LE BRIEF

Namibia: Dangote launches $2.5 billion project to make Walvis Bay a regional fuel hub

LE BRIEF • 2026-11-05

The announced programme envisages 600 million litres of storage and a possible 1,700-kilometre pipeline into Southern Africa. Full financing, transit agreements and execution of the timetable remain decisive.

Original source : Original source

LE BRIEF — Thursday, 5 November 2026, enriched consolidated edition By the LE BRIEF newsroom Country or region : Namibia Source publication : 4 November 2026 Event : Launch announced in Walvis Bay on 4 November Supplied photograph: a harbour, storage tanks and container terminal, provided to illustrate Walvis Bay. Exact location and date are uncertified; it does not establish construction of Dangote's new facilities. Photograph supplied to the newsroom; provenance and reproduction rights are undocumented. Dangote wants to reshape Southern Africa's fuel supply routes. On 4 November in Walvis Bay, the group announced the launch of a storage and transport programme valued at $2.5 billion, aiming to turn the Namibian port into a regional logistics platform. The proposed facility would hold approximately 600 million litres, including 360 million litres of diesel and the remainder petrol. Figures reported by Reuters put that at eight times the capacity of Namcor's existing 75-million-litre national storage facility. A maritime gateway for landlocked markets The terminal could be accompanied by a pipeline of approximately 1,700 kilometres. The proposed corridor would serve Botswana, Zimbabwe and Zambia, with a possible extension to the Democratic Republic of Congo. This is an announced supply concept, not an operational network. For landlocked countries, the objective is to reduce t...