Helen Hai is CEO of the Made in Africa Initiative and United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) Goodwill Ambassador for industrialization in Africa. 

Making Industrialization in Africa Sustainable

A worker checks readings on an energy management system, South Africa. Photo credit: National Cleaner Production Centre South Africa
Students training on engine maintenance, Zambia. Photo credit: Learning and Knowledge Development Facility (LKDF)/UNIDO

Industrial development in Africa needs to be inclusive and sustainable: inclusive so that all sectors of society can participate and benefit from industrialization, and sustainable so that the environment does not suffer.