May 1, 2026
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How We’re Making a Difference in the Nigerian Spices Industry -Nnanna Ephraim, Ceo Elephant Foods

Franklin Ocheneyi07 mins

Elephant Foods Company Limited is the indigenous manufacturers of premium-quality spices : UBELEPHANT coconut flavoured blends, UBELEPHANT thyme leaves, Chefking Curry POWDER, Chefking Thyme leaves,Turmeric, Ginger and GARLIC powder. The products are sourced locally and processed to international standards. In this Exclusive Interview with Industrial Times, Nnanna Ephraim, the company’s CEO, shares inspiring facts about…

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Zimbabwe’s Steel Industry Revitalized with New $1.5 Billion Plant

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Zimbabwe’s got itself a brand new iron and steel manufacturing plant, courtesy of the Chinese. Metal Miner reports that this U.S. $1.5 billion Chinese-built plant’s blast furnace recently came online and is already producing pig iron, a crucial ingredient for making steel. The team over at Dinson Iron and Steel Company (Disco), the Zimbabwean subsidiary of Chinese…

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Our target is to make Nigeria Africa’s steel hub- Raj Gupta

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The Chairman African Industries Group, Raj Gupta, speaks to Thisday Newspaper about its operations in Nigeria, the industry’s challenges, opportunities and outlook. As a stakeholder in the manufacturing sector, how is the sector faring amid the current economic challenges? Let me start by stating explicitly that there is no economy without challenges but government policies by various governments…

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Manufacturing top major drivers of N41trn Lagos economy

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▪︎ Lagos Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu The manufacturing and transportation sectors topped the major drivers of Lagos State’s economy which has grown from N27 trillion to N41 trillion in recent years. This is disclosed by the State’s Commissioner for Commerce, Cooperatives, Trade and Industry, Mrs Folasade Ambrose-Medebem. Ambrose-Medebem made the remarks on Tuesday, at the 9th…

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Emzor Sees Pharmaceuticals Drug Imports Falling by 70%

Franklin Ocheneyi03 mins

Emzor Pharmaceuticals Industrial Limited, says that the trend of manufacturing only 30 percent and importing 70 percent of drugs by pharmaceutical companies in the country , will soon end. Funke Asiru, the company’s Director of Strategy, anticipated this development in the industry, following the federal government’s recent executive order which introduced zero tariffs, excise duties and value-added…

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Brewery industry’s choking over high cost of raw materials

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The brewery industry is now facing severe cost pressure as prices of local raw materials rise astronomically undermining their backward integration strategy. Industry stakeholders said the cost pressures coming from sorghum, wheat and others would remain elevated, driven by the impact of rising inflation, insecurity across agricultural belts in the country as well as other…

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