Cement: Competition in full swing

Since the advent of the Dangote cement market this year, consumers have one more option in their choice of cement. The new cement plant located on the banks of the Wouri in Douala, seems to have the rating with consumers since its arrival on the market this year. -I use this cement because it is solid and I also get 45 blocks or more with the Dangote cement. No other cement can give as many bricks. In addition, the Dangote cement dry faster and allows more rapid progress in the construction, -says Paul, a builder at Ndog-hem II neighborhood in Douala.

In the shops, this is also the packaging of Dangote cement that sellers use to wrap bread and other goods. -I get a lot more Dangote packaging papers because cement users really like this and that's why those who deliver me cement paper to wrap things mostly give the Dangote cement own,- says Jeannette, who runs a shop in the Bassa area.

For its first year of production in Cameroon, Cameroon Dangote Cement will produce 950,000 million tonnes of cement. It was not until the year 2016, this cement plant will produce 1.5 million tons annually, revealed its Director General, Abdullahi Baba during a business visit to the factory in Douala, 8 April.

This plant uses the services of 65 distributors nationwide, a figure that will gradually increase depending on its location in the national territory. It is these retailers that put the Dangote cement available to customers and consumers.

But even if this cement pleases consumers, the fact remains that the Cameroonian market is conquered by Cimencam for 50 years, the Cameroon subsidiary of the Lafarge Group, which has half a century of experience in cement production. In addition, Cimencam offers a diversified product offering, such as cements for different types of environment.