Carlos Lopes, the executive secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), often talks about Toblerone, the famous chocolate bar manufactured in Switzerland by Kraft Foods, an ...

South Africa’s industrial policy debate often revolves around targets – ownership thresholds, localisation quotas, supplier ...

Industrialisation has long been acknowledged as a potent driver of economic progress across countries and region. In India, for instance, the rise of manufacturing in rural areas has lifted millions ...

As part of its priority one, the ruling party said it intended to improve job creation via industrialisation and revitalisation. The ANC plans to accelerate job creation by leading structural reforms ...

The First Industrial Revolution in the 18th century started the modernisation process marked by profound economic, social, and cultural transformations in the world. Research shows that the process of ...

Pakistan can no longer afford to delay industrialisation. Jobs, exports and fiscal health all depend on a strong manufacturing base or developing countries, industrialisation is not just a road to ...

The past is the key to the future. When snow falls on polar ice sheets, in Greenland and Antarctica for example, air is trapped between the snowflakes. Year after year, the snow compacts under its own ...

Deputy President Kithure Kindiki during a inspection tour of the Kenya Leather Industrial Park (KLIP) in Kenanie, Machakos County on January 06, 2024. He was accompanied by Acting Cabinet Secretary ...

Nigeria is making strenuous efforts to announce its presence in the comity of industrialised nations, but it appears that too little has been achieved despite all the commitments and investments in ...

Industrialisation continues to receive an insignificant allocation from the Annual Budget Funding Amount (ABFA) – the amount of oil revenue that supports the government’s budget, despite being ...

The year 2022 celebrates commencement of commercial operations five decades ago at the Heavy Mechanical Complex (HMC), the pioneering capital goods industry, and once a flagship of Pakistan's ...