Nigeria: According to Dangote Cement’s audited financial statements, the company exported 970,100t of clinker to Cameroon and Ghana in 2025, shipped via 34 vessels. This volume represents a 7% increase compared to 2024. Cameroon and Ghana accounted for 69% of Nigeria’s clinker exports, while total clinker exports reached 1.4Mt in 2025, up by 19% year-on-year.
The clinker shipments helped to sustain production at Dangote Cement’s Cameroon-based subsidiary, which saw local sales fall by 14% in 2025, with volumes from the 1.5Mt/yr-capacity Douala plant declining to 1.2Mt from 1.4Mt in 2024.
Despite the weaker performance in 2025, Dangote Cement expects demand in Cameroon to improve in 2026, supported by ongoing infrastructure projects such as the Douala–Yaoundé highway and other road and bridge developments.
The company is also considering expanding its production capacity in Cameroon, either by expanding the existing Douala plant or reviving the long-delayed Nomayos cement plant project near Yaoundé. However, this project has been on hold for more than a decade. This forms part of a broader expansion plan across several African countries under a US$1bn contract signed with Sinoma Engineering in February 2026.