Battle: Dar es Salaam vs Nairobi

Battle: Dar es Salaam vs Nairobi

Teargass said:
Are you forgetting Kenya is also a source of crude oil?😂😂.

We are not planning to hold anybody hostage, it will be a scenario of willing buyers.
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which crude oil? The one that couldn't support a pipeline? wacha upumbavu!
 
Geza Ulole said:

Dangote Favours Kenya’s Mombasa Over Tanzania’s Tanga for East Africa Oil Refinery​


Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote has indicated he now favours Kenya’s Mombasa over Tanzania’s Tanga for a proposed 650,000-barrel-per-day oil refinery estimated at USD 15–17 billion, citing port depth, market size, and the need for protection against cheap fuel imports—less than three weeks after pledging to build the facility in Tanga.

MAY 11, 2026 2 MINUTE READ
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After pledging to build a 650,000-barrel-per-day oil refinery at Tanzania’s port of Tanga, Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote has indicated he now favours Kenya’s Mombasa as the preferred location for the project, according to the Financial Times.

Dangote had committed to the Tanga refinery at the Africa We Build Summit in Nairobi on April 23, 2026, in the presence of Kenyan President William Ruto and Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, conditional on government support.

He now leans toward Mombasa primarily because of its deeper and larger port infrastructure, and because Kenya represents a bigger market with higher fuel consumption than Tanzania.

The cost of the proposed facility remains unchanged at between USD 15 billion and USD 17 billion, with a processing capacity of 650,000 barrels per day.

For the project to proceed, he said he would require the host government to provide land, some regional financing, and protection against what he described as the dumping of cheap fuel from countries such as Russia and India, adding that no refinery in the world could survive without such protection and that if an agreement were reached, construction could begin this year.

He also left the door open for Tanzania, stating he could still build the refinery there. The final decision, he said, rests entirely with President Ruto, according to Reuters.

Industry analysts have speculated that he may be using the competing locations to negotiate a better deal from both governments.

Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan, who was not present at the April 23 summit in Nairobi, subsequently stated publicly that she had not been consulted before the announcement, and told President Ruto directly that she had no prior knowledge of a plan that placed a major industrial project on Tanzanian soil.

Ruto, speaking at Tanzania’s parliament in Dodoma during a state visit, defended the announcement as part of broader regional consultations on industrialisation and the joint use of East Africa’s natural resources, according to Reuters.

Read more at: Dangote Favours Kenya's Mombasa Over Tanzania's Tanga for East Africa Oil Refinery and follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TanzaniaInvest Facebook: TanzaniaInvest LinkedIn: TanzaniaInvest | LinkedIn Instagram: Instagram
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So do you still think you have more vehicles than Kenya?
 
mwaiofhawaii said:
Enough with junior tournaments. We get it you qualified .. but I know you so we have 2 more weeks of remainders … this your cover up for Dangote’s letdown…😆😆😆
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you should also qualify so that you can remind us
 
mwaiofhawaii said:
That’s why we tell you Kenya 🇰🇪 is always ahead in many perspectives. You are only trying to catch up or keep up with us. Imagine an African country with an oil refinery in the 70s . Back then Dar didn’t even have a proper fish market…😆😆😆😆
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You think we never had a refinery? Lets just be realistic the only reasonable place is Tanga or else nothing will be built
 
Nairobi is definitely becoming the most important city not just in Africa but the global south . Today was the inauguration of the new expansion of the UN office in Nairobi to facilitate the moving of some UN offices and personnel from New York to Nairobi. This will impact Nairobi in a major way especially in modern housing and infrastructure . The future of Global
South diplomatic center is here . Nairobi will soon be the most important city in Africa second to none.
 
stakehigh said:
you should also qualify so that you can remind us
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We don’t dwell on pettiness. Thank God the France Africa summit is in Kenya and not TZ . I can imagine you in particular would have by now flooded the forum with videos and photos of Airport arrival of every of the 30 Heads of States. Imagine individual 30 Heads of state …. That’s why we call you washamba …😆😆😆
 
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