Nigeria’s Dangote Cement owned by Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest person, has approached South African rival PPC about a takeover but has not completed talks.
A statement issued by the firm in the national dailies said talks were ongoing but nothing concrete had been concluded.
PPC is already considering a bid by local rival AfriSam, which launched a new all-share merger proposal that values South Africa’s largest cement maker at about 9.2 billion rand ($700 million).
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PPC has a third offer from an unnamed bidder.
“DCP (Dangote Cement Plc) hereby confirms that the board of directors of DCP has merely communicated its interest to the board of directors of PPC with respect to the acquisition of the entire share capital of PPC,” the firm said in a statement.
“This communication is still at the preliminary stage.”
PPC said in a statement its independent board is considering the proposal.
Shares in PPC were up 4.53 percent to 6.23 rand, while shares in Dangote were up 2.39 percent.
