Table 3.4: Experience with 25 Clusters: Africa’s Evidence of Collective Forms of Institutional Cluster End Market External Economies Dynamism Action Support Domiatt Furniture Local, National None Labour supply, availability of suppliers, customer None Cluster/sectoral (Domestic) attraction, specialised service providers Domiatt Furniture International Growth, Labour supply, availability of suppliers, customer Marketing, External (Export) Upgrading attraction, specialised service providers Learning, Logistics Egypt Merkato Leather Local, National None Labour supply, availability of suppliers, customer Logistics Government, Footwear attraction, specialised service providers Cluster/sectoral, External Shiro Meda Local, National None Labour supply, availability of suppliers, customer None External Handloom attraction Ethiopia Suame Metalwork Local Upgrading Labour supply, availability of suppliers, customer None Government attraction Suame Vehicle Local, None Availability of suppliers, customer attraction, Learning Government, Repair Regional specialised service providers Cluster/sectoral, External Ghana Gikomba Local None Labour supply, availability of suppliers, None None Furniture specialised service providers Ngong Furniture Local Growth Labour supply, availability of suppliers None None Kibuye Furniture Local None Labour supply, availability of suppliers, Logistics Cluster/sectoral specialised service providers Eastland Garment Local None Labour supply, availability of suppliers, customer None None attraction, specialised service providers Kenya
Table 3.4: Africa’s Experience with 25 Clusters: Cluster End Market Evidence of Dynamism External Economies Collective Action Forms of Institutional Support Egypt Domiatt Furniture (Domestic) Local, National None Labour supply, availability of suppliers, customer attraction, specialised service providers None Cluster/sectoral Domiatt Furniture (Export) International Growth, Upgrading Labour supply, availability of suppliers, customer attraction, specialised service providers Marketing, Learning, Logistics External Ethiopia Merkato Leather Footwear Local, National None Labour supply, availability of suppliers, customer attraction, specialised service providers Logistics Government, Cluster/sectoral, External Shiro Meda Handloom Local, National None Labour supply, availability of suppliers, customer attraction None External Ghana Suame Metalwork Local Upgrading Labour supply, availability of suppliers, customer attraction None Government Suame Vehicle Repair Local, Regional None Availability of suppliers, customer attraction, specialised service providers Learning Government, Cluster/sectoral, External Kenya Gikomba Furniture Local None Labour supply, availability of suppliers, specialised service providers None None Ngong Furniture Local Growth Labour supply, availability of suppliers None None Kibuye Furniture Local None Labour supply, availability of suppliers, specialised service providers Logistics Cluster/sectoral Eastland Garment Local None Labour supply, availability of suppliers, customer attraction, specialised service providers None None