The Tanzanian Government has expressed interest in attracting fresh investments from Dangote Group in fertiliser production, energy and industrial infrastructure as it seeks to accelerate economic development.
The Minister of State in the President’s Office responsible for Planning and Investment, Prof Kitila Mkumbo, disclosed this when a Tanzanian delegation visited the Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals in Lagos recently.
In a statement on Sunday, Mkumbo said the visit was aimed at advancing discussions between the Tanzanian Government and the Dangote Group on expanding the company’s investment footprint in the East African country.
The minister said the discussions followed an earlier meeting between Tanzania’s President, Samia Suluhu Hassan, and the President and Chief Executive of Dangote Industries Limited, Aliko Dangote, on possible new investments by the conglomerate.
He said Dangote already had a significant presence in Tanzania, where it operates the country’s largest cement manufacturing plant, with an investment valued at
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