Tag: Industrial policy
South Africa’s recent trade performance
10 Feb 16 PublicationsWith a GDP (PPP) of over US$ 707 billion South Africa is currently the second largest economy in Africa after being surpassed by Nigeria in recent years. The country is considered ...
WEF: Does the 4th Industrial Revolution include anti-corruption?
27 Jan 16 NewsThe World Economic Forum brings together world leaders, corporate titans and other headline invitees for its annual blue chip meeting. So why are issues of corruption, tr...
Can Africa take advantage of the Fourth Industrial Revolution?
27 Jan 16 News“Emerging nations like Guinea can make better choices about how they develop. We don’t need to repeat the mistakes of the West” - Alpha Condé, President of Guinea
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Trade, Industry and Infrastructure in Africa: A Summary of the Paper-Trail from 2008-2015
20 Jan 16 PublicationsAlthough the idea that Africa’s next stage in development requires industrialization is decades old, the current process of linking industrialization to the continent’s trade r...
The Challenges of Industrial Development Policy Design in a Post-Liberalisation Era – the case of Zimbabwe
20 Jan 16 DiscussionBrian Mureverwi, tralac Intern, highlights the essential components of a dynamic industrial development policy using the case of Zimbabwe
In October 2015, the Confederation of Zim...
Five million jobs by 2020: The real challenge of the Fourth Industrial Revolution
20 Jan 16 News
The Fourth Industrial Revolution, which includes developments in previously disjointed fields such as artificial intelligence and machine-learning, robotics, nanotechnology, 3-D ...
New COMESA Industrialization policy in focus as Intergovernmental Committee meetings begin
04 Dec 15 NewsThe 35th meeting of the COMESA Intergovernmental Committee opened in Lusaka on 3 December 2015 with a call on Member States to address bottlenecks that are hindering intra-regional...
Technology can deliver inclusive and sustainable industrial development: Industrial Development Report 2016
04 Dec 15 NewsThe United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) launched its flagship publication, the Industrial Development Report (IDR) 2016, during the Organization’s General ...
Inclusive and sustainable industrialization key driver of Agenda 2030, say participants at UNIDO General Conference
02 Dec 15 NewsInclusive and sustainable industrial development lies at the core of UNIDO’s mandate, it is one of the main drivers for sustainable development and will be crucial for achieving ...
On Africa Industrialization Day, Ban warns gender inequity, youth unemployment risk continent’s progress
23 Nov 15 NewsMarking the Africa Industrialization Day, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is calling for job creation in small and medium enterprises (SMEs) for women and youth to era...
Made in Africa: Some new thinking for Africa Industrialization Day
20 Nov 15 NewsThis Friday, November 20 marks yet another “Africa Industrialization Day” by the United Nations. There have now been 25 such events, and they seem to have come and gone with re...
Committee on Regional Cooperation and Integration (CRCI): Enhancing Productive Integration for Africa’s Structural Transformation
17 Nov 15 NewsRegional Cooperation Committee meeting to discuss improvements to Africa’s productive integration and Continental Free Trade Area
Despite growth during the past decade and relat...
Helen Clark: Speech at the UN GA Side Event, “Towards TICAD VI: Africa’s Transformation through Industrial Development and Agenda 2063”
29 Sep 15 NewsThe TICAD VI High-Level pre-event was held on the margins of the 70th United Nations General Assembly in New York, USA, on 28 September 2015. The objective was to discuss Afri...
Africa Must Industrialize – Joint Communiqué by the AUC, OSAA, ECA, and UNIDO
28 Sep 15 NewsParticipants at a high-level event held today at the United Nations headquarters in New York, voiced strong support for the industrialization of Africa as a way forward to implemen...
Kenya unveils blueprint to revive industrial and manufacturing sector
17 Sep 15 NewsKenya has unveiled its first-ever blueprint to revive its manufacturing and industrial exports sector.
The decade-long plan, aptly christened Kenya’s Industrial Transforma...
EAC “trade wars” demonstrate importance of market integration agenda for regional industrial development
02 Sep 15 DiscussionWilliam Mwanza, tralac Researcher, discusses the ongoing “trade wars” amongst East African Community (EAC) member states
Industrial development has attained renewed focus...
35th SADC Summit Brochure: Advancing the regional integration agenda
25 Aug 15 NewsThis publication, prepared by SARDC for the 35th SADC Summit in Botswana on 17-18 August 2015, provides a public record of SADC activities and achievements in the past year, includ...
SADC Industrialisation Strategy and Roadmap
20 Aug 15 NewsThe SADC Industrialization Strategy and Roadmap, 2015-2063, was approved by the Extra-Ordinary Summit in Harare, Zimbabwe, in April 2015. The Strategy is premised on the convi...
Government on mission to achieve higher impact industrial development
12 Aug 15 NewsThe Minister of Trade and Industry, Dr Rob Davies says government has embarked on a mission to take the country’s industrialisation to the next level by ensuring that the Industr...
China, Africa industrial capacity co-operation aims for win-win
23 Jul 15 NewsRecently, industrial capacity cooperation has become a catchword in China-Africa cooperation. Many African countries are eager to embrace the historic opportunity brought about by ...