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August 23
Angola: Textile Factories Back to State's Hands
ANGOP
The Angolan state concludes this Friday 23 the process of recovery of three textile factories built with public funds and foreclosed last June by the Prosecutor General of the… Read more »
August 22
Zimbabwe: Govt Plugs Clothing Manufacturers Rebate Loopholes
The Herald
The Government has moved to plug loopholes in the utilisation of the Clothing Manufacturers' Rebate (CMR) after some players in the garment making sector were found to have abused… Read more »
August 21
Nigeria: Govt Ban on Imported Furniture Boosts Local Industry
VOA
Cane weaving is a Nigerian art that is decades old, but the demand for imported furniture had left many involved in the craft struggling. However, a government ban on furniture… Read more »
August 18
Kenya: How Alcohol Firms Endanger Drinkers in Multi-Billion Bootlegging Scandal [opinion]
Nation
Chances that your favourite alcohol is a counterfeit could be as high as 50 percent. There is even a higher possibility that the spirit brand you find at your local joint has not… Read more »
August 17
Ethiopia: Chinese Firm Ploughes $70m Into Textile Plant
Addis Fortune
Kingdom (Ethiopia) Linen Plc is building a large plant in Adama for 200 million dollars Read more »
August 16
Lesotho: Widespread Sexual Abuse Uncovered at Levi, Wrangler, The Children's Place Factories
Deutsche Welle
An investigation into denim manufacturing centers in Africa has unveiled systemic sexual abuse by local and foreign managers. Female garment workers suffered abuse, harassment, and… Read more »
Africa: Catastrophe Capitalism Jumps On the Electric Car Bandwagon, While South Africa Sticks in the Slow Lane [opinion]
Daily Maverick
As the world rushes into the future of electric cars, spurred on by catastrophe capitalists seeing this as The Next Big Thing, South Africa remains stubbornly wedded to fossil… Read more »
August 15
Africa: Levi's, Wrangler Vow to Protect Women Making Jeans From Sexual Abuse
Thomson Reuters Foundation
Three major U.S. brands vowed to crack down on abuse in Lesotho factories making their jeans on Thursday after an investigation found women were forced into sex to keep their jobs. Read more »
August 14
South Africa: SA Companies Urged to Invest in Zambian Manufacturing Sector
SAnews.gov.za
South African companies have been urged to invest in Zambia's manufacturing sector. Read more »
August 13
Uganda: New Strategy to Revamp Uganda's Textile Sector
East African
Uganda has completed the development of a strategy for its cotton, textiles and apparels sector that could generate 50,000 new jobs and $650 million in additional export revenues… Read more »
Kenya: Kwale Sugar Firm Banks On Irrigation to Shore Up Yields
Nation
It is one of the country's newest sugar factories, having started operations four years ago. Read more »
August 12
South Africa: Patel, Auto Industry Talk Job Creation
SAnews.gov.za
New technologies and the impact of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement on the auto sector formed part of discussions between Trade and Industry Minister Ebrahim Patel and… Read more »
August 10
Ethiopia: Chinese Contractor Ventures Into Ceramic Processing
Addis Fortune
CCCC has built an Industrial Park in Amhara Regional State Read more »
August 09
Kenya: Policy Pushing for Production of Locally Assembled Vehicles On Course
Capital FM
The government is finalizing the National Automotive Policy which is expected to position Kenya as a regional vehicle manufacturing hub. Read more »
August 08
Zimbabwe: Govt Seeks to Boost Manufacturing Sector
The Herald
Government has put in place a host of measures that can stimulate the local manufacturing sector. Read more »
August 07
South Africa: New National Motor Plan Is Geared Up and Ready to Go [analysis]
Daily Maverick
The economy is flat, industrial growth is stuck in limbo and prospects for the sector are poor. Cue government's new SA Automotive Masterplan (SAAM). Will it fuel the results… Read more »
Tanzania: Premier Tells Manufacturers to Expand Markets
Daily News
PRIME Minister Kassim Majaliwa has appealed to domestic manufacturers to make efficient use of the fourth Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) industrialisation week and… Read more »
August 05
South Africa: Pressing Matters for SA's Wine Industry [analysis]
Daily Maverick
The wine industry in South Africa is a good example of post-apartheid industrial success, and yet it's coming under more pressure; drought, declining yields, unprofitable estates… Read more »
South Africa: South Africa Must Rev Up Its Motor Manufacturing Engine or Miss the Bus [opinion]
Daily Maverick
The next century will be very different from the last, and any manufacturer looking to stay ahead must innovate in order to keep the wheels turning. There are lessons in this for… Read more »
August 02
Nigeria: 'How AGOA Visa Stamp Will Benefit Garment Manufacturers'
This Day
The Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC), Regional Coordinator for South West, Mr. Babatunde Faleke has called on garment manufacturers in Nigeria to be beneficiaries of the… Read more »
Nigeria: MAN Gets Ultimatum for Rejecting Traditional Title
This Day
There is concern in the household of Mr. Samson Olawale Olalere of the Eleyele area of Ibadan, Oyo State, as he claims that the community's native cult worshippers have served a… Read more »
July 31
South Africa: Launch Ceremony of the Aberdare High Voltage Manufacturing Plant [press release]
PR Newswire
On July 25, 2019, Hengtong Aberdare Cables held a grand unveiling ceremony for the launch of the Aberdare high voltage manufacturing plant in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. Read more »
July 29
Botswana: Leather Park Will Need Quality Hides
Botswana Daily News
The long awaited Lobatse leather park is almost a reality. Read more »
Nigeria: Textile Revival - in Praise of President Buhari
Daily Trust
Last Tuesday, 23rd of July the National Executive Council (NEC) of the National Textile, Garment and Tailoring Workers Union (NUTGWN) led by the President Comrade John Adaji had an… Read more »
July 27
West Africa: 2nd Made-in-Ghana Bazaar Opens in Accra
Ghanaian Times
THE Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration's second Made-in-Ghana Bazaar opened in Accra yesterday with an assurance that challenges being encountered by Ghanaian… Read more »

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