Dangote Group to Double Fertilizer Output to Meet African Demand

A surge tank at the Dangote Industries Ltd. oil refinery and fertilizer plant site near Lagos, Nigeria.

Photographer: Benson Ibeabuchi/Bloomberg

Dangote Group plans to more than double the output capacity of its fertilizer plant as it looks to export to other African nations.

“There’s a plan to more than double the fertilizer production capacity and to also invest in other areas of fertilizer, so that all the fertilizer needs of Nigeria and other African countries can be met by the group,” Aliyu Suleiman, chief strategy officer at Dangote Industries Ltd., said Thursday at an event in Abuja, the capital.