Manufacturing Indaba to be hosted in Sandton
SANDTON – The Manufacturing Indaba will invite industry experts to explore greater possibilities in the manufacturing sector.
The Manufacturing Indaba, which will be hosted at the Sandton Convention Centre, will explore opportunities within the manufacturing sector and provide a range of discussions.
The indaba, which will be hosted on 25 and 26 June, will assemble representatives from public and private sectors who will communicate strategies to ensure gender equality to enable a more diverse and inclusive manufacturing landscape for African nations. The event will shed light on the prospects and challenges encompassing equal participation of men and women in the continent’s manufacturing sector.
First and foremost, African leaders at the event will explore prioritising the education levels of women on an urgent basis. Special attention will be given to setting up training facilities for women to advance their understanding of important concepts, such as standardisation, quality of exports, and producing diversified products, to further empower them to produce high-value goods. Moreover, its attending dignitaries will delve into methodologies of educating African women about leadership skills and how they can best represent Africa’s products in global markets.
Similarly, African women lag behind in the appropriate use of technology. Special efforts will be made to encourage women to acquire Stem (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) education. The use of technology will enable African women to work from the comfort of their homes as mobility remains a challenge in Africa due to conservative traditions.
The symposium will focus on the entrepreneurial skills required by women in the manufacturing realm. Many African women are proficient in creating beautiful carpets, clothes, pottery items and the like. However, they lack access to finances and markets to increase their production output and not only compete with local but international products.
Furthermore, discussions on building and strengthening robust and reliable networks of women industrialists will be held, so they can gain access to the latest knowledge relevant to their businesses.
The Manufacturing Indaba is the platform from which African leaders can gain more insight into taking the appropriate and effective measures to empower its women. It will cover all the above-mentioned issues, in addition to discussing the provision of incentives to manufacturers, the need to promote innovative practices and produce value-added output.
In addition, it plans to address the concerns of manufacturers, while hosting thought-provoking sessions on devising strategies to overcome the challenges prevailing in Africa’s manufacturing sector. The Manufacturing Indaba serves as the roadmap that all manufacturers ought to follow should they wish to lead in the respective sector.
Details: Manufacturing Indaba info@manufacturingindaba.co.za
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