{
  "id": 10933156,
  "title": "Dangote to build engineering training school in Lamu",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/dangote-to-build-engineering-training-school-in-lamu",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-30T11:22:49.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Capital Business",
    "slug": "capital-business",
    "url": "https://capitalfm.africa/dangote-to-build-engineering-training-school-in-lamu/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote announced plans to establish an engineering training school in Lamu County, Kenya. The initiative aims to equip 1,000 Kenyans with skills necessary for employment at the upcoming Dangote East Africa Refinery. Dangote stated that the refinery, which will boast a processing capacity of 700,000 barrels of crude oil daily, will create approximately 60,000 jobs in the country. He assured that anyone holding an engineering degree or diploma would be guaranteed employment due to the scale of the project. The training school will not only prepare professionals for the refinery but also foster local expertise essential for future industrial projects in Kenya, reducing reliance on foreign technical assistance. The refinery, set to be the largest of its kind in East Africa and the second-largest on the continent, is projected to supply refined petroleum products to Kenya and neighboring countries like Uganda, Tanzania, South Sudan, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, thereby decreasing the need for imported refined petroleum. The overall cost of the project has been revised downwards to Sh2 trillion, with around 70 percent of the financing anticipated to be sourced through debt.",
  "summary": "Dangote said the training programme will prepare engineers and other professionals ahead of the completion of the refinery, which is expected to create about 60,000 jobs in Kenya.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}