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- Indigenous manufacturing in Nigeria : the Anambra casePublication . Agulonye, Uzoma Vincent Patrick; Bach, Daniel C.; Leite, Joana PereiraTrade to industry transition in Anambra that began in the 1980s and keeps growing could hold hope for Africa’s increasing population. Pioneer Anambra manufacturers began during post-Civil War recovery after trading and capital accumulation. Years of trade specialization, networking and link with foreign manufacturing firms aided the birth and growth of indigenous manufacturing firms. The business environment has adapted to security, economic and other situations over the years. This thesis is made up of two parts, A and B with three and four chapters, respectively. Related literature employed in the first part of traced the root of a better business environment, trade specialization, big businesses, the effects of the Civil War, public policies and programmes. An ethnographic study that involved a three months field work in Anambra building on the works of previous scholars was carried out to get the current state of the firms. It began with a two weeks pilot study. Afterwards, participant observation, interviews and focus group discussions were employed in getting the data presented in the second part of the thesis. The state of industries in Onitsha shows that some of the first-generation firms have closed. The remaining one has also invested in other businesses across Nigeria and the initial industry is now in its shadows. The second-generation firms have grown and the third are struggling to stand. Though each firm struggles to survive, they support each other by clustering and rare political attention leaves them to fate. Nnewi reveals that some of the manufacturing firms that began in the first industrial wave have closed after infrastructural and macroeconomic issues. Some have divested into other economic ventures and the survivors have grown. Same with those in the second and third industrial waves in Nnewi. The surviving firms presented in the fifth and sixth chapter are actively engaged in the economic, social and political activities in the state. Two interviews conducted with a Civil Servant and Politician are presented in this chapter to get the government’s response to complaint from the private sector. Like multiple taxation which they see as the unwillingness to paying taxes. Anambra state government recently attracted considerable agro-investment in the state. Such is needed in the manufacturing sector to boost the local and regional economy and meet their needs. In this last chapter, the thesis also looks at opportunities provided by formal institutions in Africa that Anambra manufacturing firms can key into to meet the needs of the region and boost intra-regional trade. The chapter explores the prospects and challenges confronting Anambra as a possible continental hub.