Making African Manufacturing industry landscape work

Africa is now more connected, technologically savvy, and focused on enhancing its economic systems compared to 30 years ago. The narrative has changed, from civil unrest and extreme donor-dependent economies, to those with record-high tax collections such as in Tanzania, and information communications and technology (ICT) transformation ones such as Rwanda, Kenya and South Africa. The African GDP has grown to over $2 trillion from about $587 billion in 2000. Despite the youngest continent’s nations being driven by agriculture—which has also sustained major development, in terms of technology input, funding and research and development, still the continent’s manufacturing industry holds vital potential to stimulate the economy and offer decent livelihood to its vast young human capital, who number over 226 million and who are expected to increase by 42 per cent by 2030 according to the United Nations (UN). According to Brookings—an American think tank, the future of the manufacturing industry in Africa is optimistic. It is projected by 2030, business to business spending in manufacturing in Africa will reach $666.3 billion, which is $201.28 billion higher than it was in 2015. READ:Create global partnerships, manufacturers urged Progress so far Making the manufacturing industry work for Africa is a crucial