Dangote Cement Plc Annual Report 2021
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Educational intervention for Sant Yalla
Community Pout - Senegal
Sant Yalla is a close-knit community in the southern part of Pout
Senegal. It is a growing demography with an estimated 40,000
inhabitants. The community until October 2021 had no school
for elementary school children. The five existing elementary
schools are all located in the northern part of the municipality.
To get to school, the children in the district had to contend
with high-density roads with heavy vehicular traffic thereby
exposing the children to the danger of accidents.
Dangote Cement Senegal privy of the situation set out to
build the community an elementary school. During the 2021
Sustainability Week, the staff of Dangote Cement unveiled the
brand new school which costs 47.5 million FCFA (Approximately
$80,000). The school has six classrooms fully equipped with
desks, an administrative block and two sanitary blocks. The
opening of this school is a real relief for the new district of
Sant Yallah, which is facing significant demographic and
geographical expansion.
"I am very grateful to Dangote
Cement Senegal for this very
important achievement.
We want quality education.
We have to fight against the
surplus of students in the
classrooms and this requires
the construction of new
classrooms."
Moustapha Sarr,
the outgoing Mayor of the commune
Tackling COVID-19 in host communities
In 2021, we ramped up our fight against COVID-19 through several
initiatives in the host communities of our different plants in Nigeria
and Pan-Africa. Activities ranged from supporting host community
health centres with COVID-19 PPES, direct PPE donations to
host community members and more importantly, increasing
vaccination drive and ensuring that eligible members of our
host community are vaccinated. We also held enlightenment
campaigns targeted at demystifying the myths, fear and
misinformation surrounding vaccination. Our South African plant,
for example, partnered their host communities' Department of
Health to drive this campaign. Through a partnership with relevant
government health agencies, we ensured that a sizable number of
our host community members were vaccinated. A total amount
of N1.5 billion was spent on COVID-19 in 2021.
Empowering our employees
At Dangote, our employees form the building block of all our
accomplishments. Our efforts are channelled towards creating
a workforce environment in which they are enabled to work to
the best of their abilities and to unleash their full potential for
the benefit of all. As such, we have established initiatives that
enable them to improve their health and wellbeing both on
and off our office premises, build their capacity to empower
them to effectively deliver on their duties and maintain a work
culture where diversity and inclusion are valued, discrimination
strongly discouraged and rights of employees accorded a
premium position.
Our employee profile
We have a diverse workforce that comprises professionals of
different nationals, races, gender, age grade, educational level,
religion, political affiliations, etc. spread across all our locations
in Nigeria and Pan-Africa. We believe that our diverse pool of
talents comes with an overarching advantage with regards to the
diversity of opinion, experiences and knowledge which creates an
atmosphere for intellectual stimulation and growth.
For the reporting year 2021, our total staff strength was 9,508 (this
figure excludes the transport division). Of this number, 8,726 are
males and 782 are females. Also, of the total 9,508 staff, 8,530 are
permanent employees; 571 are temporary employees; while 407
are expatriates. Out of the total permanent employees, 714 are
females while 7,816 are males, representing 8% and 92% of female
and male employees, respectively. Also, in the year under review,
our transport division consisted of 10,053 employees, bringing
our total staff strength to 19,561. In terms of age categorisation,
of the 9,508 staff, (excluding transport) 1,039 were in the 18 to
30 years age group; 6,766 were in the 30 to 50 years category;
while 1,703 were above 50 years; representing 10.92%, 71.1%%,
and 17.9%, respectively. Together, employees between the ages
of 18 to 50 constitute a total of 7,805, representing 82.1% of the
workforce (excluding the transport division). Of the total number
of permanent employees, 7,867 are in Nigerian, South African,
Senegal and Ethiopian operations, out of which 608 (7.7%) are
female and 7,259 (92.2%) are male of the total population in the
four countries.
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