Dangote to Headline Mining Indaba 2027
Nigerian industrialist Aliko Dangote will speak at the Investing in African Mining Indaba in Cape Town in February 2027.
Updated on Nov. 6, 2026 in Oil and Gas
Aliko Dangote, President and CEO of Dangote Group, will headline Investing in African Mining Indaba 2027, held in Cape Town from 8 to 11 February 2027. The event will run under the theme Stronger Together: Partnerships in Practice.
Why it matters
Dangote's appearance brings the perspective of an African industrialist who has built large-scale businesses across the continent for several decades. The session is framed around nation-building through institution-building, a theme relevant to resource-driven economies.
Dangote's refinery projects in the region include the Lamu facility in Kenya, costing US$16 billion with 700,000 barrels per day capacity, and the Lagos refinery at US$20 billion, also rated 700,000 barrels per day. The Lagos plant is planned to expand to about 1.4 million barrels per day by 2029, and the extraction does not detail the session's content.
The players
Aliko Dangote
Aliko Dangote is the President and CEO of Dangote Group, a conglomerate that has built businesses across African markets over several decades.
William Ruto
William Ruto is the President of Kenya, who broke ground alongside Dangote on the Lamu refinery project in September 2026.
The details
Mining Indaba is an annual gathering of mining industry stakeholders held in Cape Town. The 2027 edition is organized around the theme Stronger Together: Partnerships in Practice, with Dangote named as a headline speaker.
Timeline
8 to 11 February 2027: Investing in African Mining Indaba 2027 held in Cape Town.
30 September 2026: Dangote broke ground on the Lamu refinery alongside President William Ruto.
2029: Planned expansion of the Lagos refinery to about 1.4 million barrels per day.
2030: Targeted completion of the Lamu refinery.
Market Landscape
Dangote's refinery investments in Kenya and Nigeria reflect a broader push by African-based industrialists to build large-scale downstream oil capacity on the continent. Appearing at Mining Indaba places his perspective alongside the mining investors who shape African extractive sector policy.
For readers following African energy markets, the Indaba provides a scheduled forum to hear directly from a major regional industrialist. The refinery projects described in the extraction are long-term efforts with completion targets extending to 2030.
The takeaway
Large African refinery projects in Kenya and Nigeria show how regional capital is being committed to downstream oil capacity. Watching the Indaba session will show how these industrialists frame investment priorities for the continent's mining and energy sectors.
What happens next
The Investing in African Mining Indaba 2027 runs from 8 to 11 February 2027 in Cape Town, where Dangote is scheduled to speak.
Further reading
For broader context on refinery buildout across the continent, see Oil and Gas.
