Coleman targets 50% of Africa’s cable, fibre optic demand

Coleman Wires and Cables Industries Limited has set a target to meet over 50 per cent of Africa’s cable and fibre optic demand. The indigenous company’s export footprint includes Ghana, Niger, Togo, and Cameroon. This is even as the firm revealed investment plans in renewable energy solutions, broadband infrastructure, and smart grid technologies. The Managing […]

Coleman Wires and Cables Industries Limited has set a target to meet over 50 per cent of Africa’s cable and fibre optic demand.

The indigenous company’s export footprint includes Ghana, Niger, Togo, and Cameroon.

This is even as the firm revealed investment plans in renewable energy solutions, broadband infrastructure, and smart grid technologies.

The Managing Director and CEO, George Onafowokan, said this at a press conference

ahead of the company’s 50-year celebration in October 2025.

Founded in 1975, Onofowokan highlighted Coleman’s remarkable journey from a trading outfit to a manufacturing giant in Africa.

He reaffirmed Coleman’s position as Nigeria’s foremost indigenous cable manufacturing company, celebrating 50 years of innovation, resilience, and contribution to national development.

“Our commitment to quality, innovation, and local content is unmatched in the West African region. We have consistently supported national infrastructure growth with world-class electrical and telecommunications cables,” he said.

Onofowokan also declared that Coleman remains a Nigerian company that’s “very Nigeriannised.”

He announced the company’s expansion milestones, including the commissioning of West Africa’s first XLPE medium/high-voltage cable plant and fibre-optic facility, both located in Nigeria. Coleman’s manufacturing capacity now includes 390,000 tonnes of copper, 108,000 tonnes of aluminium, and an expanding fibre optic output projected to reach 9 million fibre kilometres annually.

“Our Sagamu and Arepo plants are now among the largest in sub-Saharan Africa,” he added, noting that over 700 direct and 7,000 indirect jobs are currently supported by Coleman, with plans to triple this figure within two years.

Onafowokan also unveiled the company’s newly completed continuous casting smelter—the first in Nigeria—capable of producing 10,000 tonnes of copper and 3,000 tonnes of aluminium annually, with plans to double capacity.

In the area of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Onafowokan revealed that Coleman Wires and Cables has invested over one billion naira in road infrastructure within the Arepo community in Ogun State, where the company’s factory is located.