Africa's manufacturing Stories you have never heard about...from 4 countries

<p><b>Global News Update on Africa I Gatcha, news from BBC/SKY/Bloomberg/DW family compliant…listen to the audio by clicking the link…13 May 2020</b></p><p><b>In today’s bulletin..<br></b>Bolt not laying off any of its workers in Europe unlike Uber<br>UK definitely in a recession<br>Self Employed in the UK to get 80% of they profit paid<br>Trump defends Telsa&nbsp;<br>And More..</p><p><b>&nbsp;Africa I Gatcha…<br></b>The last time we checked, over $4bn was the annual import bill for textile. Up until early 1990s there were over 180 textile mills in the country employing directly, over 500,000 people. It was the largest employer of labour after the Public Sector. <a href="https://allafrica.com/stories/202005110585.html">https://allafrica.com/stories/202005110585.html</a></p><p>&nbsp;"It took me four weeks to build it because this is health emergency period," he said, adding: "Now, I am trying to go through the process of certification so that government or any private health facilities can use our locally built ventilator."&nbsp; <a href="https://allafrica.com/stories/202004290699.html">https://allafrica.com/stories/202004290699.html</a></p><p>&nbsp;Some health experts have touted hydroxychloroquine as being an effective immune modulator for patients suffering the virus disease, even though there is no consensus yet on its reliability of the drug and side-effects. "We hope to start manufacture of HCQ in about two weeks, the hydroxychloroquine raw material will be arriving later this week," said CiplaQCIL chief executive, Nevin Bradford, in an interview with The EastAfrican.<a href="https://allafrica.com/stories/202005120177.html">https://allafrica.com/stories/202005120177.html</a></p><p>&nbsp;There is a biscuit and flour manufacturing gap in the country, and this company is primarily dedicated to bridging this and making the products accessible to the local market, according to Fikru Hailemariam, general manager of the plant. <a href="https://allafrica.com/stories/202005050739.html">https://allafrica.com/stories/2