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The challenge
What needed solving
Manufacturing Africa is a seven-year FCDO programme that helps manufacturing projects attract foreign direct investment. It offers neutral, no-cost advisory to lower the risk, cost and time of each deal.
Africa needs around 18 million new jobs a year until 2035, yet its manufacturing sector remains small and low in productivity. Promising projects often stall before investment because of data gaps, weak financial cases and unclear regulation.
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Our approach
How we tackled it
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Investor readiness
Financial analysis and models, business plans and investor materials.
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Commercial diligence
Market studies that close data gaps and test the investment case.
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Stakeholder guidance
Navigating Rwanda’s permits, regulation and public-sector counterparts.
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Development impact
Strengthening climate, gender, social and governance standards in each deal.
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What we delivered
Key outputs
- Financial models & investment memos
- Market and commercial diligence studies
- Investor and strategic-partner introductions
- ESG, gender and governance improvement plans
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Why it matters
The difference it makes
- Over USD 180M in confirmed FDI facilitated into Rwanda (subject to final programme attribution).
- Neutral, senior-led deal support that lowered the risk, cost and time of investing in local manufacturing.
Disciplines applied
