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About Us OUR PEOPLE Organisational development In 2016 we continued to roll out the business transformation initiative begun in 2015, which saw the HR team embarking on a series of organisational development programmes to ensure the achievement of this initiative. Most of our HR efforts in this area were focused on: • Reviewing HR polices and processes • Reviewing and updating procedural forms • Reviewing and updating the staff handbook for all operations • Reviewing the organisational structure • Staff data capturing and database clean-up exercise • Reorganisation of the corporate HR organisation All these efforts are geared towards improving our operational excellence and ensuring that Dangote Cement remains the market leader in the industry. Compensation and benefits To ensure that our employees remain committed and highly motivated to perform, we continuously review their employment conditions and compensation in line with industry standards. We regularly benchmark against other companies of similar size. Career development and succession planning We value our human assets and are committed to the continuous development of our people for better performance and improved efficiency. We have embarked on a series of programmes that will ensure that our talent pool is adequately developed and retained and also ensure that we attract the best calibre of people. The HR team is working on the following: • Development of a skills assessment and career planning framework and individual gap analysis at all managerial levels • Identification of key positions and review of job descriptions • Development programmes (in adherence to DIL’s Foundational Training ongoing Program for 2015) are Annual Report 2016 31

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