Dangote turns Nigeria into net petrol exporter as refinery output climbs
Billionaires Africa | 15.04.2026 07:19
Aliko Dangote has officially rewritten the Nigerian energy story. The continent's wealthiest nation spent decades ironically dependent on foreign refineries to meet its domestic fuel needs. That era ended in March 2024 when the Dangote Petroleum Refinery & Petrochemicals began shipping enough petrol to turn Nigeria into a net exporter of the product for the first time in history.
