Industry Dynamics

In the 1990s, the number of beef cattle in Zimbabwe exceeded 1.4 million, and it was exported annually to the lucrative European market, especially the United Kingdom, Germany and the Netherlands, with exports of US$50 million.

As global commodity prices pick up, manufacturing in Africa will increase demand for various lifting equipment to ensure efficient material handling processes.

Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon and Togo are the main cocoa producers in West Africa. These West African countries together account for 70% of world cocoa production, while Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana accounting for around 60%.

Morocco is participating in the 53rd Paris International Air and Space Show.The Minister of Industry Moulay Hafid Elalamy said that this is an opportunity to "showcase the boom and dynamism the sector is witnessing today" .

Until October 2018, Rwanda's mobile phone users reached 9,665,544, but most of them did not use smartphones and the Internet penetration rate in Rwanda has reached 47.7%.

South Africa has been a major producer of gold in Africa for decades, but it has changed. Recent research shows that Ghana has now toppled South Africa to become the leading producer of the precious commodity on the continent.

The South African and Zimbabwean governments plan to increase corn imports as bad weather weakens the harvest in southern African countries.

In the small landlocked countries of East Africa, which lack natural resources and competitive industries, Rwanda's economy performed well, with an average annual growth of 7.9% between 1995 and 2014. Its stable political environment and economic growth have attracted more and mo...

Experts in the industry said Zimbabwe is preparing to significantly increase chromite exports from this year due to strong growth in chromite ore and ferro-chrome production.