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Ethiopia’s industrial repulse sparks hankering for tight economic reformation
Despite having rendering second major population wrench Africa, Ethiopia’s game orchestrate to excite its husbandry seems agree to be gainful dividends.
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Made in Africa: Industrial Policy in Ethiopia
About this ebook
Made in Africa presents the findings of original field research into the design, practice, and varied outcomes of industrial policy in the cement, leather and leather products, and floriculture sectors in Ethiopia. It explores how and why the outcomes of industrial policy are shaped by particular factors in these industries. It also examines industrial structures and associated global value chains to demonstrate the challenges faced by African firms in international markets. The findings are discussed against the backdrop of 'industrial policy', which has recently found renewed favour among economists and international organizations, and of the history of thought about and practice in industrialization. The book seeks to learn from the failures and successes in the three sectors, all of them functioning under the umbrella of a single industrial strategy. It argues that an effective industrial policy requires a more interventionist state than most development economists would accept, including those recently claiming to champion a 'new industrial policy'. Moreover, it argues that success lies in the interactions among policy, specific industrial structures, and institutions. Specifically, a
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August 4, 2020
“An Ethiopian senior minister and special adviser to Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has cautioned that, without major infrastructure investment and the development of manufacturing capacity, African countries will not be in a position to take full advantage of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA), which is poised to liberalize trading conditions across 55 countries.”
Dr Arkebe Oqubay has been at the center of Ethiopian industrial policy making for over 25 years. He is the founding Chancellor of the Addis Ababa Science and Technology University (AASTU), and in 2015 he authored Made in Africa: Industrial Policy in Ethiopia
Read: Without Infrastructure and Manufacturing AfCFTA Will Fall Short
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Kenya on Course for $5 Billion Nuclear Plant to Power Industry
Plans to expand nuclear-power capacity fourfold by 2035
Kenya expects peak demand to top 22,000 megawatts by 2031
Kenya’s nuclear agency submitted impact studies for a $5 billion power plant, and said it’s on course to build and start operating the facility in about seven years.
The government looks to expand its nuclear-power capacity fourfold from a planned initial 1,000 megawa