AllAfrica News: Manufacturing

[New Zimbabwe] TWO suspects have been arrested in Harare following the discovery of a backyard laboratory used for the illegal manufacture of unregistered cough syrups.

[Namibian] The Namibian public and the local pharmaceutical fraternity should be encouraged by president Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah's recent visit to Fabupharm amid the ongoing shortage of medicines in public hospitals and clinics.

[Capital FM] NAIROBI, Kenya, May 31 - Kenya's manufacturing sector is grappling with rising production costs, growing import competition and weakening demand, raising fresh questions about the country's industrialization ambitions and the sustainability of factory growth.

[Ghanaian Times] KUMASI -- Local leather and footwear manufacturers have appealed to the government to take urgent steps to rescue the country's shoe industry from what they describe as an imminent collapse.

[Nyasa Times] Malawi's manufacturing employment rate has dropped from 4.3 percent in 2010 to 3.9 percent in 2024, highlighting a worrying decline in the country's industrial sector, according to the African Development Bank (AfDB).