Ethiopia: Iron Manufacturers Overcome Price-Gouging Charges

Addis Fortune

The companies were charged for allegedly increasing prices between 4.7 to 140pc Read more »

Tanzania: Manufacturers of Substandard Goods Under Fire

Daily News

substandard products in the country will soon be expelled if they fail to improve the quality of the products to the required standards. The Executive Director of Tanzania Bureau… Read more »

Nigeria: CBN, Commercial Banks to Revive Real Sector With N4 Trillion Facility

Guardian

Succour may soon come the way of manufacturers and entrepreneurs, especially the agriculture sector, as the banking industry's accumulated cash reserve, ratio (CSR) estimated at… Read more »

Tanzania: Chinese Embassy Donates Over 190 Sewing Machines to Three Regions

Daily News

CHINESE Ambassador to Tanzania Wang Ke has handed over more than 190 sewing machines donated to underdeveloped areas of Mbeya, Kagera and Simiyu regions. Read more »

Tanzania: Govt Gives One Week Ultimatum to Cement Producers As Prices Rise

Citizen

The government on Wednesday night August 15 gave cement manufacturers a week to make sure that cement is available on the market as it was before and prices come down. Read more »

West Africa: West Africa/Europe - From Cocoa to Chocolate

AfricaFocus

"Cocoa growing communities, particularly in West Africa, are facing poverty, child labour and deforestation that have been made worse by a rapid fall in prices for cocoa. Widely… Read more »

Ghana: President Akufo-Addo Inaugurates 1 District, 1 Factory Project in Asokwa [press release]

Ghana Govt.

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Monday, inaugurated Spring and Bolts Limited -- one of the companies under Government's 1 District, 1 Factory initiative at Asokwa in… Read more »

South Africa: Be Sure Not to Miss Manufacturing Indaba Kwazulu-Natal Next Week

Global Africa Network

KwaZulu-Natal's manufacturing sector is the second largest in the country, after Gauteng Province. The manufacturing sector is geared for export, with nearly a third of South… Read more »

Ethiopia: More Support to Small, Medium Enterprises

Ethiopian Herald

The manufacturing industry has received due priority to transform the country's agriculture-led economy to industry-led one. Read more »

Nigeria: U.S. Investors Commit to Full Revitalisation of Nigercem

Guardian

Investors from the United States (U.S.) have promised to revamp the premier Cement Company, NIGERCEM in Nkalagu, Ishielu Local Council Area of Ebonyi State.They gave the assurance… Read more »

Nigeria: Agric Equipment Fabricators Seek End to Job, Wealth Exportation

Guardian

FEMI IBIROGBA writes on the need to promote homegrown technologies towards commercialisation of agriculture and ensuring food security. Read more »

Nigeria: 1market.ng to Create 500,000 Jobs in Five Years

This Day

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Ethiopia: Nation Earns U.S.$25 Million From Cement Export Despite Challenges

Ethiopian Herald

Ethiopia has earned 25 million USD from the export of cement over the past fiscal year, Chemical and Construction Input Industry Development Institute indicated. Read more »

Ethiopia: Factory Working to Deepen Its Toe On Cement Markets

Ethiopian Herald

Mugher Cement Factory is making various activities to expand its market share and catch up with other leading cement factories. Read more »

Nigeria: NCDMB Targets 70 Percent Local Content By 2027

This Day

The Executive Secretary, Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), Simbi Wabote, has announced plans to increase the local content in the oil and gas industry from… Read more »

Uganda: 54 Percent of Goods On Market Fake - UNBS

Monitor

A surveillance report by Uganda's national standards agency for 2017 and 2018 indicates that more than 54 per cent of goods on the market are fake, but the public thinks as high as… Read more »

South Africa: Shock Rise in SA Unemployment As Manufacturing Bleeds Jobs

News24Wire

The official unemployment rate increased by 0.5% to 27.2% in the second quarter of 2018, up from 26.7% in the first three months of the year. Read more »

Nigeria: New Lease of Life for Commercial Paper Market

This Day

The Commercial Paper market is expected to witness renewed vigour following last week's pronouncement by the Monetary Policy Committee. Read more »

Africa: U.S. Insists That Africans Must Wear Used Clothes

Vanguard

Rwanda is a small landlocked African country with a 24,670 square kilometer, a population of 11.9 million and a GDP of $8.9 Billion. It is with this country, the United States, US,… Read more »

Ghana: President Akufo-Addo Ends 3-Day Tour of Northern Region [press release]

Ghana Govt.

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has urged private sector actors to invest in the country's manufacturing sector. Read more »

Nigeria: Manufacturers Decry Govt's Insistence to Sign AFCFTA

Daily Trust

The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) has decried government's insistence on signing the African Continental free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) without addressing the concerns… Read more »

Nigeria: Cross River Cocoa Processing Plant Ready Soon - Ayade

This Day

Cross River State Governor, Prof. Ben Ayade, has expressed satisfaction with ongoing work at the 30000 tonnes per annum cocoa processing plant in Ikom. Read more »

Ethiopia: Largest Cold Rolling Mill Plant to Break Ground in Bahir Dar

Addis Fortune

The company will have yearly production capacity of 300,000tn of coil and sheet Read more »

Ethiopia: Industry Creates Jobs, Generates Revenues

Addis Fortune

The Ethiopian Metal Industry Development Institute reported that industry has created 16,405 jobs under the small- and medium-scale enterprises sector in the just-ended budget… Read more »