{"id":46415,"date":"2026-09-24T18:23:47","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T16:23:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=46415"},"modified":"2026-09-24T18:23:47","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T16:23:47","slug":"djibouti-ethiopia-dangote-to-build-660m-petroleum-pipeline","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/djibouti-ethiopia-dangote-to-build-660m-petroleum-pipeline\/","title":{"rendered":"Djibouti, Ethiopia, Dangote to build $660m petroleum pipeline"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ethiopia, Djibouti and Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote plan to build a $660 million refined petroleum pipeline \u200cthat will connect Ethiopia and Djibouti, a spokesperson in Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed&#8217;s office said this Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The project will include a 120-km (75-mile) pipeline, as well as approximately 375,000 cubic metres of storage capacity \u2060at Damerjog in Djibouti and 800 000 cubic metres at Dewele in Ethiopia, the spokesperson told Reuters, adding it should become operational within 18 months.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>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 \u200cand \u2060power plant, and a polypropylene packaging facility, in Ethiopia.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The project aims to reduce logistics costs and delays along the Ethiopia-Djibouti transport corridor, Abiy said.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Developers say the infrastructure will strengthen \u2060energy security and improve supply chain resilience for the two countries, he said.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Abiy is on a visit to Djibouti and \u2060made the announcement alongside its president, Ismail Omar Guelleh, and Dangote.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In Kenya, Dangote and the government are \u2060due to break ground on a new 700 000-barrel-per-day crude oil refinery in Lamu next week.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;Reuters&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":46416,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[44],"class_list":["post-46415","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-finance","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Ethiopia, Djibouti and Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote plan to build a $660 million refined petroleum pipeline","published_date":"2026-09-24 18:22:26","news_description":"Ethiopia, Djibouti and Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote plan to build a $660 million refined petroleum pipeline","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/46415","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/46415\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46417,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/46415\/revisions\/46417"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46416"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=46415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}