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Manufacturing the Future

South African manufacturing needs to empower small businesses, according to the upcoming Manufacturing Indaba event set to take place in June, 2016

Local Pharma Production Presents Strategic Opportunity for Ethiopia

The Ethiopian Government is offering tax incentives to increase in-country production of medicines in order to improve the quality of its healthcare, finds Frost & Sullivan

Shaping the Direction of South African Energy

Minister H.E. Hon. Tina Joemat-Pettersson is set to attend the Southern Africa Energy & Infrastructure Summit

“Greening” Africa’s Industrialisation

A new economic report on Africa argues that a greener approach to industrialisation is the only viable option for the continent's continued development

East Africa Driven by non-Commodity Growth

According to Standard Bank, East Africa's property developers are combating local currency volatility by adopting the appropriate funding structures to mitigate risk in the current economic environment

Galvanising African Agriculture through Efficient Farm Mechanisation

The Vision of the Future event, organised by Massey Ferguson, takes place in Lusaka, Zambia today; promising new ideas, new techniques and new thinking in Africa's agricultural industry

Migration Provides Opportunity for Africa

According to Takyiwaa Manuk, the Director of the Social Development Policy Division at the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), migration inside the continent should be seen as an opportunity, and not a “brain drain”

Orange Invests in Nigerian Ecommerce Heavyweight

The world-renowned telecommunications Company will become a shareholder in Africa Internet Group as a result of a deal which will initially see investments of up to $85 million

Nielsen Survey Reveals Nigeria’s Online Shopping Potential

The new Nielsen Global Connected Commerce Survey has found that Nigerian's are outpacing global purchasing rates across several categories in online retail, pointing to what the Survey suggests is “the new retail reality”

Overcoming Africa’s Infrastructure Deficit

Research shows that addressing the infrastructure gap remains critical to facilitate sustainable economic growth on the continent, with gender equality chief among concerns