Fashion Leather Industry Has Become A New Industrial Growth Point In Tunisia

As one of the backward regions in the global economic development, most African countries are relatively low in industrialization, and the proportion of industries in African economies is relatively small.

But Africa has abundant resources, cheap labor, vast market, constantly improving infrastructure, and global industrial adjustment and pfer. Africa's industrialization is ushering in new opportunities.

The industrial structure is single, infrastructure is backward, capital and technology are scarce, and most African countries have failed to establish a complete industrial system.

According to statistics, industrial output in sub Saharan Africa accounts for only 0.7% of the world's total, but only 0.5% in South Africa.

Pete, a senior researcher at the Institute of International Studies in South Africa, told reporters that most African countries had less than 15% contribution to GDP and some countries even less than 5%.

In Africa, the industrial system of several countries is beginning to take shape.

It is one of the highly industrialized countries in Africa. Manufacturing, construction, energy and mining are the four major sectors of South African industry.

South Africa's manufacturing sector is complete and technologically advanced, contributing 15.2% of GDP last year.

Senegal is one of the most developed countries in West Africa, and its industrial output accounts for about 19.7% of GDP in 2011.

Cameroon's industrial level in West Africa is at the forefront of sub Saharan Africa, and its industrial output accounts for 27.5% of GDP in 2012.

Kenya is the most developed country in East Africa. The manufacturing industry is mainly food processing industry, and its development speed is fast. The goal of the government is to build a newly industrialized country by 2030.

But the vast majority of African countries have relatively weak industrial base.

The industrial sectors in East Africa are not complete, and parts and raw materials depend on imports. In 2012, industrial output accounted for only 9.2% of GDP in Ethiopia.

The situation in Uganda is similar. The number of industrial enterprises is small and the scale is small. In 2011, the industrial output value was 4 billion 560 million US dollars, accounting for 25.4% of GDP.

In some African countries, industries are more dependent on mining and other basic industries, and manufacturing capacity is insufficient.

In Nigeria, the largest economy in Africa, the oil industry is the backbone of the national economy. Its gross domestic product (GDP) is 20% to 30% of its oil industry, but manufacturing output accounts for only about 4% of GDP. The few manufacturing industries still remain in the simple processing of raw materials.

In Algeria, the oil and gas industry accounts for 45.1% of the gross domestic product, while the manufacturing industry accounts for only 5.2%.

Zambia, Garner, Congo and other countries also have problems of relying heavily on resource industries.

The process of Africa's industrialization lags behind both internal and external factors, including historical and geographical factors, as well as institutional and policy factors.

Li Zhibiao, a researcher at the Institute of West African Studies of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, told reporters that there are more than 50 countries in Africa. These countries are relatively small in size and have a small population, leading to the lack of economies of scale in African countries.

In addition, the single economic structure left over by colonial era has made the production and export of a few kinds of agricultural primary products constitute the pillar industries of most African countries.

With the backwardness of infrastructure, lack of capital and technology, lack of talent reserves and war disorder, most African countries have failed to establish a complete industrial system.

In order to improve the level of industrialization, efforts should be made to improve the investment environment, raise financing capacity, improve infrastructure and vigorously train personnel.

Tunisia is a country with the smallest size and relatively scarce natural resources in North African countries. Because of this, Tunisia always attaches importance to industrial planning and development and hopes to become a model for industrialization in African countries.

Nukodina Taktak, director of Tunisian industry and innovation promotion, said in an interview with reporters.

At present, Tunisia's industrial output accounts for about 38% of GDP.

In order to develop the industry, Tunisia has built a large number of supporting facilities such as highways, docks and industrial parks.

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Petroleum based chemical energy, building materials and food processing have been the mainstay of the industrial field.

At present, auto parts, machinery processing, electronic accessories, pharmaceutical and chemical industry, fashion leather industry have gradually become the 5 new industrial growth points.

The government of Nigeria has taken a series of measures in recent years to speed up its industrialization process.

The government set up the national R & D and Innovation Committee to strengthen the guidance for national industrialization development.

President Jonathan stressed that if Africa wants to get rid of its development predicament, it must take the road of industrialization.

In February of this year, Nim introduced "

"The goal is to increase the manufacturing sector's contribution to the economy from 5 to 10% in the next 8% years and become a driving force for job creation and inclusive economic growth.

Abdullah, a professor in the Department of economics and management of Abuja University of Nigeria, told reporters that on the basis of changing dependence on crude oil exports, Nigeria actively developed its own petrochemical industry, while making full use of existing oil revenues to promote the development of agriculture and mineral products. On this basis, the industrial system was gradually established and perfected.

In recent years, the South African government has also made adjustments to its industrial policies, promoting the development of labor-intensive manufacturing industries and attaching importance to the development of science and technology and new industries. The information and communication technology industry has also become one of the fastest growing industries in South Africa in recent years. It has promoted the development of clean energy and formulated the development strategy of renewable energy, improved the infrastructure, improved the capacity of the whole country, and built the pportation network connected with neighboring countries.

South Africa is moving from unilateralism to inclusive industrialization.

Johnson Cook, a South African economist, told reporters that if South African manufacturing industry wants to continue to break through on the existing basis, it is first of all necessary to raise the technological level of the black team with a low level of education.

He Wenping, a researcher at the Institute of West African Studies of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, told reporters that in order to raise the level of industrialization and create more jobs, African countries have made great efforts in improving the investment environment, raising financing capabilities, improving infrastructure, promoting the integration of African economies, attracting talents and vigorously training human resources.

In 2008, the African Union also adopted the action plan to accelerate the development of Africa's industrialization, which included 7 major categories of 21 projects and 49 plans.

With the acceleration of economic development and the favorable internal and external situation, we will usher in a new era of rapid industrialization. Africa's industrialization will no longer be a dream.

With the rapid development of African economy in recent years, the size of the middle class is also expanding. The booming consumer demand has provided a reliable market guarantee for the development of industrialization.

In addition, the upsurge of pnational infrastructure construction across the African continent will undoubtedly lead the industrialization process to the fast track.

Coupled with the trend of global industrial adjustment and pfer and the development of science and technology, it is very conducive to Africa in the late stage. Experts say that Africa will usher in a new era of rapid industrialization in the favorable internal and external situation. "Africa's industrialization will no longer be a dream".

Georg, a professor at the school of economics, VUB-Vrije Universiteit Brussel, told reporters that most African countries are rich in natural resources such as natural gas and coal.

Africa now has a total population of nearly 1 billion 100 million, with abundant labor resources and relatively low labor costs.

With the increasing investment in education in African countries, the level of education in Africa has also been continuously improved, and the quality of labor resources is also growing.

Africa's economic growth in recent years has attracted global attention. Especially in the past 3 years, the growth rate of GDP in sub Saharan Africa has exceeded 5%, attracting many investors.

One of the obvious characteristics of Africa's economic growth is that the service sector has become the main driver of growth, contributing almost half of its GDP share.

Luo Zhongwei, a researcher at the Institute of industrial economics of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, said in an interview with reporters that industrialization is an indispensable process in economic development, and Africa can not be an exception.

But this does not mean that industrialization and informatization must be realized before industrialization.

Africa's economic development can neither jump over industrialization, leap over the industrialization process, nor mechanically and rigidly follow the practice of the industrialized countries before going through the industrialization stage before entering the next stage of development.

Industrialization in Africa must be closely integrated with informatization and service, and the integration of industry and service industry will promote each other.

Luo Zhongwei said that Africa's industrial development need not and cannot go any other way.

First, it is not necessary to attempt to establish a complete industrial system, but to give prominence to the comparative advantage, base on the development and utilization of resource endowment, and form industrial advantages in the industrialization and development of energy, mineral and biological resources, and extend the industrial chain as far as possible.

Two, we should combine closely with the process of agricultural modernization in Africa to form a unique green, ecological agricultural products and food industry chain for the global market. Three, in line with the general trend of ecological environment protection, we should vigorously develop the environmental protection industry, including environmental protection machinery, environmental protection chemical industry and environmental protection building materials, etc. four, we should undertake the labor-intensive light industry, building materials industry and electronic and electrical assembly industry pferred from China or South Asian countries. Five, we should make full use of information technology in industrial development, and break through the bottleneck of scale economy and scope economy through the precise marketing and precise manufacturing under the Internet conditions, so as to form the competitive advantage of regional industrial products.