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Factories Everywhere: Rural Industry, Collective Investment & Africa’s Road to Shared Prosperity
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- ISBN8233860027
- EAN9798233860027
- Date de parution22/02/2026
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- ÉditeurLinda Balsamo
Résumé
Factories Everywhere is a bold re-imagining of Africa's development path with a one that shifts the focus from centralized megaprojects and distant supply chains to local production, rural industry, and collective investment. Across much of the continent, communities remain rich in labor, land, and ideas yet poor in opportunity. Factories cluster in cities, capital concentrates in the hands of a few, and rural economies are left to export raw materials while importing finished goods.
The result is structural unemployment, fragile value chains, and shared frustration rather than shared prosperity. In this book, Thomas Muserepwa argues that Africa's long-term transformation will not be driven by a handful of industrial hubs, but by factories everywhere: small, distributed, and community-anchored centers of production that turn local demand, skills and resources into durable economic activity.
Drawing on development economics, industrial policy, and real-world practice, the book introduces a practical framework for: Building rural and peri-urban manufacturing ecosystems Mobilizing collective investment rather than waiting for foreign capital Linking agriculture, energy, skills, and industry into resilient local value chains Creating jobs where people already live, instead of forcing migration to cities Designing industrial systems that grow ownership, not dependency Rather than offering quick fixes, Factories Everywhere takes a sober, long-term view of Africa's road to shared prosperity.
It explores why past development strategies fell short, what has quietly worked in pockets across the Global South, and how African communities can scale production without losing control of their economies. This book speaks to policymakers, entrepreneurs, development practitioners, students, and citizens who believe that prosperity must be built and that industrialization must serve people, not displace them.
At a time of global supply-chain shocks, energy transitions, and rising youth populations, Factories Everywhere offers a grounded and hopeful blueprint for an Africa that produces more of what it consumes, invests together, and grows forward, one factory at a time.
The result is structural unemployment, fragile value chains, and shared frustration rather than shared prosperity. In this book, Thomas Muserepwa argues that Africa's long-term transformation will not be driven by a handful of industrial hubs, but by factories everywhere: small, distributed, and community-anchored centers of production that turn local demand, skills and resources into durable economic activity.
Drawing on development economics, industrial policy, and real-world practice, the book introduces a practical framework for: Building rural and peri-urban manufacturing ecosystems Mobilizing collective investment rather than waiting for foreign capital Linking agriculture, energy, skills, and industry into resilient local value chains Creating jobs where people already live, instead of forcing migration to cities Designing industrial systems that grow ownership, not dependency Rather than offering quick fixes, Factories Everywhere takes a sober, long-term view of Africa's road to shared prosperity.
It explores why past development strategies fell short, what has quietly worked in pockets across the Global South, and how African communities can scale production without losing control of their economies. This book speaks to policymakers, entrepreneurs, development practitioners, students, and citizens who believe that prosperity must be built and that industrialization must serve people, not displace them.
At a time of global supply-chain shocks, energy transitions, and rising youth populations, Factories Everywhere offers a grounded and hopeful blueprint for an Africa that produces more of what it consumes, invests together, and grows forward, one factory at a time.