Africa’s industrial moment can’t wait. With the promise of a 1.5-billion-person market under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), a rising generation of innovators, and deep untapped industrial potential, Africa is laying the groundwork for a new era of production.
But momentum alone isn’t enough. The question now is whether this shift can be matched by the right kind of policy and delivery and that’s where The United Nations Industrial Development Organization’s (Unido) latest Africa Industrial Development Report comes in.