PHOTOS/VIDEO: Obasanjo, Ruto, Museveni, others at groundbreaking of Dangote East Africa Refinery

Prominent African leaders and business figures attended the groundbreaking ceremony of the proposed Dangote East African Refinery in Lamu, Kenya.

The project is spearheaded by Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, following the success of a similar facility in Lekki-Epe, Lagos.

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo is part of the delegation hosted by Kenyan President William Ruto.

Others at the historic ceremony are: Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed; Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni; Togolese President Jean-Lucien Savi de Tové and Benin President Romuald Wadagni.  

Several other dignitaries represented their governments at the event, including Burundi’s Minister of Mineral Resources Hassan Kibeya, Rwanda Trade Minister Antoine Kajangwe and Tanzania’s Salome Wycliffe Makamba.