Playing the long game: how DFIs can drive sustainable industrialisation in Africa
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Playing the long game: how DFIs can drive sustainable industrialisation in Africa

The UN General Assembly has declared 2016-2025 the Third Industrial Development Decade for Africa. Yet, Africa’s manufacturing value added accounted for only 1.6% of the global total in 2014. The continent continues to lag behind other regions and adds value to only 14% of its exports, compared to 27% for emerging Asian economies and 31% for developed economies.

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