Surface finishing industry associations and key enterprises from China, America, Germany, Japan, Korea, Singapore and India, the national environmental protection department, principals of surface finishing technology from leading enterprises in automotives, household appliances, hardware and other manufacturing industry will attend the summit to introduce surface finishing industry in different countries, discuss the general situation of.... Read more »

Posted on : Tuesday , 14th April 2015

 Special Economic Zones (SEZs) are progressively becoming a policy tool of choice for governments to attract foreign investment to promote export oriented economy and growth, thus creating employment opportunities. Globally, there is a major shift in economic policies in developing countries which attempt to industrialise their economy by becoming more manufacturing based economies, export driven through setting up of free trade zones that.... Read more »

Posted on : Tuesday , 3rd February 2015

 The Minister of Trade and Industry, Dr Rob Davies (MP), launched the South African Nuclear Energy Corporation (NECSA) Tooling Centre of Excellence in Phelindaba, Pretoria, on 10 November 2014. The launch was held in partnership with the National Tooling Initiative (NTI) and NECSA. The minister said the tooling sector has been identified by the Department of Trade and Industry (the dti) as a "key programme to develop market and.... Read more »

Posted on : Tuesday , 3rd February 2015

 Africa still accounts for a very low share of global manufacturing value-added (MVA) and global manufacturing exports (1.1 percent and 1.3 percent respectively in 2008). Even more worrying is that Africa's share of global low-technology manufacturing exports, a sector where it should have immediate comparative advantages, fell from 1.5 percent in 2000 to 1.3 percent in 2008, as opposed to East Asia and the Pacific where it rose from 17.... Read more »

Posted on : Tuesday , 3rd February 2015

 In a special issue of its Economic Development in Africa Report this year, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) collaborated with the United Nations Industrial Organization (UNIDO) to delineate strategies and policy options for Africa to foster its industrial development in the new global environment. The report advocates for African countries to embark on a new industrial policy centered on manufacturing.... Read more »

Posted on : Tuesday , 3rd February 2015

 This book revisits the perennial challenge that scholars, economists, and politicians have been grappling with since the 1960s. Development, in this book, has been defined in a context that projects it as a multidimensional and complex process which seeks to enhance the human, social, economic and cultural welfare of the people. This book calls for a rethinking of trade and industry for Africa’s development. It uses data drawn from.... Read more »

Posted on : Monday , 2nd February 2015

 Suame Magazine, is one of the biggest industrial areas in Africa.  In Suame Magazine, mechanics in over 12,000 small workshops fix cars and machinery with old spare parts, most of which come from Europe. It is so crowded that the Suame Magazine Industrial Development Organization is planning to buy a four-kilometer stretch of land nearby to turn the area into an official industrial zone. Eric Gyebi, Kwame Acheampong and Osei Kofi.... Read more »

Posted on : Monday , 2nd February 2015

 The report, "Middle East and Africa - Industrial Valves Market By Closure type (Quarter turn, Multi turn, and Others), By Function (Control, Isolation, Check and Others), By Type (Ball, Globe, Plug and Others) and By Application (Oil & gas, Chemical, Municipal, Power, and Mining) - Global Trend & Forecast To 2019" The Middle East and Africa Valve Market is estimated to reach $10 Billion by 2019,with a projected CAGR of.... Read more »

Posted on : Monday , 2nd February 2015

 SKOL Brewery yesterday launched a new production line that will enable it more than double its capacity to 200,000 hectolitres annually, up from 80,000 hectolitres presently, reports Ben Gasore. The company, a subsidiary of Belgium-based Unibra, currently commands about 14 per cent of the market share, according to Ivan Wulffaert, the general manager. Speaking during the inauguration of the factory at Kanyinya Sector in Nyarugenge.... Read more »

Posted on : Friday , 30th January 2015

 The performance of the Tanzanian economy has remained strong, recording growth of 6.9% in 2012, driven by a high uptick in manufacturing, agriculture, trade, transport, communications and financial intermediation. Growth was boosted by good weather and a timely supply of subsidized inputs, which supported agricultural production and the normalization of power generation, which in turn buoyed industrial production. Preliminary estimates.... Read more »

Posted on : Friday , 30th January 2015

 Real GDP grew by an annual average of 3.7% over the 2008-12 period, with agriculture growing by only 0.6% and the industrial and services sectors by 4.0% and 4.5%, respectively. The short-term outlook is positive, with projected GDP growth reaching 5-6% over the next three years, mainly driven by higher private-sector investments and increased exports. Services, especially, finance, ICT and construction, are the expected drivers of GDP.... Read more »

Posted on : Thursday , 29th January 2015

 Kenya has a range of value chains in floriculture, textiles, leather, automotive production, intermediate and final manufacturing, music industry and tourism. It is evident that the country is generally at the low end of the value chain, given that a large component of Kenya’s exports is in raw materials (e.g. coffee, tea, animal products) which have low foreign value added content. For example, though Kenya has been integrated in.... Read more »

Posted on : Thursday , 29th January 2015