Made in Gedaref: an exhibition that opens the horizons of local manufacturing and calls into question the obstacles of industry in the state of Gedaref
Introduction: a historical event at the heart of Gedaref
The exhibition “Made in Gedaref” is Launched in its first edition (18-20 August 2025) in Wad al-Bara Hall, Under the Patronage of the Team, Mohamed Ahmed Hassan, the Governor of the Costly State, to Be A Milestone in the Industrial Development March in Sudan, and the Supervision of the Investment and Industry National Center for Media Production and Publications, and Brings Together More Than 32 Local Factory Active in Various Sectors, in A decision aimed at transforming the state of the traditional agricultural economy to an integrated industrial pole, despite the challenges that this transformation is confronted.
Industrial opportunities: tremendous potential awaiting investigation
Non -craft agricultural wealth:
Gedaref has 75,263 km² of fertile clay land that produce the largest quantities of white corn and sesame in Sudan, but 70% of these crops export raw without industrial conversion. The exhibition highlights factories such as “Piuslex Agricultural Crops” and “Al -wabel Food Packing Company” as pioneering models to add value to raw materials.
Industrial transformation after the war:
The government of the State revealed the emergence of more than 32 new factories after the war, including plastic factories (“sandal” and “bench”) and engineering and chemical products, which represents a strategic change to avoid the center of industry in Khartoum.
Ethnic diversity of creativity:
The diversity of residents of Qadarif (Sudanese, Ethiopians, Eritreans, Yemenis) contributes to enriching the heritage industries such as fabric and embroidery, which provides for the exhibition to highlight it through “cultural corners”.
Challenges: obstacles to the obstacle to industrial take -off
Infrastructure crisis: electricity and water:
Parent of electricity: the participating factories work in their full capacity despite the frequent power outages, as indicated by the governor’s inspection visit.
Chronic water crisis: despite its heavy rains (900 mm per year), the state suffers from a serious shortage of water. Only 25% of the population obtains treatment water, while 20% depend on polluted surface wells, with an average daily consumption of 9 liters per person (less than half of the global health standard).
Permocratic procedures and costs:
Investors complain of:
Many state costs that are not proportional to services.
The complexity of the licenses that expel investors
Lack of financing and the absence of technology and modern technologies in water and energy management, such as closed recycling systems that provide 95% of the water consumed in global dye.
Low financial support that small industries suffer from the difficulty of accessing appropriate loans.
How does the exhibition take up these challenges?
Mechanisms to overcome obstacles
Direct investment platform: Provide “fast license windows” in the corridors of exposure in coordination with the investment committee, to shorten establishment procedures.
Alternative energy solutions: show models for solar farms (such as “Gedaref Oil Factory”), with partnerships with local universities to locate these technologies.
Intelligent water management: Providing workshops in cooperation with the University of Gedaref on economic technologies such as the “Excavation” system (industrial lakes to collect rainwater).
Future vision: from a temporary exhibition to a permanent change
An integrated industrial city: take advantage of the Gedaref’s strategic site (on the Ethiopian border) and the presence of an international culture market.
The project to link factories to global markets through modern digital technologies.
Conclusion: industry is an objective of peace and development
Although The Challenges Facing the Industry in Gedaref – From A Fragile Infrastructure to Complex Procedures – Are not Easy, The Exhibition Repressents The Beginning of A Practical Approach, Its Success Will not Be Measured by the Number of Visitors or Contracts Signed Only, But by its Ability to transform the Ideas Offred (Such AS Agricultural Manufacturing and Resource Rationalization Techniques) Into Permanent Policies, Gedaref with Their Fertile Soil and Human Diversity, capable of making challenges and providing a model with a Sudanese mandate to rebuild its economy of war uterus.
