Data tables behind the figures

D.1 Figure ES.1: workforce by phase

Central planning values and ranges for the construction peak and the operating workforce of a phased EAF works at Kribi. The status of each value is shown; none is a commitment.

Table D.1 Values plotted in Figure ES.1: indicative workforce by phase (people)

Source: Cameroon Steel reference configuration RC-1 (planning estimate), edition 10 October 2026 (RC-1.1) [S11].

D.2 Figure 1.2: direct jobs per million tonnes

Direct employment divided by annual capacity (plants) or, for the EU, 2024 employment divided by average annual output. The ratio is Cameroon Steel arithmetic on the published job and capacity figures; definitions of jobs and capacity differ between sources.

Table D.2 Values plotted in Figure 1.2: direct jobs, capacity or output, and jobs per Mt

Source: as listed; ratios derived by Cameroon Steel. Nucor (430,000 tons) and CMC (500,000 tons) capacities are read as US short tons, as CMC’s annual report defines its ton [S82], and converted to 0.390 Mt and 0.454 Mt. Cameroon Steel full works shown at the central value of a 900 to 1,300 range.

D.3 Figure 2.1: young people reaching working age and new jobs

The first value is derived from the World Bank’s population estimate for 2025 of people aged 10 to 14, divided by five; the second scales it to the provisional 2026 census count of 22.7 million (Annex A); the others are as reported by the national employment observatory.

Table D.3 Values plotted in Figure 2.1 (people or jobs per year)

Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators [S14]; Journal du Cameroun, 5 October 2026, provisional census count [S19]; Cameroon Tribune, 8 May 2026, reporting ONEFOP [S17].

D.4 Figure 2.2: unemployment by education and sex

ILO unemployment rate (SU1) for persons aged 14 and over in 2021, from the national employment survey. The age-group rates from the same survey are added for reference.

Table D.4 Values plotted in Figure 2.2: ILO unemployment rate by level of education and sex, 2021 (%)

Table D.5 Additional reference: ILO unemployment rate by age group and sex, 2021 (%)

Source: INS, EESI3 Phase 1, main employment report, Table 4.1 [S12]. Status: sourced.

D.5 Figure 2.3: employment by institutional sector

Share of employed persons by institutional sector in 2021, for all workers aged 14 and over and for workers aged 14 to 34.

Table D.6 Values plotted in Figure 2.3 (% of employed persons, 2021)

Source: INS, EESI3 Phase 1, main employment report, Table 3.7 [S12]. Status: sourced.

D.6 Figure 3.1: institutions on the map

City-level locations of the institutions shown in Figure 3.1, with the straight-line distance from Kribi town centre. No site boundaries are used.

Table D.7 Locations plotted in Figure 3.1

Source: institutions as cited in Chapter 3 [S18][S20][S21][S22][S23][S24][S25]; boundaries from Natural Earth (public domain); distances derived by Cameroon Steel from OpenStreetMap city locations [S75].

D.7 Figure 3.2: vocational training by region

Share of persons aged 14 and over who follow or have followed vocational training, by survey region, in 2021. Urban and rural values from the same source table are added; Douala and Yaoundé are entirely urban.

Table D.8 Values plotted in Figure 3.2 (% of persons aged 14+, 2021)

Source: INS, EESI3 Phase 1, main employment report, Table 2.9 [S12]. Status: sourced.

D.8 Figure 4.1: skills-gap assessment

Scores on a four-step scale (1 small, 2 moderate, 3 large, 4 critical) by occupational family and dimension. Scoring rules are set out in Annex A. The last column is the simple average of the four scores, used only to order priorities.

Table D.9 Values plotted in Figure 4.1 (score 1 to 4)

Source: Cameroon Steel assessment (Annex A). Status: assumed.

D.9 Figure 4.3: firms offering formal training

Share of firms offering formal training to their permanent full-time employees, from the World Bank’s Enterprise Surveys.

Table D.10 Values plotted in Figure 4.3 (% of firms)

Source: World Bank, Enterprise Surveys, via the World Development Indicators API, updated 8 October 2026 [S15]. Status: sourced.

D.10 Figure 5.2: time to competence

Planning assumptions for the months from the start of initial training to independent competence, in three segments: initial qualification, minimum in-plant training, and in-plant training up to a typical maximum.

Table D.11 Values plotted in Figure 5.2 (months)

Source: Cameroon Steel planning assumptions (Annex A). Status: assumed.

D.11 Figure 6.1: local-sourcing objectives

Illustrative objectives for the share of each procurement category’s spend placed with Cameroonian-registered suppliers in the first and fifth years of operation. They are objectives for planning and dialogue, not commitments or forecasts.

Table D.12 Values plotted in Figure 6.1 (% of category spend)

Source: Cameroon Steel analysis (Annex A). Status: illustrative.

D.12 Figure 6.3: local procurement at Dangote Cement

Local share of total procurement as reported by Dangote Cement Plc; total and local procurement amounts are added from the same report.

Table D.13 Values plotted in Figure 6.3

Source: Dangote Cement Plc, Annual Report and Accounts 2025, pages 53 to 54 [S42]. Status: sourced.

D.13 Figure 7.1: women along the skills pipeline

Share of women in each group, from the latest available year for each source.

Table D.14 Values plotted in Figure 7.1 (% women)

Source: as listed. Status: sourced. The Dangote Cement value is the group total (1,110 women of 12,227 employees, excluding the transport division) [S42].

D.14 Figure 8.1: work accidents and insurance by region

Share of employed persons who reported a work accident in their main job in the previous twelve months, and share covered by insurance in their main job, by survey region, in 2021. The occupational-disease rate from the same source table is added.

Table D.15 Values plotted in Figure 8.1 (% of employed persons, 2021)

Source: INS, EESI3 Phase 1, main employment report, Table 3.24 [S12]. Status: sourced.

D.15 Figure 8.2: worldsteel safety and training indicators

Lost-time injury frequency rate (lost-time injuries and fatalities per million hours worked) and training days per employee, for the steel companies reporting to the World Steel Association.

Table D.16 Values plotted in Figure 8.2

Source: worldsteel, Sustainability Indicators, 2025 edition [S51]. Status: sourced. Women were 11.44% of the reporting members’ workforce in 2024 [S51].

D.16 Figure 9.1: workforce by phase

Planned first-phase direct workforce by occupational family, indicative full-works workforce and assumed first-phase construction peak.

Table D.17 Values plotted in Figure 9.1 (people)

Source: Cameroon Steel reference configuration RC-1 (planning estimate), edition 10 October 2026 (RC-1.1) [S11].

D.17 Figure 9.2: training timeline

Start and end of each activity in months relative to first steel in the first phase (negative values are before first steel), with the calendar month that follows if first heat comes at the start of the second half of 2030 on the RC-1.1 schedule; a later first heat moves every date by the same interval.

Table D.18 Values plotted in Figure 9.2 (months relative to first steel, and calendar on the RC-1.1 schedule)

Source: Cameroon Steel proposal (Chapter 9; Annex A); first heat in the second half of 2030 from the Cameroon Steel reference configuration RC-1 (planning estimate), edition RC-1.1 [S11]. Status: illustrative.

D.18 Figure 9.3: localisation objectives

Illustrative objectives for the share of Cameroonian nationals by occupational family in the first and fifth years of operation, with the weights of the planned first-phase mix used to compute the total.

Table D.19 Values plotted in Figure 9.3 (% of headcount)

Source: Cameroon Steel planning objective of 90% (85 to 95%) Cameroonian operating workforce by year 5 [S11]; family values are illustrative objectives, not commitments.

D.19 Diagrams without quantitative data

Six figures are diagrams. Their content is summarised here so that it can be read without the graphic.

Table D.20 Content of the diagrams

Source: Cameroon Steel. Status: illustrative.