Sephaku Cement, a subsidiary of Dangote Cement, has secured US$222mn of domestic debt funding for its $390mn cement and clinker plant projects in South Africa
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Dangote Cement to enter Tanzania
Nigeria-based Dangote Cement has announced it plans to set up a manufacturing plant in Tanzania
AfDB to increase funds for Tanzania road project

AfDB is in the final stages of processing the financing for the Arusha-Holili/Taveta-Voi Corridor in Tanzania. (Image source: cogdogblog/Flickr)
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has said it will increase fund for roads construction projects in Tanzania from US$550mn to US$650mn by the end of 2012
Nigeria registers low cement consumption rate

Nigeria’s main cement producers are Ashaka Cement, Lafarge WAPCO, Unicem and Dangote Cement. (Image source: EDV Media Director/Flickr)
The Nigerian cement industry has fallen behind its peers in the continent due to a low per capita consumption rate
Uganda government starts construction of US$476 million highway
Construction of the four-lane Kampala-Entebbe Expressway, which will link Kampala to Entebbe Airport, has started after it was commissioned early last week