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23 stories on the Industry & Mining desk in the last 30 days (23 this week). Latest: Africa’s richest man picks US firm Honeywell for $300 million Kenya refinery deal. Updated 30 September 2026.
- Africa’s richest man picks US firm Honeywell for $300 million Kenya refinery deal ↗
30 September 2026
- Afreximbank’s $15bn Dangote exposure deepens with Kenya refinery project ↗
3 October 2026
- Kenya secures new investor for $254.4 million Kitui cement factory, after Dangote’s exit ↗
2 October 2026 · raise card
- While the world shifts from fossil fuels to EVs, Africa’s richest man is building a $16bn refinery in a country that barely produces oil ↗
2 October 2026 · raise card
- Dangote’s $16bn Kenya refinery creates 1million-tonne cement opportunity for local rival ↗
2 October 2026
- Dangote breaks ground on $16bn East African oil refinery in Kenya ↗
30 September 2026
- Dangote selects Honeywell for $16 billion Kenya refinery ↗
30 September 2026
- Dangote reacts to court order stopping Kenyan refinery construction, says “we don’t care” ↗
29 September 2026
- NGX chairman urges East African investors to back Dangote’s expansion ↗
29 September 2026
- Kenya court pauses construction work on Dangote Lamu refinery ↗
29 September 2026
- Dangote’s Kenya refinery to generate 1,000MW, double Lagos plant ↗
28 September 2026
- Blown away by the $20 billion Dangote Refinery in Nigeria, Ruto promises that the planned refinery in Kenya will be bigger as he fast-tracks the construction ↗
28 September 2026
- Africa’s richest man commences construction today on East Africa’s $16bn refinery as President Ruto announces project will create 60,000 jobs ↗
30 September 2026
- Meet Samaila Zubairu, the former Dangote executive and AFC boss who helped connect Kenya with Africa’s wealthiest man for a $17bn refinery ↗
30 September 2026 · raise card
- First cargo of 2,930 tonnes of machinery arrives Kenyan port as Dangote begins work on East Africa’s largest refinery ↗
26 September 2026
- Dangote says Kenya court order won’t derail $16 billion refinery launch but may disrupt site work ↗
29 September 2026
- Dangote says Kenya court ruling will not halt Lamu refinery groundbreaking ↗
29 September 2026
- Ruto to visit Dangote refinery in Lagos ahead of new groundbreaking in Kenya ↗
25 September 2026
- Kenya to launch Dangote-backed $17 billion East Africa Oil Refinery September 30 ↗
23 September 2026
- Engineers India wins $450 million deal for Dangote’s 700,000-bpd Kenya refinery after helping build Africa’s largest refinery ↗
22 September 2026
- Dangote signs $450 million deal with Engineers India to build Kenya refinery ↗
22 September 2026
- India engineering firm wins $450 million contract for Dangote’s 700,000 bpd Kenya refinery ↗
22 September 2026
- Kenya’s Ruto to pitch $17 billion Dangote refinery to investors at UNGA in US ↗
21 September 2026