First of all, congrats tz, I know most of you here in jf, your ambition is just to surpass Kenya..... You are actually projected to be Africas largest cement manufacturers if you did not know....
Having said that, there is a difference between installed capacity and actuall production, there is also a difference between production and local consumption.... Consumtion is what makes all the big difference... Bieng largest manyfatures is good for a few hundred jobs, (its like saying tz is the largest producer of diamond or uranium, its good for you but really when you compare yourself with SA, they use uranium to produce lots of power) so how much cement does tz consume to build better infrastructure etc compared to kenya
Anyway, as for now, TZ is projected to overtake Kenya in 2018 based on the projected/proposed cement plants under construction...so until 2018 msituringie, don't count your chics b4 they hatch, we all remember what happened last time you did a similar thing, you started celebrating Tz economy would surpass Kenyas by 2025 back in 2008/09 and then we pulled a fast one and now you cant see shit.....
Increased investment in East Africa’s cement industry is expected to accelerate in the next three years, with Tanzania’s total capacity surpassing Kenya’s by 2018.
Accelerated investment in Tanzania’s cement sector, led by Dangote Cement, which is owned by Africa’s richest man Aliko Dangote and Kenya’s Athi River Mining would push up Tanzania’s installed cement capacity to 9.4 million tonnes per annum in 2018. This would surpass Kenya’s installed cement capacity by 2018, which would be at 8.1 million tonnes per annum at the time.