AllAfrica News: Manufacturing

[ENA] Addis Ababa -- Ethiopia is striving to become a continental pharmaceutical manufacturing hub by leveraging the African Continental Free Trade Area, regional value chains, regulatory cooperation, and pooled procurement to expand African-made health products and position, Health State Minister Dr. Muluken Argaw said.

[Leadership] Innovation, investment in local talent and commitment to product quality will continue to drive competition in Nigeria's Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) and beverage industry, according to Ekuma Eze, Head of Corporate Communications and Sustainability at Rite Foods Limited.

[Independent (Kampala)] News Analysis -- East Africa has plenty of hides, cotton and oilseeds. What it lacks is the industrial capacity to turn them into shoes, clothes and cooking oil. Instead, the region spends billions of dollars importing goods made from commodities that its farmers and livestock keepers already produce.

[Liberian Observer] Vice President Jeremiah K. Koung has called on African countries to adopt a common minerals policy that promotes local processing, strengthens regional cooperation and ensures that the continent's vast mineral wealth delivers lasting economic benefits to its people.

[Daily News] Tanzania -- Tanzania's ambition to build a one trillion US dollar- economy by 2050 rests on a fundamental requirement: the ability to generate reliable energy to power industries, expand production and improve the livelihoods of its people.