Dangote moves to produce cement in Cameroon

The management of Dangote Cement Plc has assured the government of Cameroon that it would help shore up local production of the vital product following the ban on importation of cement into Cameroon.

The assurance came in the wake of the formal launching of the company’s high grade 42.5 cement type into the Cameroonian market after a successful inauguration of the company’s 1.5m MTPA capacity cement plant in Douala.

The Dangote Cement management also told newsmen during a facility tour in Cameroon that it appreciated the gesture of the Cameroonian government and that the ban was a vote of confidence on the ability of cement manufacturers in the country, especially Dangote Cement, to meet and surpass local consumption demands.

Already, with the addition of the Dangote’s 1.5m MTPA, Engr Abdullahi Baba, a, General Manager and head of Cameroonian factory, explained that the three manufacturers of cement in the country are about surpassing local consumption demands and that Dangote management are already looking towards export prospects to neighboring countries to Cameroon.

According to Baba, Cameroon with a consumption growth of 8 per cent, and with a local production of 2.9m MTPA, the Dangote management was looking at export potentials in Chad, Central African Republic, Garbon, Equitorial Guinea and Togo even as the Company considers future expansion.

He explained that the plant has one of the most recent facilities of ensuring that there is no dust emission during production.

The General Manager stated that the company has put strategies in place to achieve 30 per cent market share, noting that there was also plans of achieving 30 per cent export of total production.