MANUFACTURERS LOOK TO SWITCH PRODUCTION TO AFRICA

China takes leading role in building industrial parks

Crowds wait each day outside the gates of the Chinese-built Eastern Industry Zone in Dukem, Ethiopia, about 30 kilometers southeast of the capital, Addis Ababa, to submit job applications.

To deal with the twin problems of youth unemployment and large trade deficits, many African countries are building industrial parks as part of a strategy to attract low-wage manufacturers.