Dangote unveils plans to commission $480m Ethiopian cement plant

As part of its expansion plan in Africa, Dangote

Cement Plc has unveiled plans to commission its

2.5million mtpa cement plant in Ethiopia as the

company inches towards its 40million mtpa global

total production capacity target before the end of

2015

Cited in Mugher District, the Prime Minister of the

Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, Haile

Mariam Desalegne is expected to perform the

opening ceremony.

A statement from the Dangote Group indicated

that the its cement plant, adjudged to be the

single largest investment by an African, will be the

fifth in the series of the offshore plants of the

company that have rolled out cement within the

last one year in the continent, after Senegal,

Cameroon, South Africa and Zambia.

The group added that nine other countries have

cement plants that are in various stages of

construction.

“The company is investing $5 billion to build an

African cement empire, with factories plants in 14

African countries.

“Recently, its $300 million Greenfield cement plant

in Senegal rolled products into the market in that

country with the Senegalese government promising

assistance required for Dangote Cement to

perform maximally as its entry into the Senegal has

stir up economic activities”, the statement read in

part.

Nigeria Ambassador to Senegal and Mauritania, had

said: “I am very proud of what Dangote is doing by

promoting intra -African investments, promoting

regional development, industrialisation and cohesion

among African nations with his investments.