Manufacturing Indaba Western Cape

30/09/2025

29/06/2025

The countdown is on to the 2025 Manufacturing Indaba, the continent’s leading platform for industrial growth, innovation, and collaboration. With a powerful mix of exhibitions, high-level conferences, CEO-led workshops, and networking, this year’s event will bring together Africa’s top manuf...

01/06/2025

Visit the Manufacturing Indaba and stand a chance to win a laptop - entry is free!

To register: https://manufacturingindaba.co.za/visit-exhibition/

23/01/2024

JOIN US AT THE 2024 MANUFACTURING INDABA CONFERENCE FOR UNRIVALLED OPPORTUNITIES IN NETWORKING, LEARNING, AND DISCOVERY.

The Manufacturing Indaba (22 – 23 October 2024, Sandton Convention Centre), with its strategic partners, provides a platform to engage and discuss the latest global and local manufacturing trends using one point of entry. The Conference includes engaging panels and networking experiences that will fit your diary using the latest industry technology

Visit : https://manufacturingindaba.co.za/

03/12/2023

The African manufacturing landscape continues its rapid evolution and businesses need to adapt

28/06/2023

South Africa: Infrastructure Investment Critical for Success of AfCFTA

Deputy President Paul Mashatile says the success of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) depends on the investment in infrastructure in the areas of electricity generation, transportation, as well as freight and logistics distribution.

"This is because Africa's trade integration has been hampered for decades by the ageing infrastructure and too many regulations which require reforms," Mashatile said.

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Deputy President Paul Mashatile says the success of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) depends on the investment in infrastructure in the areas of electricity generation, transportation, as well as freight and logistics distribution.

30/05/2023

Kenya and Ghana show why giant infrastructure projects alone cannot drive industrial development

The African Union’s flagship Agenda 2063 initiative prioritises large-scale infrastructure development and promises to “link the continent by rail, road, sea and air”.

This is being undertaken in parallel with efforts to improve economic integration. In 2021, the 54 countries on the continent made history when they began trading within the African Continental Free Trade Area. It is the largest free trade area in the world.

RE: https://scroll.in/article/1049561/kenya-and-ghana-show-why-giant-infrastructure-projects-alone-cannot-drive-industrial-development

They need to be accompanied by policies that discourage speculation in land and encourages investment in factories that can employ the continent’s workforce.

08/05/2023

3 Themes That Manufacturers are Focused on in 2023

In manufacturing, three issues have stood out as priorities as businesses take advantage of the cloud to improve their digital posture: sustainability, cost pressures and ongoing supply chain disruptions

RE: https://www.sdcexec.com/sourcing-procurement/manufacturing/article/22861028/loftware-inc-3-themes-that-manufacturers-are-focused-on-in-2023

In manufacturing, three issues have stood out as priorities as businesses take advantage of the cloud to improve their digital posture: sustainability, cost pressures and ongoing supply chain disruptions.

02/05/2023

Minister Sihle Zikalala: Progress in implementing National Infrastructure Investment Plan

Statement by the Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure, Mr Sihle Zikalala, on the progress in implementing the National Infrastructure Investment Plan.

It is indeed evident that the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure is a key role player in the economic recovery and reconstruction plan. This is a department at the centre of driving the implementation of South Africa’s blue print, the National Development Plan (NDP).

RE: https://www.gov.za/speeches/minister-public-works-and-infrastructure-mr-sihle-zikalala-25-apr-2023-0000

25 Apr 2023Statement by the Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure, Mr Sihle Zikalala, on the progress in implementing the National Infrastructure Investment PlanDeputy Minister of the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure, Ms Bernice Swarts;Acting DG of the Department, Dr Alec Moemi;Th...

24/04/2023

5G private wireless network in process manufacturing

Ricky Corker, Chief Customer Experience Officer at Nokia , and Mikko Uusitalo, Global Director for Mission Critical & Private Networks at Cellnex Telecom, discuss the driving factors behind why BASF, the largest chemical factory in southern Europe, decided to implement a 5G private wireless network.

RE: https://lnkd.in/dkYGZjj5

In this interview Ricky Corker, Chief Customer Experience Officer at Nokia, and Mikko Uusitalo, Global Director for Mission Critical & Private Networks at Ce...

17/04/2023

DRC and Zambia to establish SEZs for electric vehicle production.

The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) have signed a framework agreement with the Democratic Republic of Congo and Zambia for the establishment of special economic zones for the production of electric vehicles and batteries as the continent looks to add value to surging demand for its critical minerals.

RE: https://african.business/2023/04/long-reads/drc-and-zambia-to-establish-sezs-for-electric-vehicle-production

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Investment from Afreximbank and the UN aims to turn the countries from exporters of unprocessed critical minerals to vibrant manufacturing hubs for electric vehicles and batteries.

14/04/2023

Ramaphosa underlines commitment to energy and freight reforms as he unveils new R2tr investment target

President Cyril Ramaphosa unveiled a new investment target of R2-trillion for the five-year period to 2028 at the fifth edition of the South African Investment Conference on Thursday, where he also received new pledges from domestic and international investors that enabled him to confirm that the R1.2-trillion five-year target set in 2018 had been exceeded.

RE: https://www.polity.org.za/article/ramaphosa-underlines-commitment-to-energy-and-freight-reforms-as-he-unveils-new-r2tr-investment-target-2023-04-13

President Cyril Ramaphosa unveiled a new investment target of R2-trillion for the five-year period to 2028 at the fifth edition of the South African Investment Conference on Thursday, where he also received new pledges from domestic and international investors that enabled him to confirm that the R1...