Jean-Michel Severino, president of the impact investing group "Investisseurs & Partenaires" explores the current and future opportunities arising in African countries.
3. A New World: the most Dynamic region of the World, with South Asia
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-2%
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4%
6%
8%
10%
12%
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1991
1992
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1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
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2002
2003
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2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
Source: World Bank Indicators
Real GDP growth
Sub-Saharan Africa
World
6,7%
5,1%
4,7%
4,0%
3,1%
1,8%
1,6%
0%
1%
2%
3%
4%
5%
6%
7%
Source : World Bank Indicators
GDP average annual growth rate (2000 -2012)
4. A Very Structural Growth
•A sounder macro economic environment
•Inflation and externalpublic debtfalling
•Improvingbusiness environment
•Sounderpublic policies
•The racetowardsAfrica
•The risingworld demandfor rawmaterials: 30 % of the world mineralreserves, 40 % of gold reserves, 60 % of cobalt reserves, 72% of chrome reserves, 65 % odfdiamondreserves…
•12% of the world hydropowerpotential(95% untapped)
•The rush for land: 60% of the world uncultivatedlands, i.e240 millions hectares, 4 times Morocco–and a hugereserveof productivity
•The rush for manpower
•Eighty years of growth ahead of us: the great peoplement
•The time of the demographicdividend: 2.1 billion Africansby 2050, but a slowingnatality
•The time of cities: alreadyclose to 50% of the population living in cities, and 80% by 2050
•The time of agriculture: more people living in rural areas by 2050 thannow!
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5. A HugeRise of the Demand
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5% yearlyaveragegrowthof domesticconsumptionsince2000
Corporateinvestment multipliedby 2,5 times duringthatperiod
15% annualgrowthof imports for the tenpastyears
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Source: World Bank
Domesticdemandtrend
Gross fixed capital formation
Household final consumption expenditure
6. An ongoingmajor Shift of the World EconomicCenter
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By 2050, the africanGDP shouldat least bemultipliedby 7, reachingthe currentchineseGDP. Africashouldbethe world mostdynamiceconomicregionof the threecomingdecades.
Sub-Saharan Africa
0%
5%
10%
2012
2014
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2018
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2022
2024
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2028
2030
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2034
2036
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Source: "EconMap", CEPII 2014
Real GDP growth
Sub-Saharan Africa
Brasil
India
China
Russia
USA
Sub-Saharan Africa
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30000
35000
2012
2014
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Constant USD billion
Source: "EconMap", CEPII 2014
Real GDP trend by region
Sub-Saharan Africa
Brasil
India
China
Russia
USA
7. AfricanMiddle Classes willmove the Earth
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TheAfricanmiddleclassshouldtripleandreach1,1milliardpeopleby2060.TheAfrican«GlobalMiddleClass»(income>10dollars/day)willgrowby90%by2030,anditsmarketvalueisestimatedat940billiondollars.
Sub-Saharan Africa
0
500
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1 500
2 000
2 500
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2010
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2050
Million
Source: UNCTAD
Population in million inhabitants
Brasil
China
India
Russia
Sub-Saharan Africa
USA
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2010
2020
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2050
2060
Source: African Development Bank
Middle Class trend in Sub-Saharan Africa
(as a % of the population)
First poverty line (1,25 dollars)
Second poverty line (between 1,25 and 2 dollars)
Middle Class (> 4 dollars)
8. Investorshave startedacknowledgingthe Situation
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Foreingdirect investment has been multipliedby 6,6 since2000,
and has reached45 billion dollars in 2012.
0%
1%
2%
3%
4%
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
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45
50
2000
2001
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2013
USD billion
Source: UNCTAD
ForeignDirect Investments(FDI) towardsSub-SaharanAfrica
Foreign Direct Investment (in USD)
% of total FDI in the world
10. A very differentiated Economic Performance
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Lowermiddleincomecountries(AfriqueduSud,Ghana,Sénégaletc.)havegrownonaverageby3%yearlythosetwentypastyears,against1,3%forthefragilestates(Guinée,Libéria,Togoetc.)
Sub-Saharan Africa
0
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1000
1500
2000
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3500
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
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2011
2012
Source: World Bank Indicators
Trend of GDP per capita (in constant USD)
Low-income countries
Middle-income countries
Oil-exporting countries
Fragile States
Sub-Saharan Africa
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Source: World Bank Indicators
GDP growth in Sub-Saharan Africa by income groups
Low-income countries
Middle-income countries
Oil-exporting countries
Fragile States
11. And a veryDiverse Continent
•By 2050, SSA’spopulation willhave increasedby 1,1 billion people , creatingverydiverse regions
•First profile: the «Giants», whichpopulation willbeover 100 million people
•Nigéria: 440 millions inhabitants, 29% of Africa’sGDP, 40% of the oilreservesof the continent
•EAEC: a regionof 520 millions people withEthiopia, Tanzania, Ouganda, Kenya. A relativelyspread demographicand economicpotential
•DRC: 150 million people by 2050 –and Kinshasa: 10 million citizens
SustainableGiants?
•A manageablesize?
•A hugechallenge for investment
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12. A veryDiverse Continent (continued)
•Second profile: The bright second tier (between 40 and 60 million inhabitants by 2050)
•Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire, l’Angolaetc.
•Smaller size, fast growth
•Important political regional role, agents of regional integration
What about South Africa?
•A challenged leadership
•An important transformation of the economic model
•Huge social challenge for the most unequal country of Africa, where one person out of which lives with AIDS
•Third profile: the small countries, exposed to all the ups and downs…
•A scattered group of dependent countries, that might achieve success without regional influence.
•The most exposed group to political volatility and expanded fragility
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13. New Visions of Africato emerge?
•Anglophones vs Francophones: a distinction lessand lessrelevant, althoughstrongcultural, politicaland legaldifferencesstillremain
•An emerging‘’afro-asiatic’’ co-prosperityzone?
•And a new ‘’afro-atlantic’’co-prosperity zone?
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15. A Giant withFeetof Clay
•Growing Inequalities…
•The second highest level of inequality in the world after Latin America…
•Among the ten countries in the world where inequalities have grown faster, six are in SSA: Namibia, South Africa, Lesotho, Botswana, Sierra Leone and the Central African Republic
•… And Insufficient Growth…
•By 2030, 45 million jobs will be created at the current pace of growth, but 110 million people will arrive at working age…
•Manufacturing growth still slow, and agricultural productivity increasing also slowly…
•Fiscal revenues will not allow to maintain the investment levels that are necessary to raise out of absolute poverty the majority of the continent and to educate, feed and care 1.3 additional Africans by 2050
•…Could increase Political and Social unrest, and hit Success Stories
•Local conflicts can easily spread regionally
•Continental and regional migrations as well as rush for natural resources increase conflicts
•Local structural weaknesses can hit the rest of the continent: health disasters…
•The Urbanization Process as the core Challenge
•One billion additional urban dwellers by 2050?
•A difficult process for land-tenure, governance and environmental reasons
•A double challenge: welcoming and becoming competitive
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16. And a still Narrow as well as Chaotic Economy
•Few large corporations
•Shallow financial markets
•Limited services and suppliers availability
•Infrastructure shortages
•Low global productivity
•And important remaining governance challenges
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20. Still, Go for Africa…
•For all itsrisksand unknownfeatures,Africaisreallythe new world economicfrontier
•Profitabilityof investmentsmaybehigh
•The humanand environmentalimpacts of investmentsmaybeequallyhigh
•This isa place to makea difference
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21. FOLLOW THE TEN COMMANDEMENTS
1)Spread yourrisks
2)Fear Marketsand theirvolatility, thisisstillthe time for privateequity
3)Do not feedthe Bubble
4)Invest in the Fundamentals: people, demand, good policies…
5)Followthe Locals, and learnfromthem–trust SMEs
6)Do not feargreenfields, theyare in manycases the onlywayforward
7)IntegrateChaos in yourStrategy
8)BewareGovernments(at least someof them)
9)Look long term, and integratestructural social, environmentaland governanceanalysisand responsibility
10)Do not acceptCorruption
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