By Rajul Malde In his 1974 book, Africa, the Next 30 Years, the late Kenyan academician, Professor Ali Mazrui lamented the paradox of Africa producing what it does not consume and consuming what it does not [c]
By Gilbert Manirakiza For the past twenty years, the “Made in China” label has dominated the global marketplace. This dominance, however, has brought both prosperity and controversy. Imagine a world where a new label emerges—”Made [c]
Louis Botha, Country Manager for Aggreko, South Africa looks at some of the ways in which manufacturing organisations can manage unstable grid conditions, power outages and disruptions without compromising on ongoing operations There are significant [c]
By Rajul Malde For manufacturing to survive and even grow in a tough and uncertain environment, innovation is paramount. This means innovating new products but also re-thinking the production process to make it more efficient [c]
Seiko Epson Corporation, has become the first in its sector to fully adopt renewable energy sources for all its operations worldwide as of December 2023. This shift to green energy covers their entire global network, [c]
Africa Logistics Properties (ALP) has announced Printcare’s decision to choose ALP West Logistics Park as the site for the fiirm’s upcoming manufacturing and packing plant in Kenya. Scheduled to commence operations in April 2024, this facility aligns with Printcare’s [c]
Economic relations between Singapore and Africa continue to expand, as bilateral trade in goods grew by around 15% per annum between 2019 to 2022, reaching $14.5 billion in 2022. Singapore companies’ investments in the African [c]
By Marius Wessels The contemporary manufacturing sector and landscape across the globe is ever evolving as the need for higher efficiency and productivity becomes crucial to organizations. The integration of enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems [c]
Sophos, a global leader in innovating and delivering cybersecurity as a service, has announced a new sectoral survey report, “The State of Ransomware in Manufacturing and Production 2023,” which found that in more than two-thirds [c]
Schneider Electric Kenya and ACTOM Kenya have joined forces in a major agreement that confirms ACTOM’s intent to take over the production of Schneider Electric’s BlokSeT type tested switchboards. The agreement will see Schneider Electric [c]
By Patrick Ndegwa Kenya’s manufacturing sector has been a notable driver of the country’s economic growth, contributing to development and employment. The sector’s growth has been primarily driven by agro-processing, textile and apparel, and chemical [c]
Norfund, the Norwegian government’s investment fund, with a mission to support sustainably driven business operations in developing countries, has signed a $14 million financing agreement with Hela Apparel Holdings to bolster the development of its [c]
By Doug Hunter Africa is famous for resource and mineral wealth – we dig, we sweat, we sell. The world and a few locals get wealthy. But what about the people and the country. Kenya [c]
African manufacturers should think big about digital development. At the current, pace of economic and technological advancement, too many of Africa’s growing population of people and businesses will be denied the opportunity to live up [c]
By Darren Edwards Low code or software application design tools make it easy for non-developers to design, build, and launch software applications quickly. This eliminates the need for in-house coding specialists. With the introduction and [c]
By Rajul Malde Manufacturing is the second biggest driver of Kenya’s economy at 10 per cent of Gross Domestic Product after agriculture at 30 per cent. Manufacturing generates significant economic value. According to the Kenya Economic [c]
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