Investment: Dangote Group Seeks to Expand Fertilizer Operations in Cameroon
One of Africa's largest conglomerates aims to strengthen its presence on the continent. Following a prospecting mission conducted on July 21, 2026, in Yaoundé and Douala by Devakumar Edwin, Vice President of the oil, gas, and fertilizer division, the Dangote Group is preparing to expand its fertilizer distribution and manufacturing activities in Cameroon.
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The initiative is part of a $7 billion continental plan to increase the group's global urea production to 9 million tons per year by 2028, leveraging the Lekki industrial complex, which currently has a capacity of 3 million tons. The move aims to meet the needs of a country that spent 44.4 billion CFA francs on foreign fertilizer purchases in the first half of 2025, marking a 10.4% increase from the 40.2 billion CFA francs invested in the same period in 2024, after mobilizing a cumulative amount of 173.9 billion CFA francs between 2021 and 2023 for the acquisition of 228,326 tons of soil nutrients.
The Nigerian group's offensive comes as the Cameroonian government seeks to structure a local industrial offer valued at 500 billion CFA francs under the 2026-2028 Economic Programming Document. Despite the commissioning of a private 120,000-ton unit in Douala, extensible to 150,000 tons, capable of absorbing half of the national consumption, the arrival of an African giant offers a direct supply option for cocoa, cotton, and banana producers.
The establishment of fertilizer blending and distribution units will strengthen food sovereignty in the sub-region. Access to competitive nitrogen-based fertilizers will increase yields per hectare for regional agricultural cooperatives. The increase in foreign industrial presence will stimulate competition in the input market.
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