TANZANIA PORTLAND CEMENT CO. LTD (TWIGA CEMENT)

ABOUT US

Tanzania Portland Cement Public Limited Company (TPCPLC) was established by Cementia Holdings AG of Switzerland in 1959. In 1962, Cementia Holdings AG in collaboration with Tanganyika Development Company (now Tanzania Development Corporation) started to build the cement factory at Wazo Hill in Dar es Salaam. The Government of Tanzania owned 20% of the company shares. Construction of the factory was completed in mid 1966 and the first bag of cement produced in Tanzania came out of the factory at Wazo Hill. 

In 1967, the government increased its shares in TPCPLC from 20 % to 50 % and in 1973, the company was nationalized, the government increased its shares to 100 %. In 1992, the government entered into a joint venture with two foreign companies i.e. Scancem International ANS (13 %) and Swedfund International AB (13 %) while, the government retained 74 % of the shares.