Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, has announced that construction of the proposed Lamu oil refinery will begin by October this year, while revealing that the project’s estimated cost has been revised downwards by Ksh2 billion. Dangote said the refinery will serve Kenya and other countries across East Africa, with the project expected to take less than four years to complete once construction begins. Once we break the ground, we will begin the construction,” Dangote said. “The refinery will not only be for Kenya but East Africa as a whole, so it can serve a lot of countries, including Egypt,” he said. The refinery is expected to become one of the largest private-sector investments in Kenya and will create thousands of jobs across construction, engineering, logistics, manufacturing, energy and other supporting industries.