Aliko Dangote Exposes Offshore Fuel Cartels Threatening Africa’s Energy Independence Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, has sounded the alarm over the growing influence of black market fuel cartels operating in offshore waters across the continent. He warned that these illicit networks are actively sabotaging efforts to build domestic refining capacity by manipulating prices and supply chains—particularly through maritime fuel trading hubs like Lomé, Togo. Speaking at the Global Commodity Insights Conference on West Africa in
