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The IFC is considering a total financing package of US$ 24.0m to Mackie Building Materials and MACCEM Industries SL in Sierra Leone.

The inauguration of the Central Africa Cement SA (CAC) cement plant in in the Edéa 1st represents a major step forward in the strategy of industrialization and local transformation of the country's mineral resources

Dangote Cement Plc  is launching a US$336 million blending plant in Botswana to expand its footprint to 12 African nations and reduce dependence on struggling South African operations

Nigeria’s Dangote Cement is planning to increase its regional footprint in Africa to 66.4 Mta cement production capacity by 2030.

The company said that it accounts for 35% of the country’s cement sector exports, equivalent to 3.4Mt/yr.

During the Intra-African Trade Fair hosted by Algeria, major contracts were signed between Algerian and Libyan institutions.

Cement production rose by 17.3% in the first half of 2025 to 4.85 million tonnes from 4.14 million tonnes in the same period of 2024 according to official data.