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Unlocking Africa's Business Potential
Trends, Opportunities, Risks, and Strategies
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2020
Summary
Africa welcomes business investment and offers some of the world's highest returns and impacts
Africa has tremendous economic potential and offers rewarding opportunities for global businesses looking for new markets and long-term investments with favorable returns. Africa has been one of the world's fastest-growing regions over the past decade, and by 2030 will be home to nearly 1.7 billion people and an estimated $6.7 trillion worth of consumer and business spending. Increased political stability in recent years and improving regional integration are making market access easier, and business expansion will generate jobs for women and youth, who represent the vast majority of the population. Current economic growth and poverty-alleviation efforts mean that more than 43 percent of the continent's people will reach middle- or upper-class status by 2030.
Unlocking Africa's Business Potential examines business opportunities in the eight sectors with the highest potential returns on private investmentthe same sectors that will foster economic growth and diversification, job creation, and improved general welfare. These sectors include: consumer markets, agriculture and agriprocessing, information and communication technology, manufacturing, oil and gas, tourism, banking, and infrastructure and construction. The book's analysis of these sectors is based on case studies that identify specific opportunities for investment and growth, along with long-term market projections to inform decision-making.
The book identifies potential risks to business and offers mitigation strategies. It also provides policymakers with solutions to attract new business investments, including how to remove barriers to business and accelerate development of the private sector.
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Copyright year
2020
ISBN-Print
978-0-8157-3738-4
ISBN-Online
978-0-8157-3739-1
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
backcover1
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The Evolution of African Economies and Their Tremendous Business Potential No access Pages 1 - 18
Africa's Consumer Markets and Distribution Transformation and Potential No access Pages 19 - 46
Africa's Agriculture and Food Industry Transformation and Potential No access Pages 47 - 70
Africa's Information and Communications Technology Transformation and Potential No access Pages 71 - 96
Africa's Manufacturing and Industrialization Transformation and Potential No access Pages 97 - 124
Africa's Oil and Gas Transformation and Potential No access Pages 125 - 156
Africa's Tourism Transformation and Potential No access Pages 157 - 182
Africa's Banking Transformation and Potential No access Pages 183 - 216
Africa's Infrastructure and Construction Transformation and Potential No access Pages 217 - 246
Conclusion: Seizing the Tremendous Business Potential of Africa by 2050 No access Pages 247 - 250
