Sudan has formed a high-level committee to rehabilitate Khartoum State’s war-damaged industrial zones, an initial step towards rebuilding a manufacturing base that has suffered tens of billions of dollars in losses.
The Ministry of Industry and Trade said the committee will assess damaged industrial areas and closed factories, identify requirements for restarting production and develop incentives to encourage manufacturers to resume operations. Its mandate also covers the rehabilitation of power, water, transport and other industrial infrastructure.
The scale of the challenge is substantial. Ministry figures indicate that about 1,800 industrial facilities have been damaged during the war, including about 650 that were completely destroyed. Sudan’s Federation of Industrial Chambers estimates sector losses at $50bn-$58bn, although the figure is an industry estimate rather than an independently audited reconstruction cost.
The initiative coincides with the UN Industrial Development Organization’s 2026-2030 Industrial Recovery Programme for Sudan, which aims to restore industrial and agro-industrial production, rebuild value chains and mobilise private investment and technical partnerships.
The committee gives the government a formal mechanism to coordinate reconstruction, but implementation will be the harder test. The pace at which factories return to production will depend on restoring reliable utilities and logistics, securing finance, machinery and spare parts, and establishing a sufficiently stable operating environment to attract private capital.
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