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Zambia Seeks Dangote’s Assistance in Developing Fertiliser Industry

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, Dangote Cement Zambia, Director, Lynda Mataka, President/CE of Dangote Industries limited, Aliko Dangote, Zambia Minister of Commerce, Trade & Trade: Chipoka Mulenga, Zambia High Commissioner to Nigeria, Oscar Shitima, During the Zambia Minister Visit the President/CE of Dangote Industries Limited, in his Residence, Victoria Island Lagos, on Saturday 20, August 2022.

<p><&excl;-- BEGIN THEIA POST SLIDER --><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad4" id&equals;"quads-ad4" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"t23njsxD" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- TV --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"4399361195" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"zoKXw7MJ" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- TV --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"4399361195" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>The Zambian Minister of Commerce and Industry&comma; Mr&period; Chipoka Mulenga&comma; has sought the assistance of the President&comma; Dangote Group&comma; Aliko Dangote in the development of his country’s agricultural sector&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Chipoka Mulenga&comma; who led a delegation from Zambia on tour of the 3&period;00 million metric tonnes Dangote Fertiliser plant at the weekend&comma; called for a collaboration between Dangote Group and the Zambian government in the establishment of fertiliser plant in the southern African country&period;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"ofX9kTfv" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block&semi; text-align&colon;center&semi;" &NewLine; data-ad-layout&equals;"in-article" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"fluid" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"6550225277"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>Mulenga expressed belief that any investment in fertiliser production will not only help the country to be self-sufficient in food production&comma; it will also help grow the Zambian economy as well as that of the neigbouring countries&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According him&comma; the Zambian government has created an enabling environment for local and foreign investment through great incentives to attract investment in all sectors of the economy&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The Zambian government in the last budget made some pronouncements which focus on value addition&comma; industrialisation&comma; skill enhancement and development&period; We have a huge youthful population who are ready to work if given the opportunity to be productive&comma;” he said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad4" id&equals;"quads-ad4" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>He described Zambia as Africa’s new investment destination because of its stable political system&comma; stable macroeconomic environment and investment protection guarantees&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He said that Zambia is strong in agriculture and even seeking to become stronger through having its own Fertiliser plant&period; &&num;8220&semi;Rather than continue to import Fertiliser from anywhere&comma; we want Aliko Dangote to come and establish plant in Zambia&period; The country’s fertiliser consumption has increased tremendously in the last few years and has continued to increase&period; I am happy that we no longer have to go outside of Africa to seek investors&period; Dangote has been able to change the narratives through his investment in cement production across Africa&period;  We now have Africans investing in the Africa continent&period; Dangote has already established the biggest cement plant in Zambia&period; Dangote Cement Zambia has a remarkable portfolio and is bringing positive change to the cement industry&comma; not only in Zambia&comma; but also to other neigbouring countries&comma;” he added&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad1" id&equals;"quads-ad1" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Mulenga commended the President&sol;CE of Dangote Group&comma; Mr&period; Aliko Dangote for investing massively in fertiliser production in Nigeria&period; ”This could only happen because the company put  the right people&comma; right leadership&comma; right technical skills and the right management in place to have such a remarkable result&period; This Fertiliser Plant is not only serving the needs of Nigeria&comma; but also attracting foreign exchange into the continent&period; This is a good demonstration that we can have this kind of investment in any part of Africa&comma; which can grow and be beneficial to other countries&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He therefore enjoined Nigerians to guard Dangote investments and other local investments in Nigeria&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Let all Nigerians support this investment to grow from strength to strength&period; This is amazing and we will like to have a similar investment in Zambia&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;nigeriantracker&period;com&sol;2022&sol;08&sol;16&sol;president-buhari-names-dangote-as-chairman-of-national-end-malaria-council&sol;">President Buhari names Dangote as Chairman of National End Malaria Council<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Speaking at the end of the tour&comma; Chief Executive Officer of Dangote Fertiliser Limited&comma; Mr&period; Vishwajit Sinha said demand for Urea fertiliser in the Nigerian market and beyond remains robust and is expected to continue to grow&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He said the &dollar;2&period;5 billion fertiliser complex would make Nigeria self-sufficient in fertiliser production with excess capacity exported to other African countries and the rest of the world&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The key focus of Dangote Fertiliser has always been to cater to the growing fertiliser demand of the domestic market in Nigeria and also to work towards bringing a green revolution in the country so as to contribute towards food security for Nigeria&period; The surplus production after supplying the domestic market is exported&comma;” he added&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Sinha stated that Dangote Fertiliser is positioned to take advantage of the Federal Government’s policy&comma; which focuses on agriculture as one of the keys to unlock the diversification of the Nigerian economy&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;As population is increasing&comma; food consumption is changing&period; Many countries’ economic progress is linked to agricultural development&comma; which is the best form of inclusive development&period; For all the countries that I have been to&comma; I can see the potential of agriculture in the entire value chain from the farm to the kitchen in Nigeria&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Dangote Fertiliser has the potential to transform the entire African region&period; Definitely it will have a huge value on the country&comma;” he added&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Sinha described Dangote Fertiliser plant as a company which will not only increase food-sufficiency in Nigeria&comma; but also drastically reduce the level of unemployment and youth restiveness in the country through the generation of direct and indirect employment&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;-- END THEIA POST SLIDER -->&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad5" id&equals;"quads-ad5" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; 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