COVID-19 has made it apparent, amongst other things, the need for increased collaboration to streamline efficiencies across all businesses – including the construction sector. The pandemic has forced ...

Vertical integration secures raw materials, controlling costs effectively. Ensures consistent quality, timely delivery, and reduces transportation expenses significantly. Facilitates flexibility in ...

Nigeria’s manufacturing sector ramped up investments in assets by 102.16 percent to N1,331.88 billion in 2025, from N658.81 billion in 2024, as manufacturers deepened backward integration and local ...

The value of raw materials imported into the country rose Year-on-Year, YoY, by 160.9 percent in the second quarter of 2024 (Q2’24) despite efforts at backward integration by manufacturers to ease the ...

Steel Dynamics Inc.’s (SDI’s) decision to enter the aluminum rolling sector was in and of itself blockbuster news. However, the repercussions on the aluminum scrap market could be even more profound.

Dangote Sugar Refinery Plc (DSR) has unveiled plans to produce 700,000 metric tonnes of refined sugar from locally grown sugarcane in the next four years, through its Backward Integration Programme ...

With raw cotton prices more than doubling from a year ago, along with which cotton yarn prices too have shot up through the roof and also thereby putting a big question mark on the ease in supply of ...

Business phrases like "due diligence" and "leverage" are common and well-known, but some newer ones, like forward integration, can be unfamiliar. The forward integration definition shared on ...

Panellists said countries should also look to backward integration to counter global shocks and a slump in commodity prices that have dampened the continent’s economic outlook. After the growth surge ...