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35 stories on the Energy & Climate desk in the last 30 days (35 this week). Latest: Dangote’s 700,000bpd Kenya Refinery to generate 1,000mw for operations. Updated 1 October 2026.
- Dangote’s 700,000bpd Kenya Refinery to generate 1,000mw for operations ↗
1 October 2026
- Kenya refuses to back down on Middle East fuel supply deals as political pressure mounts ↗
29 May 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
- 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 breaks ground on $16bn East African oil refinery in Kenya ↗
30 September 2026
- Consumer group seeks details of Kenya’s $500 million Dangote refinery stake ↗
3 October 2026
- Dangote selects Honeywell for $16 billion Kenya refinery ↗
30 September 2026
- Kenya delivers first 40,000-tonne fuel cargo to Rwanda as Dangote prepares $17bn refinery for East African market ↗
30 September 2026
- Dangote reacts to court order stopping Kenyan refinery construction, says “we don’t care” ↗
29 September 2026
- Africa’s wealthiest billionaire expands energy empire with $16bn Kenya refinery as “enormous” demand hits his $1.6bn IPO ↗
29 September 2026 · raise card
- NGX chairman urges East African investors to back Dangote’s expansion ↗
29 September 2026
- Kenya’s SunCulture closes $10M securitisation with Mirova to fund more solar irrigation loans ↗
29 September 2026 · raise card
- Kenya court pauses construction work on Dangote Lamu refinery ↗
29 September 2026
- Top 10 African countries with the lowest diesel prices in September 2026 ↗
28 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
- Lawsuit, land grab dispute: Dangote’s $16 billion refinery faces first real setback in Lamu, Kenya ↗
29 September 2026 · raise card
- Lamu residents protest ahead of Dangote refinery groundbreaking in Kenya ↗
29 September 2026
- Dangote says Kenya court ruling will not halt Lamu refinery groundbreaking ↗
29 September 2026
- Kenya’s SunCulture Closes $10M Deal to Scale Solar Irrigation Financing ↗
25 September 2026 · raise card
- Ruto to visit Dangote refinery in Lagos ahead of new groundbreaking in Kenya ↗
25 September 2026
- Kenya slashes electricity debt, repays $62 million Standard Chartered loan after nine years ↗
23 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
- Kenya, Uganda at loggerheads over fuel importation diversion scandal ↗
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
- 👨🏿🚀TechCabal Daily – Kenya eyes Dangote IPO ↗
21 September 2026 · raise card
- Kenya’s Ruto to pitch $17 billion Dangote refinery to investors at UNGA in US ↗
21 September 2026
- 👨🏿🚀TechCabal Daily – Jumia plans job cuts ↗
15 May 2026