Thu, 06 Apr 2017 10:14:48 +0000 BY MAILESI BANDA THE manufacturing industry in Africa needs to be enhanced if the continent is to trade within itself, Southern Eastern African Trade Information Negotiations Institute (SEATINI) chief executive director, Nathan Irumba has said. The executive director said the African continent would grow and sustain its economy if so much effort was put in supporting the manufacturing industry. He appealed to African governments to implement policies that would favour the growth of the manufacturing sector. Speaking in an interview with the Daily Nation, he said the manufacturing industry was the backbone of economic growth for the African continent. Mr. Irumba lamented that Africa lost substantial amounts of money in the process of exporting raw material to other continents while the products were imported into the country as finished products at a high cost. “Most of the products in Africa leave the continent as raw materials and are […]
Enhanced manufacturing industry guarantee for intra-trade in Africa- SEATINI
