Nigeria
The continent’s largest consumer market, where dollar-denominated statistics understate real activity because of currency movement.
Manufacturing & industry
Import substitution and export-grade production, from agro-processing to light assembly.
The figure that matters
Morocco targets a million vehicles a year and is already Africa’s largest automotive manufacturing base, with an EV supply chain forming around it.
Coverage
What the desk does here
- 01 Greenfield and brownfield industrial assets
- 02 Export processing zone structures
- 03 Supply chain localisation
- 04 Offtake and distribution
Markets
Where manufacturing is a priority
4 markets under coverage name this sector among their top three.
Egypt
The single largest FDI story on the continent in 2024, and the reason the continental headline figure needs reading carefully.
South Africa
The continent’s deepest capital markets and most developed financial infrastructure, against the slowest growth of the eight.
Morocco
An industrial and export base with direct access to European markets, and the continent’s leading automotive manufacturing hub.
Enquiries
Talk to the desk about manufacturing
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