Pandemic is a wake-up call for Africa to revive dead industries
Prof Thomas Kipkurgat, the Managing Director of Rivatex East Africa displays three-layered masks manufactured at the plant in Eldoret, Uasin Gishu County on April 14, 2020. PHOTO | JARED NYATAYA | NMG
The coronavirus pandemic has illuminated, more than ever before, the urgent need for Africa to build its own industrial capacity.
Within weeks of economic shutdown in China's industrial hubs early this year, the massive ships that dock Africa's coastal harbours were nowhere to be seen.
