Daikin Industries will begin assembling air conditioners in Nigeria as the Japanese company renews a push into Africa that had been delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic, the head of the company's India business said on Thursday.
"We are very soon going to have a factory in Nigeria," Kanwal Jeet Jawa, the head of Daikin's operations in India and East Africa, told Reuters.
Rather than building a plant, Daikin is using space in a facility provided by a local distributor, he said.
Daikin is aiming to become the leading seller of air conditioners, chillers and other cooling equipment in East Africa nations including Tanzania and Kenya by 2025.