Tanzania has a total of 14 cement factories (The surplus cement produced is exported in EAC and SADC)
Tanzania has a total of 14 cement factories. Of these, seven (7) factories produce clinker and cement and seven (7) factories produce cement only. The country’s cement factories produce 8 clinker which is an important raw material for the manufacture of cement products. These factories have an installed capacity of producing 8,096,375 tonnes of clinker raw material per year.
The actual production of clinker in the country is 7,104,000 tonnes and the demand for clinker raw material in the country is 5,549,901 tonnes. Thus, there is a surplus of 1,554,099 tonnes which is sold to the East African Community (EAC) and Southern African Development Community (SADC) countries.
Domestic cement production in 2024 was 10,929,567.60 tonnes, while domestic demand is approximately 8,500,000 tonnes per year. Thus, there is a surplus of 2,429,567.60 tonnes which is sold in the markets of Rwanda, Malawi, Mozambique, Burundi, Uganda, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Zambia.
Cement producing and exporting industries include Dangote Industries Ltd, Tanzania Portland Cement PLC, Lake Cement Co. Ltd, Mbeya Cement Co. Ltd, and Tanga Cement PLC. The sector has provided 12,500 jobs, of which 5,220 are direct jobs and 17,280 are indirect jobs.