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Dangote to leverage on AfCFTA trade deals, open new trade routes

Chike Olisah by Chike Olisah
January 10, 2021
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Dangote Industries Ltd says its cement expansion plan and fertilizer investments are strategies aimed at leveraging trade deals and opening new trade routes for Nigeria under the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).

According to a report from the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), this disclosure was contained in a statement issued by the President of Dangote Industries Ltd, Aliko Dangote, on Sunday, January 10, 2021, in Lagos.

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Dangote pointed out that the cement company with an installed capacity of 29.3Mta in Nigeria is planning to expand to Cameroon with its new plants expected to be ready for commissioning in Niger, Benin, Ghana, Cote D ‘Ivoire and Togo.

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What they are saying

Aliko Dangote said that the signing of the $4.34 billion contract with Sinoma International Engineering Company Limited, a Chinese construction giant, was part of the strategy to fulfil the desire for Africa’s self-sufficiency in cement production.

According to the Dangote, the contract was for the construction of 11 new cement plants in 10 African countries, and Nepal in Asia.

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Dangote said the report by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development on the development of deficit infrastructure to ensure competitiveness in the AfCFTA, had made the company to leverage the deficit with its cement investment.

He said,

  • “For Dangote Industries Ltd., moving goods like cement by road from Nigeria where they are manufactured to Ghana, where there is a big market is “unviable”, hence the need for new plants that will open multiple trade routes.’’

READ: Dangote delays London Stock Exchange listing

On his part, the Group Executive Director of Dangote Industries Limited, Mr Devakumar Edwin, stated that movement of products through road was expensive, just as he also said that the Togolese and Beninese governments have both complained about the pollution from the trucks to the environment and the stress on the road infrastructure.

READ: Dangote Cement given approval to export through land borders

Edwin said,

  • “With the success of the Doula plant in Cameroon, the company is already doubling its capacity in Yaoundé and targeting three million tonnes in the country to check competition as well as earn foreign exchange.
  • “Our desire to increase our investment with the Phase 2 project is based on not only the fast growth rate of the Cameroonian economy but also due to the warm welcome extended to us and the enabling environment created by the government of Cameroon. Our choice of Cameroon for this multi-million-dollar investment is quite strategic.
  • “Cameroon is the largest economy in Central Africa and is well endowed with abundant natural resources, political stability, adequate security and growing infrastructural development.”

READ: BUA Cement Plc records 39.72% increase in 2020 Q3 revenues

What you should know

  • It can be recalled that the AfCFTA, which finally took off on January 1 2021, after years of negotiations and delays, is aimed at creating a single market, for the movement of capital, goods, people and investments to further deepen the economic integration of the continent.
  • AfCFTA, which is an agreement among 54 of the 55 African Union countries is the largest in the world in terms of the number of participating countries, since the formation of the World Trade Organization.

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Chike Olisah

Chike Olisah

Chike was a banker with over 11 years experience in retail and commercial banking, risk management, treasury portfolio management and relationship management. He also acquired some experience in financial management and do have some special interest in investment analysis and personal finance. He had stints with financial institutions like the former Intercontinental Bank and Fidelity Bank.

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Comments 3

  1. Oye says:
    January 10, 2021 at 9:20 pm

    A railway line from Lagos to Abidjan through Cotonou,Lome and Accra would make sense. It would help tourism and trade.

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  2. Okonkwo Paschal somtochukwu says:
    January 11, 2021 at 8:05 am

    If possible he transfer all those important joy to outsider where by some individual whom never mock needs help from you sir.
    Honestly now I need 1.5m naira just for my flight ticket and all the necessary things for my schooling in Europe
    I help myself to this extend that my parents are dead I know they could have helped me but the only hope I have now is from God in heaven.phone number 07042497264, I can show you all the things you need to see before helping me sir I really appreciate no matter how small

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    • Youtriedit says:
      January 11, 2021 at 7:29 pm

      Aint nobody paying for you to go to school in Europe weirdo. Beg God the money.

      Reply

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