MA has hit the $1 Billion FDI milestone!
Our beneficiary companies have attracted more than $1 billion in investment into African manufacturing!

MA has hit the $1 Billion FDI milestone!
Our beneficiary companies have attracted more than $1 billion in investment into African manufacturing!

MA has hit the $1 Billion FDI milestone!
Our beneficiary companies have attracted more than $1 billion in investment into African manufacturing!

 
 
 
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What We Offer

Deal support

  • Investor readiness support across financial analysis, modeling, marketing materials, business planning and other transaction support
  • Market studies covering commercial gaps in data and strategic issues in the region
  • Development impact improvement support across climate and environment issues, gender and social safeguarding, governance and impact measurement

Sector support

  • Public sector technical assistance to government and IPAs capacity and to developing policy at manufacturing sector levels
  • Sector wide strategic transformation studies to help develop and transform selected manufacturing sectors with significant development impact

Latest News

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June 20, 2024

Manufacturing Africa Tanzania Holds First Stakeholder Engagement Event

The recently launched Manufacturing Africa Tanzania convened its first stakeholder engagement gathering on May 23, 2024. The event was designed to introduce the UK government funded Manufacturing Africa (MA) programme…
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December 19, 2023

Manufacturing Africa Team Retreats to Kigali to Discuss Strategy

The 2023 Manufacturing Africa’s annual strategic meeting was held in Kigali in November. The meeting which was tagged ‘Manufacturing Africa Away Week’ had in attendance FCDO country advisers and leadership…
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December 15, 2023

AFSIC 2023: Manufacturing Africa presents reflections from supporting 130+ deals

Since 2013, the Africa Financial Services Investment Conference (AFSIC) has been the place to be for companies seeking funding to meet the right African investors and get the required investment.…
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Manufacturing Africa programme is supporting the sustainable growth of the manufacturing sector in Africa

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Facts & Figures

Deals supported

or in progress

160

Deals reached

financial close

36

FDI

Supported

$1 Billion

Jobs

commited

+29,000

(last updated in April 2024)

Ethiopia
Kenya
Uganda
Tanzania
Rwanda
Nigeria
Senegal

Companies Assisted to Secure Investment

Investors Supported by MA

Our Priority Areas

Green

manufacturing

As part of the UK Government’s commitment to meeting internationally agreed targets on greenhouse gas emissions, climate and…

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Global health and

vaccine manufacturing

Pharmaceuticals is a strategic sector that has gained even more importance during the COVID-19 pandemic. Less than 5% of pharmaceutical…

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Food security and

agri-processing

Smallholder farmers make up about 60% of sub-Saharan Africa’s population and agriculture accounts for approximately 23% of its GDP.

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