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.
