# The Trade, Industry and Competition Department has emphasised the importance of Africa manufacturing its own medicines. Speaking at the G20 high-level ministerial dialogue, the department’s chief director of Industrial Procurement, Tebogo Makube, highlighted strengthening regional value chains within the African market by removing trade barriers as health expenditure has been externalised for long:
Trade Department emphasises boost to Africa’s Regional value chains for medicine production [SOUND]
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