(From L to R) Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni, Kenya's President William Ruto, Dangote Group president and chief executive Aliko Dangote, Former President of Nigeria Olusegun Obasanjo, Benin's President Romuald Wadagni and Togo's President Jean-Lucien Savi de Tove make a symbolic ceremonial dig during the groundbreaking ceremony of the Dangote East Africa Petroleum Refinery at Lamu Port in Kililana, Lamu West, on September 30, 2026. Africa's richest broke ground on a new $16-billion mega-refinery in Kenya on Wednesday, saying it marked a "new chapter in Africa's industrial journey". Aliko Dangote created Africa's biggest oil refinery in his native Nigeria and the east African version at the port of Lamu will have a capacity of 700,000 barrels per day -- larger than any in Europe. The project, which aims for completion within 30 to 40 months, has already faced a lawsuit from a local community over land rights. A court ruling published on Monday said the ground-breaking could go ahead, but the case will continue. (Photo by Luis TATO / AFP via Getty Images)