Multi-sector industrial manufacturer and logistics operator across Africa
Dangote is a large, multi-divisional industrial conglomerate operating cement, sugar, salt, pasta, fertilizer, and oil & gas production alongside port logistics and real estate across West and East Africa. The tech foundation is deeply rooted in SAP — nearly the entire stack is SAP modules (SD, FICO, ECC, S/4HANA, BW, CRM) plus Oracle and cloud infrastructure (Azure, AWS, GCP) — signaling a mature, centralized enterprise resource planning backbone managing high-volume manufacturing and supply chain operations.
Notable leadership hires: Head of Quality & Assurance, Managing Director, Deputy Regional Director, Regional Director
Dangote Industries is a privately held conglomerate founded in 1978, headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria, with 10,001+ employees operating across 8 countries (Nigeria, Zambia, Cameroon, UAE, India, Côte d'Ivoire, Tanzania, Congo-Brazzaville). The business spans manufacturing (cement, sugar, salt, pasta, fertilizer), oil & gas, logistics (port management and haulage), real estate, and the Dangote Foundation. Operations are managed through an enterprise-grade SAP platform ecosystem; current initiatives focus on SAP S/4HANA migration, production planning optimization (DCP implementation), preventive maintenance scheduling, and quality control standardization across manufacturing facilities.
SAP-centric: S/4HANA, ECC, FICO, SD, BW, CRM, Supplier Relationship Management, NetWeaver, and HANA database. Complemented by Oracle, SQL Server, Sybase ASE, and cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, GCP). Currently migrating legacy SAP to S/4HANA.
Reducing equipment downtime, preventive/predictive maintenance scheduling, meeting production quotas, ensuring product quality and safety compliance, fuel cost management, and legacy SAP to S/4HANA migration.
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