From Seizure to Sovereignty: How Dangote Turned Setback into Africa’s Largest Refinery.

From Seizure to Sovereignty: How Dangote Turned Setback into Africa’s Largest Refinery.

Yet, against all odds, the refinery stands today as one of the most ambitious industrial undertakings in Africa’s history. Aliko Dangote didn’t just build an oil refinery — he built belief. In May 2007, just days after President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua was sworn in as Nigeria’s new leader, a dramatic reversal shook the business world….