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flag Africa's $20 billion Dangote Refinery, launched in 2024, faces ongoing struggles to operate due to blocked access to domestic crude and systemic resistance.

flag Africa’s largest oil refinery, the $20 billion Dangote Refinery in Lagos, launched in 2024 with ambitions to end Nigeria’s fuel imports but has faced major setbacks. flag Despite its 650,000-barrel-per-day capacity, it has struggled with blocked access to domestic crude, forcing reliance on expensive imported feedstock. flag Opposition from established importers, traders, labor unions, and regulators has hindered operations, while delays and land disputes earlier cost $500 million. flag Founder Aliko Dangote attributes challenges to powerful entrenched interests, likening them to drug cartels, and continues to push for Nigeria’s fuel self-sufficiency and regional exports amid ongoing systemic resistance.

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