SPECIAL REPORT
manufacturing, power generation, and the common vision
of improving our transport networks across Africa through
road, rail, and maritime infrastructure.
For decades, the biggest investment and business
opportunities for Africa lay in traditional sources, especially
from the trade and export of raw and non-value-added
commodities such as crude oil, timber, gold, coal, cocoa, tea,
coffee, leather and several others. In fact, to-date, Africa’s
most viable and safe sectors of investment are manufacturing,
extractive industries, agriculture, and tourism. However,
with the rise of a vibrant manufacturing sector, and the
common agenda to bring more value-added products to sell
within the regional and global markets, the region has faced
some key challenges in improving distribution, cross-border
transactions and meeting market demands. These range from
technological limitations, logistical and transport and energy
costs, to varying regulatory frameworks across regional
markets. As a businessman, these challenges, in turn, offer
unconventional business opportunities.
As a potential entrant into the market, you are looking at
a huge market share of a