Dar es Salaam – Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan has held high-level discussions with Dangote Industries Limited President and Chief Executive Aliko Dangote, covering industrialisation, regional energy infrastructure, refining capacity, and long-term economic development across Africa.
Dangote used the occasion to heap praise on President Samia for personally stepping in to resolve challenges his group had faced in the country, saying her intervention made a direct difference.
“The first of my opening speech was to thank her excellency for sorting out all our issues. So, her excellency really once she promised, she delivers and we don’t have any issue here. We are a very happy investor here,” Dangote said. 
He revealed that the group’s operations in Tanzania are performing strongly, particularly in the cement sector, and that the business has grown to a point where additional capacity is now needed.
“We invested heavily in Mutara and right now we are almost out of capacity. We need to improve and increase our capacity because the business, especially of cement and other businesses, they’re actually doing very well,” he said.
Dangote said the visit was also an opportunity to reaffirm the group’s long-term commitment to Tanzania, adding: “We are a very happy investor and that’s why we are here today to reassure the government of our support and to reassure the government that we’ll continue to invest in Tanzania.”
Dangote Group said it remains committed to supporting Africa’s industrial growth through long-term investment, large-scale infrastructure, and production capacity that strengthens regional development and economic resilience.
