Industry Dynamics

Zimbabwe farmers started selling their tobacco crop on Wednesday after the coronavirus outbreak delayed the opening of auctions, which provide vital foreign currency inflows, by more than a month.

The French Development Agency (AFD) has agreed to give the Moroccan bank Credit Agricole du Maroc (CAM) a MAD 560 million ($54 million) credit line.

Being among the fastest growing economies in Africa, Rwanda has a great opportunity of using its mineral resources to drive its industrialization, diversification and overall economic transformation.

The textile industry is one of Tunisia's most influential industries and has long been an important engine for the country's GDP growth. Tunisia, among the top 15 garment suppliers in the world, has the advantage of being close to the European market.

The Egyptian Council reported that the export of marble and granite increased by 26.6% from January to February 2019, from USD 30 million in 2018 to USD 38 million this year.

Commercial poultry production in Ghana can be divided into large-scale (over 50,000 birds), medium-scale (10,000 – 50,000 birds) and small-scale (less than 10,000 birds) enterprises.

Beekeeping, as a long-established economic activity in Tanzania, has contributed to the national economy, generating approximately $ 19 million annually, employing more than one million annually, and employing more than two million people.

West Africa, especially Senegal, once played an important role in the global peanut industry. In the 1960s, Senegal accounted for nearly a quarter of peanut exports.

Ghana is located along the Gulf of Guinea in West Africa, bordering Côte d' Ivoire in the west and Togo in the East. With a large number of fish resources, up to 2.2 million people depend on fisheries for their livelihoods.