INDUSTRY : Dangote exports nearly one million tonnes of clinker to West and Central Africa in 2025
(LVDE) – Driven by the expansion of its regional flows, Dangote Cement is strengthening its role in clinker supply across West and Central Africa. In 2025, the Nigerian group intensified its exports to Cameroon and Ghana, in a context marked by short-term pressures but also by prospects of recovery in the cement market.
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Dangote Cement is consolidating its position as a strategic supplier in the African clinker market. In 2025, the group exported exactly 970,100 tonnes of this key input to Cameroon and Ghana, two major markets in West and Central Africa. Transported by 34 vessels, these volumes represent a 6.9% increase compared to 2024, highlighting the growing momentum of intra-African trade in the cement industry.
Cameroon and Ghana alone accounted for 69.3% of Nigeria’s total clinker exports, which reached 1.4 million tonnes over the year, up by 18.6%. This trend underscores Nigeria’s central role in regional supply chains and the partial dependence of certain industrial units, particularly in Cameroon, where Dangote supplies its Douala plant through these imports.
However, activity in the Cameroonian market experienced a downturn. Sales of the local subsidiary declined by 14.1% in 2025, with volumes estimated at 1.2 million tonnes, compared to 1.4 million tonnes a year earlier. This decrease is partly attributed to uncertainties surrounding the October 2025 presidential election, which affected the economic environment, particularly in Douala, the country’s main industrial hub.
Despite this slowdown, the outlook remains positive. Dangote Cement anticipates a gradual recovery in demand, driven by the acceleration of infrastructure projects. Major works such as the Douala-Yaoundé highway, road networks, and engineering structures are expected to support cement consumption in the short and medium term.
Present in Cameroon since 2015, the group aims to strengthen its industrial footprint. A strategic agreement signed on February 28, 2026, in Lagos with the Chinese firm Sinoma Engineering provides for a global investment program of around one billion dollars. Under this plan, Dangote is considering two options: expanding its Douala plant or reviving the long-delayed cement plant project in Nomayos, on the outskirts of Yaoundé.
In a context where demand for construction materials remains strong in Sub-Saharan Africa, with infrastructure investment growth estimated at over 5% annually according to the World Bank, Dangote Cement is reaffirming its ambition to consolidate its regional leadership and capitalize on the gradual integration of African markets.
Esther Grace
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