#South Africa manufacturing

What South Africa Can Learn From Morocco's Industrial Strategy and Why Electricity Is the Key

Morocco scored 0.8415 on the AfDB's 2025 Africa Industrialisation Index. South Africa scored 0.8396, its first time below Morocco since 2010. Manufacturing fell from 21% to 12% of South Africa's GDP. ETA analyses what produced the divergence and what electricity has to do with it.