Industrial Policy

Cover: Original illustration commissioned by Kandaka, 2026. BRT, Trambuses, Light Rail, Climate-Resilient Streets and a Sudanese Transit Industry Sudan will not merely rebuild roads after the war. It will decide what its cities are for. One choice produces wider highways, longer journeys, scattered services and growing dependence on imported cars and fuel. The other makes it possible for a child to reach school, an older person to reach a clinic, a worker to reach a job and a trader to reach a market safely and affordably without owning a car. ...

Updated 18 October 2026 An accountable production plan must connect farms, power, processing, skills and transport. Original illustration commissioned for Kandaka. Sudan does not need another document that promises everything to everyone. It needs a plan that makes choices, names who must deliver them, and allows citizens to see—year by year—whether anything changed. That distinction matters because Sudan is not merely discussing a future plan. The government has been preparing a national 2026–2030 Five-Year Strategic Plan. In April 2026, the Cabinet Secretariat described reconstruction, peace, productive projects, youth employment, agriculture, livestock and mining as central themes. A later workshop called for a shift from planning by activities to planning by results and impact, and for infrastructure to be linked directly to production. By May, federal ministries were submitting their own five-year plans for consolidation. (Cabinet workshop, 8 April; planning guidelines, 24 April; ministerial coordination, 20 May) ...

Cover: Original illustration commissioned by Kandaka, 2026. Sudan already possesses one of Africa’s largest livestock populations. Yet having an enormous number of animals is not the same as having a powerful livestock industry. The distinction can be seen in Sudan’s own trade figures. According to the Central Bank of Sudan, live animals earned approximately $287 million in the first half of 2026. Sheep accounted for most of that value, followed by camels. During the same six months, recorded meat exports were worth only about $0.55 million, while hides and skins earned about $1.78 million. ...