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Djibouti, Ethiopia and Dangote to build $660m petroleum pipeline

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed

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25th September 2026

By: Reuters

  

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NAIROBI - Ethiopia, Djibouti and Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote plan to build a $660-million refined petroleum pipeline that will connect Ethiopia and Djibouti, a spokesperson in Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's office said on Thursday.

The project will include a 120-km (75-mile) pipeline, as well as about 375 000 m3 of storage capacity at Damerjog in Djibouti and 800 000 m3 at Dewele in Ethiopia, the spokesperson told Reuters, adding it should become operational within 18 months.

Abiy said on his X account the project will be developed through a partnership between Ethiopian Investment Holdings and the Dangote Group, which separately is already building a $4-billion fertiliser pipeline and power plant, and a polypropylene packaging facility, in Ethiopia.

The project aims to reduce logistics costs and delays along the Ethiopia-Djibouti transport corridor, Abiy said.

Developers say the infrastructure will strengthen energy security and improve supply chain resilience for the two countries, he said.

Abiy is on a visit to Djibouti and made the announcement alongside its president, Ismail Omar Guelleh, and Dangote.

In Kenya, Dangote and the government are due to break ground on a new 700 000-barrel-a-day crude oil refinery in Lamu next week.

Edited by Reuters

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