This list highlights industries found in each African country. This does not necessarily reflect all industries. For further information, you can contact each country’s investment and promotion agency, embassies, department of trade and industry, and/or business and industry associations.
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Petroleum, Natural Gas, Light Industries, Mining, Electrical, Petrochemical, Food Processing
Petroleum, Diamonds, Iron Ore, Phosphates, Feldspar, Bauxite, Uranium, Gold, Cement, Basic Metal Products, Fish Processing, Food Processing, Brewing, Tobacco Products, Sugar, Textiles, Ship Repair
Textiles, Food Processing, Construction Materials, Cement
Diamonds, Copper, Nickel, Salt, Soda Ash, Potas, Livestock Processing, Textiles
Cotton Lint, Beverages, Agricultural Processing, Soap, Cigarettes, Textiles, Gold
Light Consumer Goods (e.g., Blankets, Shoes, Soap), Assembly of Imported Components, Public Works Construction, Food Processing
Petroleum Production and Refining, Aluminum Production, Food Processing, Light Consumer Goods, Textiles, Lumber, Ship Repair
Food, Beverages, Fish Processing, Shoes, Garments, Salt Mining, Ship Repair
Gold Mining, Diamond Mining, Logging, Brewing, Textiles, Footwear, Assembly of Bicycles and Motorcycles
Oil, Cotton Textiles, Meatpacking, Brewing, Natron (Sodium Carbonate), Soap, Cigarettes, Construction Materials
Mining (e.g., Diamonds, Gold, Copper, Cobalt, Coltan, Zinc), Mineral Processng, Consumer Products (e.g., Textiles, Footwear, Cigarettes, Processed Foods and Beverages), Cement, Commercial Ship Repair
Petroleum Extraction, Cement, Lumber, Brewing, Sugar, Palm Oil, Soap, Flour, Cigarettes
Foodstuffs, Beverages, Wood Products, Oil Refining, Truck and Bus Assembly, Textiles, Fertilizer, Building Materials, Electricity, Ship Construction and Repair
Construction, Agricultural Processing
Textiles, Food Processing, Tourism, Chemicals, Pharmaceuticals, Hydrocarbons, Construction, Cement, Metals, Light Manufacturing
Petroleum, Fishing, Sawmilling, Natural Gas
Food Processing, Beverages, Clothing, Textiles, Light Manufacturing, Salt, Cement
Food Processing, Beverages, Textiles, Leather, Chemicals, metals Processing, Cement
Petroleum Extraction and Refining, Manganese, Gold, Chemicals, Ship Repair, Food, Beverages, Textiles, Lumbering, Plywood, Cement
Processing Peanuts, Fish, Hides, Tourism, Beverages, Agricultural Machinery Assembly, Woodworking, Metalworking, Clothing
Mining, Lumbering, Light Manufacturing, Aluminum Smelting, Food Processing, Cement, Small Commercial Ship Building
Bauxite, Gold, Diamonds, Iron, Alumina Refining, Light Manufacturing, Agricultural Processing
Agricultural Products, Beer, Soft Drinks
Small-Scale Consumer Goods (e.g., Plastics, Furniture, Batteries, Textiles, Clothing, Soap, Cigarettes, Flour), Agricultural Products, Horticulture, Oil Refining, Aluminum, Steel, Lead, Cement, Commercial Ship Repair, Tourism
Food, Beverages, Textiles, Apparel Assembly, Handicrafts, Construction, Tourism
Rubber Processing, Palm Oil Processing, Timber, Diamonds
Petroleum, Iron, Steel, Food Processing, Textiles, Handicrafts, Cement
Meat Processing, Seafood, Soap, Breweris, Tanneries, Sugar, Textiles, Glassware, Cement, Automobile Assembly Plant, Paper, Petroleum, Tourism
Tobacco, Tea, Sugar, Sawmill Products, Cement, Consumer Goods
Food Processing, Construction, Phosphate Mining, Gold Mining
Fish Processing, Oil Production, Iron Ore Mining, Gold Mining, Copper Mining
Food Processing (e.g., Mostly Sugar Milling), Textiles, Clothing, Mining, Chemicals, Metal Products, Transport Equipment, Nonelectrical Machinery, Tourism
Phosphate Rock Mining and Processing, Food Processing, Leather Goods, Textiles, Construction, Tourism
Food, Beverages, Chemicals (e.g., Fertilizer, Soap, Paints), Aluminum, Petroleum Products, Textiles, Cement, Glass, Asbestos, Tobacco
Meatpacking, Fish Processing, Dairy Products, Mining (e.g., Diamonds, Lead, Zinc, Silver, Tin, Tungsten, Uranium, Copper)
Uranium Mining, Cement, Brick, Soap, Textiles, Food Processing, Chemicals, Slaughterhouses
Crude Oil, Coal, Tin, Columbite, Palm Oil, Peanuts, Cotton, Rubber, Wood, Hides and Skins, Textiles, Cement and Other Construction Materials, Food Products, Footwear, Chemicals, Fertilizer, Printing, Ceramics, Steel, Small Commercial Ship Construction and Repair
Cement, Agricultural Products, Small-Scale Beverages, Soap, Furniture, Shoes, Plastic Goods, Textiles, Cigarettes
Light Construction, Textiles, Soap, Beer, Fish Processing, Timber
Agricultural and Fish Processing, Phosphate Mining, Fertilizer Production, Petroleum Refining, Iron Ore Mining, Zircon Mining, Gold Mining, Construction Materials, Ship Construction and Repair
Fishing, Tourism, Processing of Coconuts and Vanilla, Coir (Coconut Fiber) Rope, Boat Building, Printing, Furniture, Beverages
Diamond Mining, Small-Scale Manufacturing (e.g., Beverages, Textiles, Cigarettes, Footwear), Petroleum Refining, Small Commercial Ship Repair
A Few Light Industries (e.g., Sugar, Refining, Textiles, Wireless Communication)
Mining (e.g., World’s Largest Producer of Platinum, Gold, Chromium), Automobile Assembly, Metalworking, Machinery, Textiles, Iron and Steel, Chemicals, Fertilizer, Foodstuffs, Commercial Ship Repair
Oil, Cotton Ginning, Textiles, Cement, Edible Oils, Sugar, Soap Distilling, Shoes, Petroleum Refining, Pharmaceuticals, Armaments, Automobile/Light Truck Assembly
Wood Pulp, Coal, Sugar, Soft Drink Concentrates, Textiles, Apparel
Agricultural Processing (e.g., Sugar, Beer, Cigarettes, Sisal Twine), Diamond Mining, Gold Mining, Tanzanite Mining, Iron Mining, Salt, Soda Ash, Cement, Oil Refining, Shoes, Apparel, Wood Products, Fertilizer
Phosphate Mining, Agricultural Processing, Cement, Handicrafts, Textiles, Beverages
Petroleum, Mining (e.g., Phosphate, Iron Ore), Tourism, Textiles, Footwear, Agribusiness, Beverages
Sugar, Brewing, Tobacco, Cotton Textiles, Cement, Steel Production
Copper Mining and Processing, Construction, Foodstuffs, Beverages, Chemicals, Textiles, Fertilizer, Horticulture
Mining, (e.g., Coal, Gold, Platinum, Copper, Nickel, Tin, Clay, Metallic and Nonmetallic Ores), Steel, Wood Products, Cement, Chemicals, Fertilizer, Clothing, Footwear, Foodstuffs, Beverages
Key Sources: The World Factbook, investment and promotion agencies, and departments of trade
