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Africa's richest man arranging $4.5 bln of financing for oil refinery
Amwal Al Ghad Published in Amwal Al Ghad on 25 - 07 - 2018

Africa's richest man, Aliko Dangote, has arranged over $4.5 billion in debt financing for his Nigerian oil refinery project and aims to begin production in early 2020, he told Reuters.
Dangote, who built his fortune in cement, is building the world's largest single oil refinery with capacity of 650,000 barrels per day (bpd) to help to reduce Nigeria's dependence on imported petroleum.
Despite being a crude oil exporter, Nigeria imports the bulk of its petroleum because of a lack of domestic refining capacity.
Lenders would commit about $3.15 billion, with the World Bank's private sector arm providing $150 million, Dangote said, adding that he was investing more than 60 percent from his own cash flow.
Dangote Group has said that Standard Chartered Bank was arranging funds for the project.
"We will end up spending between $12 billion to $14 billion. The funding is going to come through equity, commercial bank loans, export credit agencies and developmental banks," Dangote said in an interview in Lagos on Tuesday.
"Hopefully, we will finish mechanical (construction) by next year and products will start coming out in the first quarter of 2020."
Nigeria's central bank would provide guarantees for about 575 billion naira in local currency for 10 years, with African Development Bank providing a $300 million loan. Trade banks from China, India and some European countries are also in the mix, Dangote said.
The planned refinery and petrochemical complex is expected to account for half of Dangote's sprawling assets when it is finished next year.
Last week Dangote signed a loan of $650 million with the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) for the project.
Dangote said he was looking to acquire more oilfields as his focus shift towards the oil sector to feed the refinery.
Outside of oil, Dangote said he is also eyeing English soccer team Arsenal.
"We will go after Arsenal from 2020 … even if somebody buys, we will still go after it," he told Reuters, referring to reports that Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov was looking to sell his 30 percent stake in the club.
Dangote added that the need for healthy cash flow until completion of the refinery project rules out a move for Arsenal before then.
Source: Reuters

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