About

Dangote Cement is the largest producer of cement in Africa and the dominant player in the industry operating across 10 countries with revenues of over US$2.2bn in 2017. Spread over its facilities in Cameroon, Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania and Zambia, the company employs 24,000 people among which is Dangote’s esteemed legal function. Group chief legal counsel and company secretary Mahmud Kazaure, leads the expert in-house legal team responsible for all commercial legal, international business, civil litigation, contractual drafting and other legal guidance and service. Based in Nigeria, but with a multijurisdictional pan-African focus, the legal team is highly skilled and has impressed in its handling of the largest listed company on the Nigerian Stock Exchange and its planning for its continued expansion.