Tag African industrial policy

Africa’s industrial revolution will not be imported: Why the continent must build what it wants to trade

Across Africa, a new economic conversation is taking shape. The question is no longer whether the continent should trade more, but whether it can build the industrial capacity required to produce, compete and capture greater value from its own resources.…

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Beneath the rift: How Kenya turned underground heat into an economic advantage, and what East Africa can learn

Every industrial revolution has had its defining source of energy. Britain’s factories were powered by coal. The Gulf transformed itself through oil. Norway built prosperity on hydropower. Kenya may have found its long-term competitive advantage in something far older than…

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