East Africa is emerging as a trade hub to rival sub-Saharan Africa’s two heavyweight states of South Africa and Nigeria, according to analysis by Barclays published on Thursday. However the UK bank identifies five “sleeping giants” that present significant new opportunities for foreign companies; Ethiopia, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Mozambique, Tanzania and Ghana.   This quintet which are “playing.... Read more »

Posted on : Friday , 4th September 2015

 Intra-African trade increased by 50 per cent to $61 billion between 2010 and 2013, according to recent data released by the African Development Bank.   The rise is attributed to improved market access and a strong growth in re-exports among African countries.   The increase marks a strategic shift in internal trade on the continent, which was previously relatively low compared with trade flows from the European Union and.... Read more »

Posted on : Tuesday , 1st September 2015

 Namibia’s Information and Communication Technology Minister Tjekero Tweya and South Africa’s Communications Minister Faith Muthambi this week formulated a coordination arrangement regarding the countries’ respective digital terrestrial television migration projects. Print Send to Friend The cooperation and coordination arrangement would see a joint task team established to mitigate the potential cross border interference.... Read more »

Posted on : Tuesday , 1st September 2015

The seminar will invite GAC Automotive Engineering Institute to make a speech on the automotive surface anti-corrosion problems and requirements to technology and invite China Auto Parts &Accessories Management Consultant Co., Ltd to make a speech on the implementation of control system of auto parts supply chain. The attendees mainly are surface finishing engineers from automobiles, auto parts and accessories. The seminar also invites.... Read more »

Posted on : Tuesday , 14th April 2015

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