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March 24, 2026
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Tanzania, Several African Countries Beat Kenya in Securing Key Fuel Deal

Tanzania, Several African Countries Beat Kenya in Securing Key Fuel Deal

Kenya had also hoped to get a stake of the available 25 per cent of the fuel export by the Nigerian company amid the looming crisis...

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Several African nations, including Tanzania, have secured crucial petroleum imports from Nigeria’s Dangote mega-refinery, outpacing Kenya in the process amidst rising global fuel costs.

  • 456,000 tonnes of fuel across 12 cargoes were sold to countries like Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Tanzania, Ghana, and Togo.
  • Africa's richest man, Aliko Dangote, owns the refinery.
  • Kenya reportedly approached Dangote in mid-March, but Tanzania and West African nations finalized deals first, with the refinery prioritizing domestic consumption at 75% of its 650,000 barrels per day output.

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