President Denis Sassou Nguesso of Congo Brazzaville has commended Alhaji Aliko Dangote for establishing the biggest cement plant in Congo: “The investment is an industrial revolution, sort of, within the Economic Community of the Central African States (CEMAC) and my country is happy to host the investment.”

Alhaji Aliko Dangote, President, Dangote Group

“My government has observed the operations of Dangote cement in other African countries and it has helped buoyed their economies by sparking off other allied industries and I hope that Congo situation would not be an exception.”

“The coming on stream of the Dangote cement is timely and encouraging because it is starting operations at a time the total government revenues have plummeted by 31.3 percent and revenues from the oil sector have fallen 65.1 percent since 2015 due to a slide in global crude prices.”

President Denis Sassou Nguesso of Congo Brazzaville 

It is interesting to know that Africa’s largest cement Company, Dangote Cement Plc has added fillip to the on-going efforts at economic emancipation of Africa when it formally opened its 1.5mtpa capacity cement plant in Mfila, Congo Brazzaville. The new plant estimated at $300 million has potentials for about 1000 direct employment and thousands of several other indirect jobs.