非洲首富阿利科·丹格特计划投资15亿美元扩建肯尼亚的管道网络，《金融时报》报道。丹格特的公司收购了肯尼亚管道公司25%的股份，这一战略举措凸显了这位实业家将其石油和天然气部门扩展为泛非洲业务的计划。
Africa’s richest man Aliko Dangote plans to invest $1.5 billion to expand a pipeline network in Kenya, the Financial Times reported. Dangote’s company bought a 25% stake in the Kenya Pipeline Company, a strategic move that underscores the industrialist’s plan to expand his oil and gas unit into a pan-African operation.
丹格特的集团起家于水泥和食品产品，但其拉各斯炼油厂的持续扩建以及最近在肯尼亚海岸动工建设第二座炼油厂，使该集团成为非洲能源领域的有影响力的参与者。伊朗战争引发的油价冲击给依赖中东进口的东非国家带来压力，推动了对丹格特燃料产品的需求。肯尼亚管道扩建是丹格特计划的一部分，旨在拥有一个包括地区油库和其他管道的分销网络，将该集团的炼油厂与非洲各地的潜在市场连接起来。
Dangote’s conglomerate was built on cement and food products, but the ongoing expansion of its Lagos refinery and the recent groundbreaking for a second on Kenya’s coast have seen the group emerge as an influential player in Africa’s energy sector. The oil price shock caused by the Iran war has placed pressure on East African countries that rely on Middle Eastern imports, raising demand for Dangote’s fuel products. The Kenya pipeline expansion is part of Dangote’s plan to own a distribution network that includes regional tank farms and other pipelines that will connect the group’s refineries to prospective markets across the continent.