Dangote didn’t just build a refinery By Osita Oparaugo To those who think Aliko Dangote built a refinery, I beg you to think again. Dangote isn’t just refining oil, he’s refining perspective. He didn’t build a refinery; he built a mirror, showing African leaders and entrepreneurs what Africa could achieve if we stopped exporting raw materials and outsourcing our future. In 2015, I wrote a piece that ruffled a few diplomatic feathers, especially among my European friends.