Global engineering company Sandvik has opened a new 16,000 sq m distribution hub near Johannesburg, South Africa, in order to enhance its business in southern Africa
Manufacturing
Samsung commissions engineering academy in Lagos

Nicholas Shin (left), managing director of Samsung Electronics West Africa, and Lagos State governor Babatunde Fashola (center) at the inauguration ceremony of the academy. (Image source: www.samsung.com)
Samsung Electronics West Africa (SEWA) has commissioned an engineering academy in Lagos for training electronic engineers
MDM Engineering to carry out expansion work at African Barrick’s plant

Work in progress at the Bulyanhulu process plant in Tanzania. (Image source: www.africanbarrickgold.com)
MDM Engineering has entered into an agreement with African Barrick Gold to carry out expansion work at African Barrick’s Bulyanhulu process plant in Tanzania
Figures indicate South African manufacturing slump
South Africas purchasing managers index (PMI), which is used to gauge manufacturing sector activity, fell to a three-year low in September
WHO tobacco guidelines concern Kenyan manufacturers
The tobacco industry may have created jobs but controlling the sale and distribution of tobacco needs to be administered under individual country laws, according to KAM chief executive officer, Betty Maina (Image source: Traumrune)
The Kenya Association of Manufacturers (KAM) has spoken out against the full implementation of the World Health Organisations tobacco control recommendations in the region