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Africa has come of age. The African renaissance is here with us, and it has come in the form and shape of the unassuming Aliko Dangote, one of a handful of African dollar billionaires.
Last week’s launch of the Sh2 trillion oil refinery in Lamu marks a huge milestone for Kenya and indeed Africa. It is the kind of investment any country would be happy to host. The benefits have been enumerated – job creation (direct and indirect), price stability for oil and its by products, inflow of foreign direct investment and technology transfer among others. We need not repeat them.
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