Dangote signs deal with Zimbabwe to build 2,000km-long pipeline from Namibia

In a move set to reshape Southern Africa’s industrial landscape, Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote has struck a landmark US$1 billion investment deal with Zimbabwe.

The project includes a fertiliser plant and 2,000km-long pipeline from Namibia’s Walvis Bay, through Botswana, to Zimbabwe’s second-largest city, Bulawayo.

Dangote met with President Emmerson Mnangagwa in Harare on Wednesday to sign a Memorandum of Understanding,…