lamu, on the Kenyan coast brought excitement, hope and a promise of a greater economic impact opening up Lamu for trade from within East Africa’s hinterland to the world. With the political excitement […]