Many products, one promise

  
 

Although the GROUP has many product lines, it has one area of focus, and makes one promise to their customers.

The GROUP’s vision is to MEET THE ESSENTIAL NEEDS OF MAN in food, shelter and clothing.

Major business units

Dangote Foods

Presently the GROUP has in its food divisions the following manufacturing plants:

  • A sugar refinery in Lagos
  • Flour mills in Lagos, Kano and Calabar
  • Spaghetti and Macaroni factory in Lagos
  • Salt plants in Lagos and Calabar.

The GROUP’s total food manufacturing capacity is indicated in the table below.

Product

Current

Plan

Sugar

726000 M/tons annually

9000 000 M/tons annually

Flour

660 000 M/tons annually

1.4 million M/tons annually

Salt

600 000 M/tons

No expansion plans

Pasta (spaghetti & macaroni)

2 million cartons X 10 kg each annually

10 million cartons X 10 kg each annually

Dangote Cement

Dangote Portland Cement has experienced spectacular growth in their share of the national cement market over the last 24 months. Current production capacity has been increased to 8.5 million Mt annually – which represents about 80% of the total Nigerian cement market. The installed capacity is to accommodate expected increase of cement consumption in Nigeria.

The current cement bagging capacity for the DANGOTE GROUP plants are:

Cement

Current production level

Current capacity level

Lagos

2.0 million Mt

5.0 million Mt

Port Harcourt

2.0 million Mt

3.5 million Mt

TOTAL

4.0 million Mt

8.5 million Mt

Furthermore, the DANGOTE GROUP has made a strategic decision to establish cement-manufacturing plants in strategically located places around Nigeria. Projects have already started in Odukpani near Calabar in Cross River Sate, Obajana in Kogi State and Ibese in Ogun State. This is in addition to major shareholding in Benue Cement Company PLC. These new projects, excluding Benue Cement investment provides the DANGOTE GROUP with local production capacity of 7.5 million Mt of cement annually.

Board of Directors

The Dangote Group has a Board of Directors , which comprises of:

  • Alhaji Aliko Dangote President / Chief Executive Officer

  • Alhaji Sani Dangote Vice President

  • Mr. Knut Ulvmoen Group Managing Director / COO

  • Alhaji Abdu Dantata Executive Director - Sales & Marketing

  • Alhaji M. Sada Ladan-Baki Executive Director – Foods

  • Mr. Devakumar V.G. Edwin Executive Director - Manufacturing

  • Mr. Olakunle Alake Executive Director - Strategic Services

  • Alhaji Tajudeen Sijuade Executive Director - Finance