• Aliko Dangote, flanks by her daughters.
Aliko Dangote has unveiled plans to build Africa’s largest detergents raw materials plant within the Dangote Refinery complex in Lagos.
The new facility will produce 400,000 tonnes of Linear Alkyl Benzene annually, enough to meet the continent’s entire demand.
Business Insider Africa reported that Dangote made the announcement recently during a tour of the refinery with Bayo Ojulari, the Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited the project
The project will produce Linear Alkyl Benzene (LAB), a chemical used to make the surfactants, the active cleaning agents in soaps and detergents. It is not a consumer detergent, but the raw materials that detergent manufacturers rely on.
The plant is expected to be completed within 30 months and produce 400,000 tonnes annually, far exceeding Africa’s current capacity.
