India, Sept. 24 -- Africa's richest person, Aliko Dangote, has enlisted Engineers India Ltd (EIL) - majorly owned by the Indian government -- to manage his proposed $16 billion refinery and petrochemical complex in Kenya, after the Indian firm's involvement with his Lagos refinery.

EIL will play a major role in the project under a contract worth over $450 million, covering all aspects from engineering and procurement to construction management, Bloomberg reported. The refinery, to be built on Kenya's coast in Lamu, will be able to handle up to 700,000 barrels of crude oil per day.

If it is constructed to that standard, it would surpass Dangote's existing 650,000-barrel-a-day refinery near Lagos. It will be designed to meet the region's ...