Pharmaceutical major GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) is to invest US$216mn in Africas healthcare sector, which includes the development of a lab, expansion of manufacturing facilities and training of community healthcare professionals
Industry
P&G opens US$300 million manufacturing plant in Nigeria
Procter and Gamble Nigeria (P&G) has completed the construction of a manufacturing plant worth US$300mn in Agbara industrial estate, Ogun State in western Nigeria
Chinese firm to set up motorcycle manufacturing facility in Tanzania
China’s Guangzhou Fekon has announced plans to set up a motorcycle manufacturing plant in Tanzania
Continental Tyres to expand South African manufacturing facility
Continental Tyres South Africa (SA) has announced plans to invest US$9.6mn to expand and diversify its tyre manufacturing facility in Port Elizabeth
SABMiller to open brewery in Namibia in 2014
UK-based SABMiller has announced that its upcoming brewery in Namibia has been scheduled to commence production during the first half of 2014