The Congo plant brings to 10 the number of Dangote Cement plants across Africa. The cement plant in Pout, Senegal sold 1.0 mta of cement in the period under review, up by 21.7 percent on the comparable period of 2016. Chief Executive Officer, Dangote Cement, Onne van der Weijde, speaking on the results said, “Our Pan-African operations are performing strongly with excellent sales growth in Cameroon, Ethiopia and Senegal. He will be appointed as a Non-Executive Director of Dangote Cement PLC, with effect from 1st January 2018. Joseph Makoju, Honorary Adviser to the Chairman and former MD of WAPCO/Lafarge, will be acting MD/CEO of Dangote Cement PLC.

Source: GNN Liberia October 22, 2017 17:26 UTC