(a) Factors favouring the location of brewery industry
(i) Nearness to market
(ii) Availability of raw materials
(iii) Regular power supply
(iv) Availability of capital
(v) Adequate transportation facilities
(vi) Government policy
(vii) Availability of technical know-how
(viii) Availability of labour.
(b) Contributions of manufacturing industries to the economic development of tropical Africa
(i) Provision of employment opportunities
(ii) Earning of foreign exchange
(iii) Infrastructural development
(iv) Diversification of the economy
(v) increase in Gross National Product (GNP), improvement in standard of living
(vi) Provision of goods and services
(vii) Transfer of technology.
(viii) Encouragement of international trade
(ix) Revenue to government through taxes
(x) Help in funding of education and research (ETF)
(xi) Stimulation of other sectors of the economy
(xii) Control of inflation through mass production.
(c) Problems facing manufacturing industries in tropical Africa
(i) Poor management
(ii) Inadequate capital
(iii) Inadequate skilled labour
(iv) shortage of raw materials
(v) Poor transportation network
(vi) Inadequate or erratic power supply
(vii) Low purchasing power due to poor income / small market for industrial goods.
(viii) High cost of spare parts
(ix) Political instability
(x) Competition from foreign goods
(xi) Low level of entrepreneurship
(xii) Taste for foreign goods.