Dangote Cement posted a 22.7 per cent bottom-line growth for the first half of the year, relative to the corresponding period of 2025, according to the latest corporate results of sub-Saharan Africa’s top cement maker.
The corporation, which is hinging its medium-term expansion plan on a proposed capacity increase from 55 MTPA to 80 MTPA by 2030, recorded a moderate profit increase, driven by revenue growth from cement and clinker sales.
Clinker, a material produced during the cement manufacturing process and used as a binder for several cement products, contributed the bulk of the 2025 exports of Dangote Cement’s Nigerian operation. The company is present in nine other African countries.
Turnover leapt to ₦2.5 trillion from ₦2.1 trillion, aided by a rise of 10 per cent in production volume.
Lagos-based investment management firm Cardinal Stone is betting that the manufacturer, which recorded ₦4.3 trillion in revenue last year, will hit ₦4.8 trillion this year, anchoring its optimism on rapid infrastructure development in Congo, Tanzania and Cameroon, markets where the company has a footprint.
