African Development Bank Group president Dr Akinwumi A. Adesina has again urged regional leaders to focus on vaccine production and access for the African continent as the Covid-19 epidemic continues to take lives and hurt economies and livelihoods. Adesina addressed leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) at a special summit held […]
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Dar es Salaam — The government has outlined strategies to turn Tanzania into a fertilizer hub including increasing importation and re-exportation to the East African Community (EAC) and Southern African Development Community (Sadc) member states. Apart from increasing the volume of cargo passing in the country, the move is expected to lower fertilizers’ price that […]
Local companies and non-government organisations interested in producing reusable sanitary pads say that the failure by the Rwanda Standards Board (RSB) to put in place guidelines has halted production forcing some to indefinitely abandon the idea. In an interview with The New Times, the Executive Director of ‘Days for Girls’ Enterprise, Olivier Habimana, said that […]
Zimbabwe is set to become the second SADC country and also part of a countable few in Africa with bus manufacturing and assembly plants when it launches its own next month. The plant, a partnership between Amalgamated Bus Industries, Quest Motors Manufacturing, AVM Africa and China’ Zhongtong Buses, will start operating next month with a […]
In an effort to help local artisans and small manufacturers, the Malawian government this year rolled out a new system to eliminate middlemen and break into the international market. But some in Blantyre feel that they have been left out of the government plan. “We face a lot of challenges, one of them being that […]
LESOTHO must embrace new partnerships and approaches to reconstruct the textile industry and help it recover from Covid-19. This is according to a new study conducted by the Private Sector Foundation of Lesotho (PSFL) on the impact of Covid-19 on the textile industry. The study, which sampled 93 local tailoring businesses and five foreign firms […]
The federal government has introduced additional standards for solar panels, batteries, inverters, meters and charge controllers for manufacturers and importers of components of the product in the country. Coming under the framework of the Nigerian Energy Support Programme (NESP), a technical assistance programme co-funded by the European Union (EU) and the German government, the government […]
Nigeria’s GDP rose from 0.11 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2020 to 0.51 per cent in the first quarter of 2021, translating to a 0.40 percentage point increase. The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has said that the 2021 first quarter 0.40 percentage point Gross Domestic Product (GDP) increase, though a […]
The government is entirely responsible for problems facing the sugar industry, according to the Kenya Association of Manufacturer’s (KAM) Sugar Sub-Sector report. The report lays blame on the government and puts the responsibility of reviving the setcor on it. In its 2021-2025 Strategic Plan launched last week, KAM’s Sugar Sub-Sector team stated that to get […]
About 1,000 people who have been working at Burera Garment Factory are now jobless as the plant remains idle following the dissolution of partnership between Burera district and Noguchi Holdings Company. The garment factory and adjacent Integrated Craft Production Centres (ICPC) locally known as ‘Agakiriro’, located on 2.5 hectare in Rugarama Sector in Burera, was […]
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has commenced a nationwide sensitization campaign on product registration and value addition for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise (MSMEs) operators across the country. A statement from the agency yesterday quoted its Director-General, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, as saying the Federal Government had identified MSMEs as […]
In an interview with Africa Renewal, Ms. Taylor also discusses Liberia’s development priorities. Jewel Cianeh Taylor is one of few women in top political leadership positions in Africa. In this interview with Africa Renewal’s Kingsley Ighobor, she discusses Liberia’s COVID-19 response, post-pandemic priorities, women’s empowerment in Africa, youth unemployment and other issues. These are the […]
As India’s export ban results in COVAX supplies to drying up, African countries have been scrambling in a desparate attempt to find alternatives. The second shot is proving difficult. Most African countries rely on COVAX, the World Health Organization (WHO) program built to ensure poor countries have equitable access to vaccines to combat the pandemic, […]
Ethiopian company Bazra Motors and Russian based Ulyanovsk Automobile Plant (UAZ) have signed an accord to set up UAZ cars assembly plant in Ethiopia. According to the press release sent to The Ethiopian Herald, the two companies have agreed to join forces of vehicle assembling and maintenance following the recent visit of UAZ representatives to […]
India, a major manufacturer of the Astra Zeneca vaccine, is experiencing a devastating surge in Covid-19 and has largely stopped exporting vaccine doses. The country is vaccinating two to three million people a day, equal to the numbers in the US, but with a much larger population. This has had a knock-on effect, drying up […]
African leaders last week assembled at a global meeting to discuss the status of local pharmaceutical manufacturing on the continent, underscored the need to increase local production of vaccines and therapeutics to achieve greater public-health security. “The production of vaccines and access to vaccines is an absolute priority,” Cyril Ramaphosa, President of South Africa, said […]
African leaders assembled at a global meeting to discuss the status of local pharmaceutical manufacturing on the continent, underscored the need to increase local production of vaccines and therapeutics to achieve greater public-health security. “The production of vaccines and access to vaccines is an absolute priority,” Cyril Ramaphosa, President of South Africa, said Monday in […]
Johannesburg — Africa is lagging in vaccinating its people against the COVID-19 disease, and continental heads of state and international health officials say vaccine manufacturing must come to Africa in earnest to combat both the illness and future health emergencies. These experts, alongside African heads of state and international finance figures, are meeting virtually this […]