Off to Africa

Sub-Saharan Africa is becoming increasingly important for companies in the international cement and concrete industry and its supplier companies. The demand for construction services in the 49 countries south of the Sahara Desert, with a population totaling more than 850 million, has consistently grown in recent years.

One of the locomotives of economic growth in the region is South Africa, with growth rates of more than 5  % in the run-up to the FIFA World Cup 2010 for which, in addition to the stadiums, transportation facilities and many residential and office buildings were erected. In...