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CDH’s Industrials, Manufacturing & Trade Sector

CDH’s Industrials, Manufacturing & Trade Sector is strategically positioned to provide clients with support to navigate international, regional, and domestic policy, domestic regulatory and legal nuances to tap into the African market.

23 Nov 2021 7:23 Minutes Webinar

A significant expansion of Africa's manufacturing capacity and ability (through existing industries and emerging industries such as electric vehicles production and hydrogen production) on the continent is critical for the industrialisation of the continent to achieve the laudable objective of the African Union under Agenda 2063: the Africa We Want. Watch Director and Head of the Industrials, Manufacturing & Trade Sector Jackwell Feris and CDH Kenya Partner Shem Otanga as they provide an overview of the sector during the conference "Rethinking Industrialisation in Africa" – co-hosted with the French Chamber of Commerce in Kenya.

Click here to read more about the sector in our brochure. 

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