Several African countries have good potential to develop their furniture industry, both for expanding internal consumption and for export markets. Total furniture consumption in Africa is expected to rise 2.4% in real terms during 2020 and significant consumption growth is expected longer term.  These are key conclusions of the latest edition of the Africa Furniture Outlook report by CSIL, the furniture research organisation based in Milan, Italy.  According to CSIL, Africa has a total household consumption of US$1,400 billion with 1.13 billion inhabitants and per capita GNP of about US$ 1,700 ...