Will Dangote’s Big Refining Bet Enrich Nigeria?
The Dangote oil refinery in Nigeria.
Photographer: Rachel Seidu/Bloomberg Markets
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Dangote Industries has long been Africa’s biggest cement producer and has lucrative interests in sugar and fertilizer. Now its owner and the continent’s richest person, Aliko Dangote, wants to dominate oil refining too.