Nigeria plans to open the first pencil plant in West Africa in 2018. Government officials believe this will create at least 400,000 jobs. Pencils are seen as a way to kickstart a manufacturing ...

An indigenous firm has commenced the production of pencils in the country using old newspapers. Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu said the firm has capacity to produce 2 ...

Harsh economic environment and persistent importation of pencils, coupled with the foreign exchange scarcity and epileptic power supply have hindered Nigeria's plan for local manufacturing of pencils.