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OUR PLANS FOR THE FUTURE Senegal & Mali To capitalise on our success in Senegal we plan to extend the plant by adding a second line so that we can produce clinker to export to Mali, where we will establish a 1.5Mta clinker grinding plant to serve local markets. Niger We intend to establish a 1.5Mta integrated plant in Niger, which has ample deposits of limestone. Along with plants in Mali and Kenya, this will be a priority market for our expansion plans. Liberia & Côte d’Ivoire As both countries lack limestone, we plan to build clinker grinding facilities in Monrovia, Liberia (0.5Mta) and in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (3.0Mta), which we plan to open in 2019. We hope to supply them with clinker from Nigeria. Ghana In addition to the 1.0Mta import and bagging facility we have at Tema, in Ghana, we will build a 1.5Mta clinker grinding plant, in Takoradi, to capitalise on the fact that Ghana is likely to enforce a ban on the importation of bulk cement. We plan to open this in 2019. Nigeria We plan to build new factories at Okpella, in Edo State, and Itori, in Ogun State. These are likley to be 3.0Mta to 6.0Mta in size and will begin construction from late 2017 or beyond. In addition, we will build terminal facilities on the coast so that we can export clinker to West Africa. Cameroon We intend to double the size of our presence in Cameroon, most likely by building a second 1.5Mta facility to augment the similar-sized factory already operating in Douala. 68 Annual Report 2016

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