The Chairman Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote has said the firm would build cement plants in 18 African countries, including Nepal in Asia to make the continent import-dependent free.
Dangote made the announcement at the commissioning of 3.0 million metric tonne per annum cement plant at Mgao Village, Mtwara, Tanzania.
He said the entire Africa firms, which would produce more than 80MTPA of cement, was to make Africa an export continent rather than import-dependent .
He said the cement plant, which was the largest in Africa after Nigeria, was to stimulate the continent’s growth and create more jobs for its huge population.
According to him, it is time Africans took their destiny in their hands by investing their huge resources in their fatherland.
Dangote said the firm was located in Tanzania because of abundant natural raw material that would keep the firm on for more than 49 years and the country’s steady economic growth.
For the host communities, he said the company had given out a 500,000 dollar grant to the active poor to start business of their own while schools and markets would be built in the various communities. He lauded President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete for providing the enabling environment that made the project possible.
