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Lafarge to divest from Continental Blue Investment Ghana Limited

Lafarge Africa Plc to divest its 35 percent shareholding in Continental Blue Investment Ghana Limited (CBI), a company involved in development, financing and operation of a cement grinding plant in Ghana. This is according to a notice sent to the Nigerian Stock Exchange.

The cement manufacturer held an emergency meeting with its board of directors on October 6, 2020, to discuss its investment in CBI.

The notice signed by Adewunmi Adole, Lafarge’s general counsel and company secretary, said the decision to sell-off its shares in the Ghanaian company was taken during an emergency meeting of Lafarge board of directors recently.

In the company’s 2019 annual report, Lafarge had said: “As at December 31, 2019, the carrying amount of the company’s investment in Continental Blue Investment (CBI) has been fully depleted, as the losses reported over the years exceeded the carrying amount of the investment”.

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