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Nigeria’s National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) has announced plans to build the country’s first Metal Additive Manufacturing Hub, an initiative intended to reduce Nigeria’s reliance on imported industrial components and build domestic metal 3D printing capacity.
The agency presented the plan at the second edition of its Science Perspective Engagement Series, held at the Technology Orientation Centre at NASENI Headquarters in Abuja.
Hub Would Cover Full Manufacturing Chain
The proposal was outlined in a paper titled “The Science of Layer-by-Layer Fabrication of High-Value Metallic Components: Towards Establishing Nigeria’s Metal Additive Manufacturing Hub,” presented by Abdulrahman Barkindo Bawuro, Overseeing Officer of the Advanced Manufacturing Technology