Musk flies to Mars; Dangote goes to the storage room

Glorious Wave Church Int., of Prophet Dr Emmanuel Badu Kobi, Sakumono, Tema, Ghana, 2014, before church service, Nigerian church member: “Mr Karl, we Nigerians are not inventors. When you present a project to one of our very rich men, and he likes it, he gives you all the money you need. But we invent nothing. We are a very competitive society; I can tell you!

Aliko Dangote, Africa's richest man, in an exclusive interview with BBC News (06.08.2026, 07:23 am), announced plans for the East African Oil Refinery, based in Kenya. The project plans are well advanced to break ground in October 2026. In about four years, the Oil Refinery to serve the entire East African corridor would be up and running. He intends to make Africa independent from outside supply and be self-reliant.

Experts estimate the worldwide crude oil reserves at the current exploitation pace will last for another fifty years. The negative effects of climate change, especially on the African continent and the destruction of the environment by pollution through plastics and microplastics make it necessary to find inventive technology to get away from diesel and gas production. Based on current available data, the East African Oil Refinery can operate for 40-46 years at best before it will stand idle in the beautiful landscape of Kenya, crying out to be demolished or put to another use. Africans in numbers drive around their countries in used cars from the West, which pollute the air more than the new cars driven in the world of the white man. Dangote invests in outdated technology in the name of „self-reliance“ while Elon Musk skyrockets his SpaceX to the moon and Mars. China, Asia, Europe and the USA, beyond Donald J. Trump, develop fossil fuel free transportation carbon neutral. Power will be sourced from sunlight, intelligent construction of buildings with by-law recyclable elements, mass transportation self-driven by AI, chocolate made from oats, sunflower and grape seeds, adapted crops to warmer weather, banana trees not dying during winter and many more changes the way the white man moved in big shoes into the future.

In Nigeria, the richest African man goes down to his storage room and picks what is big and impressive to make himself a name in the history of the continent. Elon Musk, meanwhile, lands on the moon and Mars with new technology, helping the common man on the ground on Earth. This is Africa for you!