The President of Dangote Industries Limited, Aliko Dangote, has disclosed that the Group has acquired a 25 per cent stake in a petroleum products pipeline network in Kenya as part of efforts to strengthen its distribution infrastructure across Africa.
Dangote made the disclosure during a conversation with the Africa Editor of the Financial Times, David Pilling, at the Financial Times Africa Summit 2026 in London, United Kingdom.
“Just let me tell you, yesterday, with the support from the President of Kenya, we bought 25 per cent of the pipeline network for the distribution of petroleum products,” he said.
He explained that the Group was developing a distribution corridor connecting Djibouti to Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa, alongside tank farms to facilitate the storage and transportation of petroleum products.
Dangote added that another project in Cameroon was nearing completion, while Namibia had been identified as a strategic hub for the Group’s expansion into Southern Africa.
He said Namibia’s location relative to the Dangote Petroleum Refinery in Lagos would enable the Group to establish an efficient supply route into Southern Africa.
“From our refinery to Namibia is just about four days of steaming,” he said.
According to him, the plan is to ship refined petroleum products from Lagos to Namibia before distributing them across interconnected markets, including Botswana and South Africa.
He also outlined a proposed distribution corridor through Zimbabwe and Zambia, noting that the objective was to build a network capable of supplying multiple countries through strategically located storage and transportation infrastructure.
The expansion comes alongside the Group’s plan to establish a refinery in Lamu, Kenya, with a proposed capacity of about 700,000 barrels per day.
Dangote said the decision to invest in East Africa was driven by the region’s significant industrial and mining activities, rising energy demand and persistent challenges in accessing diesel and other petroleum products.
