Nampak Plans Glass Factories in Africa's Most Populous Nations

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Published on Monday, 28 September 2015 04:31

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Nampak Ltd., Africa’s biggest maker of beverage cans, has agreed with partners to build glass-bottle manufacturing plants to take advantage of growing demand for packaged consumer goods and bottled drinks in the two countries where a quarter of Africans live — Nigeria and Ethiopia.

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Kuguru to set up Sh2bn sanitary towels plant in Nairobi

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Published on Monday, 29 June 2015 12:31

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Businessman Peter Kuguru has ventured into the sanitary pads business, with plans to set up a Sh2 billion manufacturing plant in Nairobi.

Mr Kuguru, who is better known for his Softa beverages company, says he has diversified into the new business line to tap growing demand for the towels.

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'Fab Lab' Igniting Revolution in Kenya

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Published on Tuesday, 05 August 2014 07:26

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The University of Nairobi’s Science and Technology Park is banking on 3-D prototyping to spark a manufacturing revolution in the country.

This is the 3D MakerBot printer in action. The machine is a scanner that prints three-dimensional objects of almost any shape from electronic data -- using plastic as its raw material. This drastically reduces costs.

Twenty-one year old Alois Mbutura is a first-year electrical engineering student at the University of Nairobi.

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