Exporting automobiles to Africa: Incentives & Challenges

Formed in 2015, the Africa Association of Automotive Manufacturers (AAAM) works specifically to promote and facilitate the growth of the African automotive industry. Formed by executives from the world’s biggest car manufacturers, the African Association of Automotive Manufacturers (AAAM) embarked on a concerted push to revive and resurrect Africa’s auto industry. Since then, the newly-created African Association of Automotive...

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WhatsApp Business takes B2B networking in Africa to a new level

Africa Business Pages B2B networking group. Join HERE    From 2016 onwards, WhatsApp has emerged as one of the fastest growing networking apps as well as a media platform in Africa. For most Africans, WhatsApp is their main social media platform, overtaking even Facebook. According to recent reports, more people in Africa use WhatsApp, not Facebook, to communicate with each other and share information. People all around the...

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11 Business Opportunities in Africa That Will Make More Millionaires

The latest Africa Wealth Report by New World Wealth reveals there are now just over 160,000 millionaires in Africa. Interestingly, from 2000 to 2013, the number of millionaires on the continent grew by more than 145 percent, compared to the worldwide growth rate of 73 percent. In recent years, most of the ‘new millionaires’ have been young entrepreneurs and investors who have created promising businesses and invested in...

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So Many People, So Little Land

Ethiopian and Kenyan governments have evicted local farmers to sell their land to agribusinesses from China and India As drought and famine threaten millions of lives in the horn of Africa, global food security — or rather insecurity — is at the forefront of development discourse. What’s more, Harvard University demographers forecast that before the end of the 2018, the world’s population will reach 7 billion. In...

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Future of Africa

The last large source of arable land, minerals and fossil fuels, Africa may also be the continent that is the least-equipped to manage and protect its resources sustainably. If pursued with nature’s value in mind, Africa’s future growth could mean long-term prosperity for its people; if not, it could bring unsustainable consumption, resource extraction and environmental degradation. Here are some of the changes facing the future...

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Email Database of Importers in Africa Available for Download

Email marketing in Africa has been yielding excellent results for entrepreneurs from across the world looking for buyers in the lucrative markets of Africa. By identifying potential buyers for their products in ket African markets and reaching them through targeted email campaigns has become a popular and effective way of marketing one products in the African markets. However, sourcing email database and African business directories is a...

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DP World keen to explore new investment and expansion opportunities in Africa

Dubai, UAE: DP World is looking for new investment and expansion opportunities across Africa, as it pushes ahead with its long-term strategy focusing on the continent, the company’s Senior Vice President and Managing Director for the UAE Mohammed Al Muallem told delegates on Thursday at the fourth Global Business Forum on Africa in Dubai. “We want to be part of Africa’s progress. We see huge potential in Africa and we are...

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Digitalisation, agriculture seen to transform Africa’s growth story

Dubai, UAE – Digital infrastructure and agriculture in Africa are key growth areas that are expected to attract a higher level of investment, a panel of financial experts said during the fourth Global Business Forum on Africa in Dubai. Addressing a panel discussion entitled, “Funding African Business – Deal Makers or Risk Takers”, Eghosa Omoigui, Managing General Partner of EchoVC Partners, Nigeria; Ashish J. Thakkar,...

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