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Aliko Dangote and the Beijing Connection: How Africa’s Richest Man Is Industrializing a Continent While Latin America Stays in the Commodity Trap
27 April 2026 at 16:57
Key Points — Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote is anchoring Africa’s most ambitious industrial push around a Lagos refinery designed for 1.4 million barrels per day at full capacity, with output already near 700,000 barrels per day after the Iran war doubled regional demand. The Dangote Africa industrialization strategy is being built almost entirely with Chinese […]
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