This document discusses opportunities for wine producers in the global South to tap into China's rapidly growing wine market. It notes that China has become the world's fastest growing wine market, with consumption expected to increase 20% annually. Southern wine producing countries like South Africa, Chile, Lebanon, and North African nations have potential to benefit due to their quality wines and proximity. These countries face awareness and branding challenges but could see major rewards if able to successfully market to Chinese consumers. Strategies discussed include developing sophisticated branding, unified marketing efforts, and promoting wine tourism.
The document provides an overview of the fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) sector in Africa. It discusses key drivers of FMCG performance including population growth trends, urbanization rates, and income levels on the continent. Specific FMCG categories like food, beverages, and personal care products are examined. The largest FMCG markets in Africa like Nigeria, Kenya, and Ghana are also highlighted. The FMCG sector is poised for significant expansion in Africa as poverty declines and consumer spending patterns evolve to include more discretionary items.
Nigeria Food and Beverage Industry Report 2018Fab Westafrica
Africa’s continent is home to more than 1.1 billion people and will account for one-fifth of the world’s population by 2025.Unsurprisingly, Nigeria is by far the largest grocery retail market in Africa, with over 20 significant urban population centres. This report depicts how being ahead of your competitors, you can’t afford to miss 2019 edition of Food and Beverage Expo Nigeria.
Analysis of the opportunities and challenges of working in Africa, particularly for consumer facing companies. Includes strategies used by firms to overcome challenges
This document provides an overview of the consumer goods market in Africa and Nigeria from the perspective of Accenture. It notes that while Africa has a large population, its GDP is only 2% of the world's total due to challenges. However, Africa has significant potential from its arable land and natural resources. The market is becoming increasingly important as the continent's collective GDP and consumer spending are projected to grow substantially by 2030. Nigeria is highlighted as a key market that could become Africa's largest economy. The document outlines consumer segments, distribution structures, challenges of operating in Africa, and success factors for businesses, emphasizing the need for innovation, local partnerships, and understanding diverse African markets.
An Executive Briefing report that was one of the deliverables required for my International Business final group project: "The Apparel Market of Saudi Arabia: An Untapped and Growing Opportunity for US Firms." Other deliverables included a presentation and an individually written one-page summary of the report.
The Deloitte Consumer Survey Consumer Review. Africa: A 21st century reviewKenyaSchoolReport.com
This document discusses opportunities for consumer businesses in Africa. It finds that Africa's economy is growing rapidly, driven by a rising middle class as wealth spreads beyond elites. The population is young and increasingly urban, and digital technologies are allowing Africans to adopt new services. A survey of youth in four African countries shows they are optimistic, brand-conscious, and engaged via mobile phones. While challenges remain, opportunities exist for companies willing to invest and innovate long-term in Africa's evolving consumer markets.
The document discusses opportunities for retail expansion in Sub-Saharan Africa based on an analysis of 48 countries. It introduces the African Retail Development Index (ARDI), which ranks the top 10 countries. The top 10 spans East, West, and Southern Africa and shows diversity in terms of demographics, economies, and retail trends. The analysis identifies three approaches for retailers based on a country's market size and saturation: start with basic products in markets like Ethiopia, Ghana, and Rwanda; move quickly in rapidly evolving markets like Nigeria and Gabon; and differentiate in more advanced markets like South Africa, Botswana, and Namibia. While opportunities exist, retailers must overcome challenges like underdeveloped supply chains and gaining consumer loyalty
This document discusses strategies for consumer goods companies to succeed in Africa's growing consumer market. It notes that Africa's population is young and urbanizing rapidly, with many new consumers emerging from poverty. While opportunities abound, challenges include political instability, poor infrastructure, linguistic diversity, and differences in consumer behavior across countries. The document advises companies to take a granular view of growth by targeting the fastest growing cities, understand when demand will accelerate for product categories, tailor products to local needs and preferences, and partner with local retailers and distributors to gain market access. Pioneering companies that have seen success in Africa focus on these strategic imperatives.
The document provides an overview of the fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) sector in Africa. It discusses key drivers of FMCG performance including population growth trends, urbanization rates, and income levels on the continent. Specific FMCG categories like food, beverages, and personal care products are examined. The largest FMCG markets in Africa like Nigeria, Kenya, and Ghana are also highlighted. The FMCG sector is poised for significant expansion in Africa as poverty declines and consumer spending patterns evolve to include more discretionary items.
Nigeria Food and Beverage Industry Report 2018Fab Westafrica
Africa’s continent is home to more than 1.1 billion people and will account for one-fifth of the world’s population by 2025.Unsurprisingly, Nigeria is by far the largest grocery retail market in Africa, with over 20 significant urban population centres. This report depicts how being ahead of your competitors, you can’t afford to miss 2019 edition of Food and Beverage Expo Nigeria.
Analysis of the opportunities and challenges of working in Africa, particularly for consumer facing companies. Includes strategies used by firms to overcome challenges
This document provides an overview of the consumer goods market in Africa and Nigeria from the perspective of Accenture. It notes that while Africa has a large population, its GDP is only 2% of the world's total due to challenges. However, Africa has significant potential from its arable land and natural resources. The market is becoming increasingly important as the continent's collective GDP and consumer spending are projected to grow substantially by 2030. Nigeria is highlighted as a key market that could become Africa's largest economy. The document outlines consumer segments, distribution structures, challenges of operating in Africa, and success factors for businesses, emphasizing the need for innovation, local partnerships, and understanding diverse African markets.
An Executive Briefing report that was one of the deliverables required for my International Business final group project: "The Apparel Market of Saudi Arabia: An Untapped and Growing Opportunity for US Firms." Other deliverables included a presentation and an individually written one-page summary of the report.
The Deloitte Consumer Survey Consumer Review. Africa: A 21st century reviewKenyaSchoolReport.com
This document discusses opportunities for consumer businesses in Africa. It finds that Africa's economy is growing rapidly, driven by a rising middle class as wealth spreads beyond elites. The population is young and increasingly urban, and digital technologies are allowing Africans to adopt new services. A survey of youth in four African countries shows they are optimistic, brand-conscious, and engaged via mobile phones. While challenges remain, opportunities exist for companies willing to invest and innovate long-term in Africa's evolving consumer markets.
The document discusses opportunities for retail expansion in Sub-Saharan Africa based on an analysis of 48 countries. It introduces the African Retail Development Index (ARDI), which ranks the top 10 countries. The top 10 spans East, West, and Southern Africa and shows diversity in terms of demographics, economies, and retail trends. The analysis identifies three approaches for retailers based on a country's market size and saturation: start with basic products in markets like Ethiopia, Ghana, and Rwanda; move quickly in rapidly evolving markets like Nigeria and Gabon; and differentiate in more advanced markets like South Africa, Botswana, and Namibia. While opportunities exist, retailers must overcome challenges like underdeveloped supply chains and gaining consumer loyalty
This document discusses strategies for consumer goods companies to succeed in Africa's growing consumer market. It notes that Africa's population is young and urbanizing rapidly, with many new consumers emerging from poverty. While opportunities abound, challenges include political instability, poor infrastructure, linguistic diversity, and differences in consumer behavior across countries. The document advises companies to take a granular view of growth by targeting the fastest growing cities, understand when demand will accelerate for product categories, tailor products to local needs and preferences, and partner with local retailers and distributors to gain market access. Pioneering companies that have seen success in Africa focus on these strategic imperatives.
• Consumer expenditure in SSA
equaled nearly $600 billion in
2010, accounting for almost eight
percent of all emerging-market
spending, and is expected to reach
nearly $1 trillion by 2020.
• Consumer spending in South
Africa and Nigeria accounts for 51
percent of SSA's total expenditure.
• Poverty in SSA is decreasing
rapidly—from 40 percent in 1980 to
less than 30 percent in 2008—and is
expected to fall to 20 percent by 2020.
• By 2050, almost 60 percent of
people in SSA will live in cities,
compared with 40 percent in 2010.
This means 800 million more people
will live in urban environments.
• By 2012, over 50 percent of all
Africans—or more than 500 million
people—will own a mobile phone.
By 2014, this portion is expected to
increase to 56 percent (more than 600
million people), giving Africa one of
the world’s highest mobile usage rates.
Africa represents a significant growth opportunity for consumer products businesses. The continent has a growing population and middle class, with consumer spending rising rapidly at 16% annually. While Africa offers enormous potential, it also poses complexity due to its diversity of markets. To succeed, companies must make strategic decisions around which countries and market segments to prioritize, as well as how to structure their organization and operations to execute consistently across varied and changing markets over the long term.
David smith, engaging w the halal agenda ihmc 2010, day 1 session 2bruneimipr
The document discusses several global megatrends over the next 10-40 years including globalization, changing demographics, economic growth of emerging markets, resource constraints, and climate change. It specifically focuses on opportunities around halal tourism as the Muslim population grows, noting increasing demand from Gulf countries and potential for countries to position themselves as halal-friendly destinations.
The document discusses the growth opportunities in the consumer market in Sub-Saharan Africa. Key points include:
- Consumer spending in SSA has grown 4% annually since 2000 and reached $600 billion in 2010, expected to reach $1 trillion by 2020.
- Factors fueling growth are a rapidly increasing population projected to reach 2 billion by 2050, significant decrease in poverty, and rapid urbanization where 60% of Africans will live in cities by 2050.
- Improving infrastructure like mobile phone access making over 500 million Africans reachable is enabling the consumer market growth.
This is the continuation part of the indo african summit where we have given the detailed study of the african nations and how indian MSMEs can work in co-ordination with the African countries to increase the international trade.
Saltillo, Coahuila's manufacturing base is one of Mexico's largest. In addition to being companies such as Navistar, Lennox International, Whirlpool, Polaris, Freightliner and Lay Z Boy, a large presence of the Big 3 automakers has earned Saltillo the nickname of "Little Detroit." In the City of Saltillo, The Offshore Group's Manufacturas Zapalinamé operates the La Angostura Industrial Park.
http://www.offshoregroup.com/category/mexico-outsourcing-presentations/
This document discusses the growing economic opportunities in Africa driven by rising consumer markets. It notes that Africa has been experiencing strong GDP growth above 5% annually, with the economy expected to reach $2.2 trillion by 2020. Consumer spending is also growing rapidly at 39% due to urbanization, a growing middle class, and a young population. However, companies need tailored strategies for individual country markets that vary significantly. The document provides profiles on the economic outlook and strengths/challenges of major countries and concludes that success will depend on understanding local consumer trends and distributing appropriate products.
This document provides information about the magazine "This Is Africa". It examines Africa's evolving global relationships and how new relationships are developing across business, policy, and development. The magazine helps inform senior politicians and business leaders engaging with Africa through interviews, commentary, and analysis. It provides indispensable business information and networking opportunities for those understanding Africa's strategic importance. The magazine focuses on relationships Africa is forging worldwide and how emerging markets are reshaping the continent's role. It speaks to influential figures to understand trends defining Africa's 21st century development.
Africa has experienced strong economic growth over the past decade. Several factors are driving this success, including improving macroeconomic conditions, business reforms, a growing middle class and urbanization, and increasing trade and investment links with emerging economies like China and India. However, for growth to be sustainable, African countries will need to undergo economic transformation by moving labor and capital from low-productivity activities like agriculture and raw materials to higher productivity sectors like manufacturing and services. The document discusses frameworks for transformation and the policy enablers needed, including infrastructure, education and skills development.
The document provides a market research report on the global apparel, footwear, and fabric industries. It summarizes key statistics on market sizes, growth rates, leading countries and regions, and sub-segments. The global apparel market was worth over $3 trillion in 2011 and key markets are the Americas, EU, and Asia Pacific. Major apparel exporters are developing countries like Bangladesh, China, and India. The footwear market was worth $185 billion in 2011 and is projected to reach $327 billion by 2017, led by Asia Pacific and Europe.
Africa is making the right choices for itself, even though some of these may not be well strategized or well planned. Africa need to avoid repeating mistakes, and to prepare for the coming years with a vision and agenda that will make sure Africans claim their share of the global fortunes in near future.
TLG Capital is an investment company focused on growth capital investments in Africa and frontier markets. It invests across the capital structure in sectors catering to consumers, to leverage rising consumer classes. TLG operates in the "missing middle" space, providing funding for businesses too large for microfinance but too small or risky for banks. It also looks to migrate profitable business models from markets like India to Africa. TLG's past investments include pharmaceutical, medical, food, and financial services companies in countries like Uganda, Ghana, and Liberia.
Unilever has been operating in Africa for over 100 years. It originally entered the market through acquisitions of companies like the United Africa Company in the 1930s. Today, Unilever focuses on selling essential consumer goods at affordable prices to consumers across Africa. It develops products suited for African needs and expands distribution networks across the continent. Unilever also implements sustainability initiatives in Africa and invests in community development programs. Its long history and focus on local needs have helped Unilever become a leading consumer goods company with strong brand recognition in Africa.
Mohan Guruswamy argues that allowing FDI in retail risks "deforming" India's economy. He outlines several concerns:
- Large retailers may become "monopsonists" that squeeze producers and lower prices. Studies show this has hurt farmers globally.
- Retail giants often destroy small shops and jobs, replacing many retailers with few large employers. This could spark social unrest in India.
- Walmart sources over 70% of goods from China. Allowing its direct pipeline may flood India with cheap Chinese imports, hurting domestic industries.
- Middlemen play important credit and support roles for small farmers in India and may not be replaced under a corporate model.
This document provides an analysis of personal care opportunities in emerging markets. It compares BRIC countries and frontier economies across various metrics to determine their attractiveness. The key findings are:
1) China and Brazil are the largest personal care markets, valued at $24.7 billion and $21 billion respectively, with expected growth rates over 5%.
2) Countries with both large personal care markets (over $1.5 billion) and high per capita spending (over $60) like Argentina, Russia, and Saudi Arabia show high potential.
3) Countries with low per capita spending but large markets and forecasted growth over 5% like China, India, Indonesia, and Turkey offer opportunities to expand reach through promotion
African Liberation Day - Where is Our Independence Part 1Madi Jobarteh
The document summarizes the state of affairs in Africa 53 years after independence from colonial rule. It argues that while African countries gained political independence, they have failed to achieve economic independence and prosperity for citizens. Most African nations are not industrialized and remain dependent on exporting raw materials. Poverty and corruption are widespread, and illicit financial flows and capital flight have drained the continent of over $800 billion. Weak governance, human rights violations, and conflict continue to plague Africa. The document asserts that true independence and prosperity for African citizens remain unfulfilled goals due to failures of leadership on the continent.
Edwin Laurent opened remarks at a conference on economic potential for Africa's regional trade cooperation by acknowledging the importance of an Africa-led approach to development. He highlighted that Africa has not fully benefited from globalization and economic growth in the same way as other developing regions. However, regional integration efforts including trade blocs could help address challenges by extending domestic markets and enabling countries to better capitalize on economic opportunities through cooperation rather than competing interests of foreign entities. While regional approaches show promise, Laurent noted transportation infrastructure and costs present major barriers to realizing their full benefits for development in Africa.
This document discusses Ethiopia's economic development and challenges. It notes that Ethiopia faces its worst drought in 50 years, putting over 10 million people at risk of famine and threatening its recent economic gains. However, it also discusses Ethiopia's achievements, including strong economic growth over the past decade, cutting poverty levels, and progress on development goals. The document argues that Ethiopia needs continued international support to consolidate its successes and transition its economy from agriculture to manufacturing and industry. It highlights Ethiopia's case to investors for trade and investment at the World Economic Forum, with the potential to achieve further progress and development.
Modern Day Industries and Economic Challenges in SSAmr_rodriguez23
The document discusses human-environment interaction in Africa south of the Sahara. It notes that the major modern industries in the region are agriculture, mining, fishing, logging and manufacturing. However, many countries face economic challenges including reliance on exporting raw materials, uneven distribution of mineral wealth, deforestation, and lack of industrial development. Armed conflicts also halt food production and cause additional economic problems. The document provides information on these industries and challenges through a question and answer format to help students learn.
The participant recommends three strategies for a food retailer entering the African market: 1) Launch breakfast cereals targeting the growing urban middle class in countries with high GDP per capita and foreign investment. Advertise using mobile marketing. Partner with retailers like Shoprite for distribution. 2) Sell fortified micronutrient powders targeting poor, rural populations in lower GDP countries. Partner with NGOs, schools, and micro-distributors. 3) Invest in internal research capabilities to understand diverse African consumer behaviors and identify new opportunities, partnering with informal retailers, census data, and mobile payment firms.
This document discusses the growing business opportunities in Africa as the continent's economy and middle class expand rapidly. It notes that Africa's GDP has grown significantly in recent decades, consumer spending is projected to reach $1.4 trillion by 2020, and over 300 million Africans have joined the middle class since 1980. Meanwhile, technology entrepreneurs are emerging to build startups that address African needs in industries like agriculture, small business tools, and entertainment. Innovation hubs and accelerators are also supporting these entrepreneurs. Overall, the document presents an optimistic view of Africa's economic potential and growing private sector.
This document provides strategies for companies to consider when entering African markets. It discusses understanding the market opportunity in Africa through developing insights on consumer spending trends, behaviors, and segments. It also outlines steps for crafting an effective market entry strategy, including developing the right product or service value proposition, overcoming sourcing and manufacturing challenges, establishing effective distribution, and optimizing marketing and promotion. The overall framework presented includes gaining market insights, defining the value proposition, determining the market entry strategy, addressing sourcing and production issues, choosing the best distribution approach, and deploying marketing campaigns.
• Consumer expenditure in SSA
equaled nearly $600 billion in
2010, accounting for almost eight
percent of all emerging-market
spending, and is expected to reach
nearly $1 trillion by 2020.
• Consumer spending in South
Africa and Nigeria accounts for 51
percent of SSA's total expenditure.
• Poverty in SSA is decreasing
rapidly—from 40 percent in 1980 to
less than 30 percent in 2008—and is
expected to fall to 20 percent by 2020.
• By 2050, almost 60 percent of
people in SSA will live in cities,
compared with 40 percent in 2010.
This means 800 million more people
will live in urban environments.
• By 2012, over 50 percent of all
Africans—or more than 500 million
people—will own a mobile phone.
By 2014, this portion is expected to
increase to 56 percent (more than 600
million people), giving Africa one of
the world’s highest mobile usage rates.
Africa represents a significant growth opportunity for consumer products businesses. The continent has a growing population and middle class, with consumer spending rising rapidly at 16% annually. While Africa offers enormous potential, it also poses complexity due to its diversity of markets. To succeed, companies must make strategic decisions around which countries and market segments to prioritize, as well as how to structure their organization and operations to execute consistently across varied and changing markets over the long term.
David smith, engaging w the halal agenda ihmc 2010, day 1 session 2bruneimipr
The document discusses several global megatrends over the next 10-40 years including globalization, changing demographics, economic growth of emerging markets, resource constraints, and climate change. It specifically focuses on opportunities around halal tourism as the Muslim population grows, noting increasing demand from Gulf countries and potential for countries to position themselves as halal-friendly destinations.
The document discusses the growth opportunities in the consumer market in Sub-Saharan Africa. Key points include:
- Consumer spending in SSA has grown 4% annually since 2000 and reached $600 billion in 2010, expected to reach $1 trillion by 2020.
- Factors fueling growth are a rapidly increasing population projected to reach 2 billion by 2050, significant decrease in poverty, and rapid urbanization where 60% of Africans will live in cities by 2050.
- Improving infrastructure like mobile phone access making over 500 million Africans reachable is enabling the consumer market growth.
This is the continuation part of the indo african summit where we have given the detailed study of the african nations and how indian MSMEs can work in co-ordination with the African countries to increase the international trade.
Saltillo, Coahuila's manufacturing base is one of Mexico's largest. In addition to being companies such as Navistar, Lennox International, Whirlpool, Polaris, Freightliner and Lay Z Boy, a large presence of the Big 3 automakers has earned Saltillo the nickname of "Little Detroit." In the City of Saltillo, The Offshore Group's Manufacturas Zapalinamé operates the La Angostura Industrial Park.
http://www.offshoregroup.com/category/mexico-outsourcing-presentations/
This document discusses the growing economic opportunities in Africa driven by rising consumer markets. It notes that Africa has been experiencing strong GDP growth above 5% annually, with the economy expected to reach $2.2 trillion by 2020. Consumer spending is also growing rapidly at 39% due to urbanization, a growing middle class, and a young population. However, companies need tailored strategies for individual country markets that vary significantly. The document provides profiles on the economic outlook and strengths/challenges of major countries and concludes that success will depend on understanding local consumer trends and distributing appropriate products.
This document provides information about the magazine "This Is Africa". It examines Africa's evolving global relationships and how new relationships are developing across business, policy, and development. The magazine helps inform senior politicians and business leaders engaging with Africa through interviews, commentary, and analysis. It provides indispensable business information and networking opportunities for those understanding Africa's strategic importance. The magazine focuses on relationships Africa is forging worldwide and how emerging markets are reshaping the continent's role. It speaks to influential figures to understand trends defining Africa's 21st century development.
Africa has experienced strong economic growth over the past decade. Several factors are driving this success, including improving macroeconomic conditions, business reforms, a growing middle class and urbanization, and increasing trade and investment links with emerging economies like China and India. However, for growth to be sustainable, African countries will need to undergo economic transformation by moving labor and capital from low-productivity activities like agriculture and raw materials to higher productivity sectors like manufacturing and services. The document discusses frameworks for transformation and the policy enablers needed, including infrastructure, education and skills development.
The document provides a market research report on the global apparel, footwear, and fabric industries. It summarizes key statistics on market sizes, growth rates, leading countries and regions, and sub-segments. The global apparel market was worth over $3 trillion in 2011 and key markets are the Americas, EU, and Asia Pacific. Major apparel exporters are developing countries like Bangladesh, China, and India. The footwear market was worth $185 billion in 2011 and is projected to reach $327 billion by 2017, led by Asia Pacific and Europe.
Africa is making the right choices for itself, even though some of these may not be well strategized or well planned. Africa need to avoid repeating mistakes, and to prepare for the coming years with a vision and agenda that will make sure Africans claim their share of the global fortunes in near future.
TLG Capital is an investment company focused on growth capital investments in Africa and frontier markets. It invests across the capital structure in sectors catering to consumers, to leverage rising consumer classes. TLG operates in the "missing middle" space, providing funding for businesses too large for microfinance but too small or risky for banks. It also looks to migrate profitable business models from markets like India to Africa. TLG's past investments include pharmaceutical, medical, food, and financial services companies in countries like Uganda, Ghana, and Liberia.
Unilever has been operating in Africa for over 100 years. It originally entered the market through acquisitions of companies like the United Africa Company in the 1930s. Today, Unilever focuses on selling essential consumer goods at affordable prices to consumers across Africa. It develops products suited for African needs and expands distribution networks across the continent. Unilever also implements sustainability initiatives in Africa and invests in community development programs. Its long history and focus on local needs have helped Unilever become a leading consumer goods company with strong brand recognition in Africa.
Mohan Guruswamy argues that allowing FDI in retail risks "deforming" India's economy. He outlines several concerns:
- Large retailers may become "monopsonists" that squeeze producers and lower prices. Studies show this has hurt farmers globally.
- Retail giants often destroy small shops and jobs, replacing many retailers with few large employers. This could spark social unrest in India.
- Walmart sources over 70% of goods from China. Allowing its direct pipeline may flood India with cheap Chinese imports, hurting domestic industries.
- Middlemen play important credit and support roles for small farmers in India and may not be replaced under a corporate model.
This document provides an analysis of personal care opportunities in emerging markets. It compares BRIC countries and frontier economies across various metrics to determine their attractiveness. The key findings are:
1) China and Brazil are the largest personal care markets, valued at $24.7 billion and $21 billion respectively, with expected growth rates over 5%.
2) Countries with both large personal care markets (over $1.5 billion) and high per capita spending (over $60) like Argentina, Russia, and Saudi Arabia show high potential.
3) Countries with low per capita spending but large markets and forecasted growth over 5% like China, India, Indonesia, and Turkey offer opportunities to expand reach through promotion
African Liberation Day - Where is Our Independence Part 1Madi Jobarteh
The document summarizes the state of affairs in Africa 53 years after independence from colonial rule. It argues that while African countries gained political independence, they have failed to achieve economic independence and prosperity for citizens. Most African nations are not industrialized and remain dependent on exporting raw materials. Poverty and corruption are widespread, and illicit financial flows and capital flight have drained the continent of over $800 billion. Weak governance, human rights violations, and conflict continue to plague Africa. The document asserts that true independence and prosperity for African citizens remain unfulfilled goals due to failures of leadership on the continent.
Edwin Laurent opened remarks at a conference on economic potential for Africa's regional trade cooperation by acknowledging the importance of an Africa-led approach to development. He highlighted that Africa has not fully benefited from globalization and economic growth in the same way as other developing regions. However, regional integration efforts including trade blocs could help address challenges by extending domestic markets and enabling countries to better capitalize on economic opportunities through cooperation rather than competing interests of foreign entities. While regional approaches show promise, Laurent noted transportation infrastructure and costs present major barriers to realizing their full benefits for development in Africa.
This document discusses Ethiopia's economic development and challenges. It notes that Ethiopia faces its worst drought in 50 years, putting over 10 million people at risk of famine and threatening its recent economic gains. However, it also discusses Ethiopia's achievements, including strong economic growth over the past decade, cutting poverty levels, and progress on development goals. The document argues that Ethiopia needs continued international support to consolidate its successes and transition its economy from agriculture to manufacturing and industry. It highlights Ethiopia's case to investors for trade and investment at the World Economic Forum, with the potential to achieve further progress and development.
Modern Day Industries and Economic Challenges in SSAmr_rodriguez23
The document discusses human-environment interaction in Africa south of the Sahara. It notes that the major modern industries in the region are agriculture, mining, fishing, logging and manufacturing. However, many countries face economic challenges including reliance on exporting raw materials, uneven distribution of mineral wealth, deforestation, and lack of industrial development. Armed conflicts also halt food production and cause additional economic problems. The document provides information on these industries and challenges through a question and answer format to help students learn.
The participant recommends three strategies for a food retailer entering the African market: 1) Launch breakfast cereals targeting the growing urban middle class in countries with high GDP per capita and foreign investment. Advertise using mobile marketing. Partner with retailers like Shoprite for distribution. 2) Sell fortified micronutrient powders targeting poor, rural populations in lower GDP countries. Partner with NGOs, schools, and micro-distributors. 3) Invest in internal research capabilities to understand diverse African consumer behaviors and identify new opportunities, partnering with informal retailers, census data, and mobile payment firms.
This document discusses the growing business opportunities in Africa as the continent's economy and middle class expand rapidly. It notes that Africa's GDP has grown significantly in recent decades, consumer spending is projected to reach $1.4 trillion by 2020, and over 300 million Africans have joined the middle class since 1980. Meanwhile, technology entrepreneurs are emerging to build startups that address African needs in industries like agriculture, small business tools, and entertainment. Innovation hubs and accelerators are also supporting these entrepreneurs. Overall, the document presents an optimistic view of Africa's economic potential and growing private sector.
This document provides strategies for companies to consider when entering African markets. It discusses understanding the market opportunity in Africa through developing insights on consumer spending trends, behaviors, and segments. It also outlines steps for crafting an effective market entry strategy, including developing the right product or service value proposition, overcoming sourcing and manufacturing challenges, establishing effective distribution, and optimizing marketing and promotion. The overall framework presented includes gaining market insights, defining the value proposition, determining the market entry strategy, addressing sourcing and production issues, choosing the best distribution approach, and deploying marketing campaigns.
Africa tapping into growth opportunities challenges and strategies for cons...Dr Lendy Spires
Africa represents a significant growth opportunity for consumer products companies due to its growing population, increasing urbanization, and rising incomes. While risks must be considered, companies can succeed in Africa by adapting products to local needs, investing in communities, and taking a long-term view. Coca-Cola and Unilever are cited as examples through strategies like product modifications, partnerships with small retailers, and sustainable sourcing programs. When expanding operations, companies should build local presence, leverage first-mover advantage, and gain government relationships.
Exploring the fourth wave of supermarket evolution: concepts of value and com...ijmvsc
This document discusses the expansion of South African supermarket chains into other parts of Africa, representing a "fourth wave" of global supermarket evolution. It explores the concepts of value and complexity that arise in this process. Three major South African supermarket businesses - Shoprite, Pick 'n Pay, and Spar - have expanded into other African countries. While this expansion has economic benefits, it also presents challenges for local producers and increases operational complexities due to cultural and business practice differences across countries. The document examines these issues through the lens of the value chain concept.
Africa will have about 500 million young people by 2030. 157 of the world’s 310 mobile money services in 2021 were in Sub-Saharan Africa. Africa had a US$495bn share of the US$767bn handled by mobile money worldwide. Mobile
phones account for about 75% of all online traffic in Africa. Africa has potential to unlock more than $3 trillion in consumer spending. In the five largest consumer markets alone—Nigeria Egypt, South Africa, Morocco,
and Algeria—the African Development Bank estimates that there will be 56 million middle-class households with disposable incomes of nearly $680 billion.
Analysis Group estimates that the Metaverse could contribute $40 billion to Sub-Saharan Africa’s GDP by 2031.
Totowaka Inc. is an e-commerce company operating in 10 African countries seeking to expand into new markets. They are deciding between solely focusing on existing markets or expanding into new ones. While existing markets face high competition and risk of market maturity, expanding carries risks of high costs and uncertainty in untested markets. They must also decide whether to expand inside or outside of Africa. Expanding inside Africa allows leveraging existing brand value and resources within a market accelerated by mobile internet and facilitated by the African Free Trade Agreement, while outside expansion faces saturated global markets and inconsistent regulations and consumer behaviors. Overall, Totowaka plans to expand inside Africa to sustain long term growth while balancing profitability and managing risks of expansion.
How africa can eliminate poverty with market-creating innovation iCSR-in-Action
Africa’s ability to sustain its economic growth will depend mainly on how quickly it will be able to shift from reliance on traditional commodity markets to modern economic structures that focus on market-creating Innovation, which is defined as innovation that transforms existing product and service offerings into products and services that are cheap enough and accessible enough to reach an entirely new population of customers. In this piece, we address the issues surrounding the growth of the African market and proffer solutions on how to eliminate it.
This document discusses digital business models in sub-Saharan Africa, focusing on Southern, Eastern, and Western Africa. It finds that mobile technology is driving digital transformation across the continent. Digital businesses are emerging that are native to Africa and solve local problems. While opportunities are large, infrastructure challenges like bandwidth and skills shortages remain. The future of African digital markets depends on understanding local contexts and adjusting offerings accordingly.
This document provides strategies for companies expanding into emerging markets through e-commerce. It discusses researching the target market's demographics and income levels. Companies should understand factors like the rise of millennials, expansion of the middle class, and differences in average incomes. The digital landscape must also be considered, including internet and mobile penetration rates which vary significantly between markets. Companies should assess the strategic status quo by evaluating market conditions, the competitive landscape which ranges from consolidated to fragmented, and local consumer preferences. Case studies demonstrate how companies like Amazon and MercadoLibre have successfully expanded into new markets.
The Future of Digital Business Models in sub-Saharan Africa, Team Finland Fut...Team Finland Future Watch
From the perspective of the African future, digital business models have a vital role in influencing the development of African societies. For the first time African economies are able to create equal economic links with Western economies and are able to attract interest from all over the world. Growth numbers in digital market are staggering, although the future is not as straightforward as one could expect. Now it is great moment to look at what are the successful digital business models in Africa and how does the future looks like for African digitalization.
The document discusses opportunities for retailers in Sub-Saharan Africa. It finds that while the region faces challenges like underdeveloped infrastructure, it also has strong potential for retail growth due to factors like rapid urbanization and an emerging middle class. The analysis introduces the African Retail Development Index which ranks the top 10 countries for retail investment in the region. It places the countries into three categories: those where retailers should focus on basic products; rapidly developing markets where companies need to move quickly; and more mature markets like South Africa where expansion is ongoing.
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Development Challenges, South-South Solutions: January 2011 Issue
1. Development Challenges, South-South Solutions January 2011 Issue
1) Africa’s Consumer Market in Spotlight for 2011
While other parts of the world will spend 2011 worrying about their debt levels
and how to spur economic growth, many factors are pointing to Africa
potentially following a different story. A frenzy of activity has been building
around Africa’s market opportunities and its growing middle class consumer
population. Years of steady growth rates up to 2008 and the vast, untapped
opportunities on the continent have sparked interest from investors and
businesses alike.
Foreign direct investment (FDI) to developing economies rose by 10 percent
in 2010 due to fast economic recovery and increasing South-South flows.
Africa peaked in 2008 because of the resource boom and fell by 14 percent to
US $50 billion in 2010 (UNCTAD). Rising FDI from Asia and Latin America
has still yet to match the decline from developed countries – still the majority
of FDI to Africa.
However, foreign direct investment to Africa had risen sixfold to US $58.56
billion between 2000 and 2009 (UNCTAD). The amount going to
manufacturing and services has been growing, despite the slow down in 2009
because of the global economic downturn. Africa’s 11 largest economies are
now being seen as the next to match Brazil and Russia, economic stars of the
last few years.
The continent as a whole forms the 10th largest economy in the world. Of
Africa’s more than 1 billion people, 900 million can be classified as part of the
consumer economy. Out of this group, there is a third – approximately 300
million people – who make modest sums by Western standards, about US
$200 a month, but have spare cash to buy things like mobile phones, DVDs
and new clothes, or pay for better schools. They are the population that is
overlooked when attention is focused only on the very poor living on less than
US $2 a day.
This vast group is captured in the book Africa Rising by University of Texas
professor Vijay Mahajan, which details the phenomenon of Africa’s middle
class consumer society. He calls this group of middle class consumers "Africa
2," with the desperately poor called Africa 3s, and the extremely rich Africa 1s.
This new group has expanded far beyond ruling elites and government
workers. Many of its members work in the private sector, as secretaries,
computer entrepreneurs, merchants and others who have benefited from
consistent growth rates in many African countries.
The portion of African households with discretionary spending power rose
from 35 percent in 2000 to 43 percent in 2008. The challenge will be to turn
this wealth to the benefit of made-in-Africa businesses and to create stable,
high-quality jobs to ensure this wealth effect lasts.
2. The new wealth effect can give Africa the tools needed to tackle its long-
standing development challenges and lift more and more people out of
poverty and misery while reducing dependence on foreign aid. And this can
add rocket fuel to the surge toward meeting the Millennium Development
Goals deadline in 2015 (http://mdgs.un.org/unsd/mdg/Default.aspx).
The rapidly rising profile of Africa is reflected by the prestigious business
newspaper the Wall Street Journal recently running a series titled “Africa’s
Growing Consumer Class Lures Multinationals”
(http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142405274870472080457600967205318
4168.html).
Consulting firm McKinsey (http://www.mckinsey.com/) believes Africa’s billion
citizens should be seen as consumers and says the continent's growing
number of middle-income consumers now outstrips India’s. It boldly claims
consumer spending will reach US $1.4 trillion in Africa by 2020, up from US
$860 billion in 2008. Consumer spending rose by 16 percent a year from 2005
to 2008 before the global economic crisis.
It is forecast that 220 million Africans now frozen out of this consumer wave
will become consumers by 2015 if current trends continue.
The IMF believes the steady growth will continue, with 5.5 percent growth for
the 47 sub-Saharan countries this year.
That’s the good news. But many African countries still rank at the bottom in
the World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business survey
(http://www.doingbusiness.org/rankings). Africa remains a logistical nightmare
for companies. Poor quality roads, inadequate harbours and inefficient rail
systems, all make it difficult to move goods around the continent and across
borders.
This makes distribution in Africa costly. Companies also often have to import
building supplies and equipment to construct factories and plants. Then there
is the unreliable electricity supply. Unable to trust local power supplies, many
companies use their own electricity generators.
If handled right, new brands and companies are set to join African global
success stories like Mo Ibrahim (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mo_Ibrahim), who
founded the mobile telecommunications company Celtel.
Some of the new success stories include African companies pairing up with
global firms as they seek local knowledge and experience. This will be a
substantial opportunity for companies wise enough to organise themselves for
global competition. In 2010, Sweden’s Electrolux – one of the world’s largest
makers of home appliances – bought Egypt’s Olympic Group
(http://www.ameinfo.com/145039.html), a North African powerhouse for
household goods.
3. In the Ivory Coast, Nouvelle Parfumerie Gandour
(http://www.npgandour.com/english/index.html) – makers of perfume,
cologne, cosmetics and talcs - is an African cross-border success story. It has
factories in Ivory Coast, Senegal, Morocco and Cameroon. Thirty percent of
its profits come from exports, some of which are to the United States and
Europe.
Sonatrach (http://www.sonatrach-dz.com/NEW/) in Algeria is the largest oil
and gas company in Algeria and Africa. Is using its base in oil and gas
exploration, production, pipeline transportation and marketing of hydrocarbons
and by products, to move into other areas. It is increasing its investments in
power generation, new and renewable energies, water desalination, and
mining exploration and exploitation. Looking to grow its business with 30
percent coming from exports by 2015, it has spread across Africa ( Mali ,
Niger , Libya , Egypt ), to Spain , Italy , Portugal , United Kingdom , Peru and
the United States .
Marwa (http://www.marwa.es/) from Casablanca, Morocco, is an African
fashion success story. The brand started by Karim Tazi in 2003 began with
just two stores in Casablanca and Rabat. It identified the niche of very
fashionable but good quality and inexpensive clothing. It blends international
trends with subtle influences from Moroccan tradition. Its prices hover
between six euros for a t-shirt and 100 euros for a coat. It has successfully
created a Moroccan high-street fashion look that can be exported. It has
opened a branch in Zaragoza, Spain and is expanding to Riyadh, Saudi
Arabia, Paris, France, Beirut, Lebanon and Istanbul, Turkey.
A survey by consultants AT Kearney (www.atkearney.com) found eight out of
nine West African subsidiaries of global consumer goods companies
discovered quicker revenue growth than their parent companies.
All this new wealth and growth provides substantial opportunities to African
brands to build their businesses and markets. The big issue will be who will
rise to the occasion and who will be clever enough to learn from existing
African brands that are already thriving and have shown the way.
Two trends will also power this growth: urbanization and large youth
populations. Africa's youthful, urban population has already been reached by
the telecoms sector through the rapid growth of mobile phones. More than
500 million subscribers have been signed up since 2000 (Informa Telecom
and Media), a user base greater than the entire US population.
"By 2040, the continent will be home to one in five of the planet's young
people and will have the world's largest working-age population," according to
Charles Roxburgh and Susan Lund, authors of a study for the McKinsey
Global Institute.
"If Africa can give its young people sufficient education and skills, they could
be a substantial source of consumption and production in years ahead."
4. LINKS:
1) Afrique Avenir: Inspiring blog tracking Africa’s rising middle class and their
global economic impact. Also great photo gallery The Other Africa, a
photographic journey through all 54 African countries featuring the rising
middle class. Website: http://www.afriqueavenir.org/en/
2) Afrocoffee: A design-savvy South African coffee shop chain that has
expanded to Europe. It uses a modern African-themed design in its shops and
product range. Website:
https://www.afrocoffee.com/index.php?id=4&menustate=&L=1
3) Africa Rising: A book by Professor Vijay Mahajan on how Africa’s
consumer economy is growing and growing.
Website: http://tinyurl.com/2vk3m9n
4) Arise Magazine: Arise is a Nigerian style monthly started by Nigerian media
mogul Nduka Obaigbena, who also publishes Nigeria’s leading newspaper,
This Day. Website: http://www.arisemagazine.net/
5) A video on the rising African consumer market.
Website:http://annansi.com/blog/2010/12/growth-and-spending-of-african-
consumer-video/
6) Annansi Chronicles: A blog packed with the latest news and media on
African business and culture trends. Website: http://annansi.com/blog/
7) An interactive map of Africa’s new wealth and where to find it.
Website:http://online.wsj.com/article/SB100014240527487047208045760096
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2) China’s Booming Wine Market Can Boost South
A great South-South opportunity has emerged with the recent boom in wine
drinking in China and the pursuit of quality tastes. Matching high-quality wine
producers from the global South - including South Africa, Chile, Morocco, and
Lebanon – with China’s thirsty wine drinkers could deliver a major income
boost.
In the past year China has become the world's fastest-growing wine market
with newly wealthy seeking sophisticated tastes and young working women
seeking the health benefits of wine (http://www.healthtree.com/articles/red-
wine/). Yearly wine consumption in China is expected to increase by 20
percent to 126.4 million cases by 2014, a fact that is grabbing the attention of
old and new-world wine producers.
Women are driving China's growing market for wine, which is perceived as a
symbol of affluence, a benefit to health - in moderation - and good for the skin.
A new report from the International Wine and Spirit Research (IWSR) group
says wine consumption in China and Hong Kong jumped 100 per cent
between 2005 and 2009, from 46.9 million to 95.9 million cases.
Import taxes have been reduced as China entered the World Trade
Organization (WTO), and this has prompted foreign wine brands to lunge into
the market.
5. The government is trying to get people to switch away from high-strength
alcoholic drinks by increasing the tax on them.
Awareness and experience varies widely amongst the winemakers of the
global South. Some countries, such as South Africa, Chile and Argentina,
have long-standing international reputations for producing quality wine, and
use sophisticated branding and marketing campaigns to connect with their
customers. But other countries, including Lebanon, Tunisia and Zimbabwe,
have lower profiles and do not pack the same brand punch. But all these
countries help show the role viticulture can play in economic development. By
tapping into this Chinese wine drinking boom, they could reap rich rewards.
In Lebanon, viticulture - the harvesting of grapes for wine
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viticulture) - has prospered despite the country’s
wars and instability.
Lebanon has a long and illustrious history of winemaking stretching back
5,000 years. The modern Lebanese wine industry dates itself from 1857,
when Jesuit monks at Ksara in the Bekaa Valley began importing vines from
Algeria. After World War I, when the French took control of Lebanon, its
vineyards expanded to satisfy France's thirsty imperial troops.
Then Lebanon was hit by the brutal civil war of the 70s and 80s. And things
have remained unstable and uncertain since.
But despite this, well established businesses like Ksara
(http://www.ksara.com.lb/), Kefraya (http://www.chateaukefraya.com/) and
Musar (http://www.chateaumusar.com.lb/english/cave.aspx), and small
boutique producers, thrive.
Massaya (http://www.massaya.com/old/wine.htm) is one of Lebanon's most
dynamic and successful wineries, owned by brothers Sami and Ramzi Ghosn.
Both are Christians like many of the Lebanese winemakers. They have been
able to succeed in an area fraught with tension from past conflicts.
Another winery is using the business to revive a community and restore old
skills. In the hills east of Beirut, the BBC found Naji Boutros - who used to be
an investment banker in London - and his wife Jill. Boutros started Chateau
Belle-Vue in Bhamdoun (http://www.chateaubelle-vue.com/), in the village
where he grew up. As well as producing wine, the Chateau finances
community projects and a library.
The two kings in the global South of wine exports are South Africa and Chile.
Both countries have very strong brand awareness in export markets and both
have triumphed after years of boycotts due to the political situations in the
respective countries (Chile’s military dictatorship and South Africa’s Apartheid
regime).
Wine-making is one of South Africa’s oldest industries and plays a key part in
the economy (http://www.wine.co.za/), with exports growing from less than 50
6. million litres in 1994 to more than 400 million litres in 2008 – year-on-year
growth of 17 percent.
Since the end of the racist Apartheid regime
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Africa_under_apartheid) in the mid-1990s,
various government and industry initiatives have begun to reverse the
iniquities of the country’s wine-making industry. South Africa has been
pioneering switching black Africans on to the pleasures and profits of wine
making and drinking.
Like Argentina, Chile (http://www.winesofchile.org/) has a strategic plan for its
wine industry by 2020. It hopes to be “the Number One producer of
sustainable and diverse premium wines from the New World by the year
2020.”
Chile - recovering from the severe earthquake on February 27, 2010 - uses a
sophisticated marketing strategy to promote its wines, including websites,
social networking media and events and tastings. Since 2007, it has unified its
marketing efforts under one umbrella organization, the Vinos de Chile, and it
also offers wine tourism to further develop a close relationship with drinkers,
The Wines of Chile Experience (http://www.chilewinetourism.com/), launched
in 2010.
Chile's neighbour Argentina (http://www.winesofargentina.org/) is the world's
fifth largest producer of wine,
The country has seen its domestic consumption of wine shrink as tastes
changed, and has also experienced very extreme economic fluctuations. It
has had to raise its game in order to earn income from exporting. This has
been a spur to the wine industry and it has seen growth since 1996.
Wine growing has a long history in Argentina, going back to its Spanish
colonial foundations in the 1500s. Argentineans drank large quantities of wine
domestically in the 1970s but this tailed off in the later decades.
That had been balanced by a great export success with wines from the
malbec grape. The flavour of this wine and its brand image has proven to be a
weighty ambassador for Argentinean wines in general. By keeping a
competitive price, Argentinean wine has flourished during the global economic
crisis as people have moved to less expensive brands. The country cleverly
has a wine marketing strategy based on Australia's experience. This is an
ambitious plan with the goal of capturing 10 percent of the global wine market
share by 2020.
Argentina also aggressively pursues new markets by visiting them regularly
and doing wine promotions and tastings with potential customers. It also
brings people to the country to visit the wineries and experience Argentinean
culture and food.
7. In North Africa, Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco have a long history cultivating
wine and have been winning awards since the 1859 Fall Exposition in Paris.
Over the years quality control was an issue as political and economic factors
disrupted access to global markets. But in the last few years governments
have been working to support the industry and regain its past reputation.
Winemaking in North Africa goes back to the Romans and the Phoenicians.
Despite Islam prohibiting the consumption of alcohol, the industry has
survived. The industry is currently being re-organized to make the most of a
free trade agreement with the European Union.
Tunisia has a long, rich winemaking heritage known the world over. About half
of Tunisia's vineyards are dedicated to producing grapes for wine production
rather than for sale as table grapes.
Over the last 20 years, Les Vignerons de Carthage, a cooperative of 10
cellars located in the Cap Bon region of Northern Tunisia, have been working
under the leadership of Belgacem D’Khili, a Bordeaux trained oenologist to
improve and maintain wine quality.
They have kept the old vines, persevered with hand-harvesting and traditional
techniques, but have modernised the cellar equipment, the storage and
overall approach to hygiene.
North African wines are being collectively marketed by resellers like Cotes
d’Afrique (http://www.cotes-d-afrique.co.uk/tunisianwine/history.aspx).
Morocco, too, has become a respected wine maker and has a robust
domestic wine-drinking market. Morocco’s oldest winery, Celliers de Meknes
(http://www.lescelliersdemeknes.net/), told the Global Post how it handles the
delicacies of wine-making in a majority Muslim country.
“We are tolerated,” said Jean-Pierre Dehut, the export manager for Celliers de
Meknes. “But the tolerance requires that we stay within certain boundaries.”
Celliers de Meknes sells some 30 million bottles of wine per year — 25 million
in Morocco.
A little-known wine producer, Zimbabwe has been producing wines since the
early 1950s and commercially since 1965, according to Zimbabwe Tourism.
Production peaked in the 1980s and later suffered from an export ban.
Despite the country's economic and political problems, the wine industry has
grown. New techniques, equipment and grape varietals have been introduced
and winemakers have been trained in Germany, Australia and South Africa.
Regular visits from outside consultants have helped with raising standards.
Apart from economic problems the industry struggled with viruses and
climate. But since the 1990s the industry has started to win international wine
competitions
8. One of the successful wineries is Mukuyu Winery
(http://www.africanbeersandwine.com/pages/wine.html), which produces an
average of 1.5 million litres per year from 100 hectares under vines. Over the
past 13 years, Mukuyu wines have won Silver and Bronze medals at the
International Wine and Spirit Competition in London, and regional wine tasting
competitions in South Africa.
LINKS:
1) China Wines Information Website: A website with the latest news and
events on China’s fast-growing wine market. Website: http://www.wines-
info.com/en/index.aspx
2) Interwine China 2011: The 6th China (Guangzhou) International Wine and
Spirits Exhibition and World Famous Wine Expo, May 25th to 27th, 2011.
Website:http://www.interwine.org/interwine/pages/2010/index.interwine
3) Shenzhen International Wine Hub: Shenzhen International Wine Hub is
located in downtown Longgang, and is designed to provide an unprecedented
one-stop platform for all wine-related business, integrating product exhibition,
wine trading, wine information and statistics publishing, wine knowledge
training, quality examination and evaluation, wine culture showcasing as well
as food and recreation. Website: http://www.szwinehub.com/en/
4) Zimbabwe Tourism:
Website: http://www.zimbabwetourism.net/index.php?option=com_content&vi
ew=article&id=119&Itemid=144
5) Soweto Wine Festival:
Website: http://www.sowetowinefestival.co.za/About.htm
3) Food Inflation: Ways to Fight It
Food inflation has taken off at the beginning of 2011. As the global economic
crisis enters its next phase, both developed and developing countries are
experiencing inflation. There are many factors fuelling the rise in prices –
inefficient distribution and storage systems, lack of investment in agriculture,
devaluing currencies, high demand, natural and man-made disasters, use of
food products like corn to make biofuels – but there are also ways to counter
the effects of food inflation that have been tried and tested across the South.
The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) says
the least developed countries spent US $9 billion on food imports in 2002. By
2008, that amount had risen to US $23 billion. Supachai Panitchpakdi,
secretary general of UNCTAD, says "the import dependence has become
quite devastating.”
Worse, more people had less money to buy the food. The number of
individuals living in extreme poverty "increased by 3 million per year during
the boom years of 2002 and 2007," reaching 421 million people in 2007.
For millions of people, it is a matter of life and death that food remains
affordable. The poor pay the largest share of their income on food. Raise that
9. cost, and the poor quickly have little money left for other things, like housing,
transport, clothing or education.
Approached as a problem needing a solution, it is possible to deal with a bout
of food inflation. Every food crisis has its origins and can be resolved. A
staggering amount of food goes to waste every year, and a vast quantity can’t
get from the farm to the market in time because of infrastructure problems.
An Indian refrigerator – the ChotuKool fridge
(http://www.godrej.com/godrej/godrej/index.aspx?id=1) – is designed to stay
cool for hours without electricity and to use half the power of conventional
refrigerators. Priced at US $69, it is targeted at India’s poor – a population of
over 456 million, almost half the total Indian population (World Bank).
Manufactured by Godrej and Boyce and weighing just 7.8 kilograms, it is
designed around the stated needs of the poor, who wanted a fridge capable of
cooling 5 to 6 bottles of water and 3 to 4 kilograms of vegetables. Portability
was crucial as well, since needs to be moved when large family gatherings
take place in small rooms.
As a photo shows (http://innovation.hindustantimes.com/summit-
photos/godrej/chotukool-3.php), the fridge looks more like a drinks cooler than
the typical large refrigerator. It works by replacing the standard compressor
motor found in most fridges with a battery-powered heat exchanger.
In Ghana, a mobile phone-driven Internet marketplace is helping to improve
efficiencies in farming and selling food. Esoko (esoko.com/#lang=en), tracks
products including ground nuts, sesame, tomato, maize and white beans. It
offers market information from Afghanistan, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon,
Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Madagascar, Mali, Mozambique, Nigeria, Sudan and
Togo.
India’s e-Choupal is making food distribution more efficient in a country
experiencing high inflation. E-Choupal (http://www.echoupal.com) has
developed a reputation for both controlling prices and increasing incomes for
poor farmers. Started in 2000 by the major Indian company ITC Limited
(http://www.itcportal.com), it links farmers to the latest prices for products
including soybeans, wheat, coffee and prawns.
E-Choupal works through computers set up in rural areas and has built one of
the largest internet initiatives in rural India, reaching 4 million farmers in
40,000 villages.
Brazil, over the last 30 years, has transformed itself from a food importer to
one of the world’s major food exporters. It made these impressive
achievements with few government subsidies. The agricultural success is
down to Embrapa (http://www.embrapa.br/english) – short for Empresa
Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária, or the Brazilian Agricultural Research
Corporation. A public company set up in 1973, it has turned itself into the
world’s leading tropical research institution. It breeds new seeds and cattle
and has developed innovations from ultra-thin edible wrapping paper for
10. foodstuffs that turns colour when the food goes off to a nano-tech lab creating
biodegradable ultra-strong fabrics and wound dressings.
Another approach can be found with a farmer in Kenya, Zack Matere, who
boosted his potato crop by turning to Facebook for help. On his farm in
Seregeya, Matere used the internet to find a cure for his ailing potato crop.
He uses his mobile phone to access the internet at a costs of about US 0.66
cents a day. One example of the kind of intelligence Matere is able to glean
from the internet is reports of cartels deceiving farmers by buying potatoes in
over-large 130 kg bags instead of 110 kg bags. Matere takes this information,
translates it into Swahili and posts it on community notice boards.
Another fast-growing solution is bringing farming to urban and semi-urban
spaces, where the majority of the world’s population now lives.
Urban farmers can take advantage of their close proximity to consumers,
keeping costs down and profits up. They can also solve one of agriculture’s
enduring problems – where to find water for irrigation by using existing waste
water. Waste water is plentiful in urban environments, where factories usually
pump out waste water into streams, rivers and lakes.
In Accra, Ghana, more than 200,000 people depend on food grown with
wastewater. In Pakistan, a full quarter of the grown vegetables use
wastewater.
Family farms are critical to weathering economic crises and ensuring a steady
and secure food supply. The International Fund for Agricultural Development
(IFAD) (www.ifad.org) called in 2008 for small family farms - which sustain the
livelihoods of more than 2 billion people _ to be put at the heart of the global
response to high food prices and uncertain food security.
In Brazil, this call is being answered by a bold initiative to create a “social
technology," combining a house-building programme with diverse family
farms.
This is where the Brazilian farmer’s cooperative Cooperhaf: Cooperativa de
Habitacao dos Agricultores Familiares (http://www.cooperhaf.org.br/) steps in.
“We see the house as the core issue,” said Adriana Paola Paredes Penafiel, a
projects adviser with the Cooperhaf. “The farmers can improve their
productivity but the starting point is the house.
“Family farming is very important for the country – 70 percent of food for
Brazilians comes from family farming,” said Penafiel. “The government wants
to keep people in rural areas.”
Making farming more appealing is being shown as a great way to get ahead in
modern Africa. One woman hopes more people will be attracted to farming
and boost the continent’s food security and reduce costly imports.
11. Cynthia Mosunmola Umoru’s company, Honeysuckle PTL Ventures
(http://www.tootoo.com/d-c3015227-Honeysuckles_Ptl_Ventures/), is based in
Lagos, the business capital of Nigeria.
Leading by example, Umoru has set up a successful and modern
agribusiness focusing on high-quality food products using modern packaging
and fast delivery. She produces meat products, from seafood like shrimps and
prawns to snails, beef, chicken, and birds. Her niche is to deliver the product
however the customer wishes: fresh, frozen or processed.
Radical new food sources are also another option over time. The Food and
Agricultural Organization (FAO) has explored insect protein as a contributor to
better nutrition, the economics of collecting edible forest insects, methods of
harvesting, processing and marketing edible forest insects, and ways of
promoting insect eating with snacks, dishes, condiments — even recipes.
The range of insects that can be tapped for food is huge, and includes
beetles, ants, bees, crickets, silk worms, moths, termites, larvae, spiders,
tarantulas and scorpions. More than 1,400 insect species are eaten in 90
countries in the South. Entrepreneurs in the South are making insects both
palatable and marketable – and in turn profitable. These innovations are
adding another income source for farmers and the poor, and supplying
another weapon to the battle for global food security.
LINKS:
1) The global movement for slow food, which encourages organic production
and appreciation of traditional foods and cooking.
Website: www.SlowFood.com
4) A video story by CNN on Tradenet/Esoko.
Website: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6z0ywkHPPQ
5) Olam: The story of Olam – a global food supply company in ‘agri-products’
that got its start in Nigeria – shows how a Southern brand can grow and go
global, and overcome the difficulties of cross-border trade. Website:
http://www.olamonline.com/home/home.asp
6) South African company Eat Your Garden: It provides urban dwellers and
food businesses with their own food gardens bursting with juicy and tasty
foods whilst at the same time reducing carbon footprints, and creating
employment and provide training, helping poverty alleviation.
Website: http://www.eatyourgarden.co.za/
7) Vertical farming, where hothouses are piled one on top of the other, is an
option being promoted as a solution to the food needs of urban dwellers.
Website: http://www.verticalfarm.com/
4) Turning Animal Waste Into Paper
12. Animal waste is a messy fact of daily life in rural communities across the
global South. This byproduct of life has many uses - but an ingredient for
making writing paper is probably not the first that springs to mind.
But animal dung is cleverly being recycled into high-value products in Sri
Lanka and Thailand. Both countries have elephants who are under threat. In
Sri Lanka (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Lanka) the large but endangered
elephant population is considered a nuisance. They damage crops and are
often killed for this reason. There are upwards of 3,000 elephants in the
country – down from 14,000 in the 1800s. Nonetheless, they create vast
quantities of excrement. In Sri Lanka, they face many threats: ivory poachers,
being killed to protect crops and houses, starvation from drought and
deforestation.
Animal waste (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feces) has many uses: it can be
turned into fertilizer for crops, fuel for cooking, placed in a digester and
fermented into bio-gas for heating and cooking, and if from a herbivore
animal, into fibrous products like paper and cardboard. Packing boxes can
also be made from the excrement.
As a vegetarian animal, elephants' excrement and dung is made up of
vegetable matter and is rich in cellulose
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cellulose). And cellulose is what makes up the
majority of traditional wood-pulp paper
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulp_%28paper%29).
Re-using the waste is also a good way to make elephants valuable to local
people, rather than just being perceived as a nuisance.
Dung produces a natural, recycled paper. While harvesting trees for paper is
an expensive and energy-wasting process, the elephant’s digestive tract does
the hard work by breaking down the cellulose, making it ideal for the next
stage in becoming a paper product.
According to the Environmental Paper Network
(http://www.environmentalpaper.org/stateofthepaperindustry/confirm.htm), 50
percent of the world’s forests have been destroyed, and 80 percent of the
remaining forests are in a degraded state. By turning to alternative sources to
make paper, trees are saved and vast quantities of energy reduced.
Traditional paper-making also uses many chemicals in the process,
something that is avoided in using animal dung. Vegetable products are used
to bind the paper together and water-soluble dyes are used to colour the
paper.
Dung paper has earned some high-profile fans as well. The Turner Prize-
winning British/Nigerian artist Chris Ofili
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Ofili), uses elephant dung paper in his
works.
13. The Elephant Dung Paper company (www.elephantdungpaper.com) in
Thailand was one of the first to pioneer the technique. This business was
started by dung paper pioneer Mr. Wan Chai. He tells a story of how he
became enchanted by the paper-making process when he walked past a
paper factory one day. Later, when he was at the Thai Elephant Conservation
Center in Lampang, northern Thailand (http://www.changthai.com), he noticed
the elephant dung was rich in fibres like those used in making paper from
wood pulp.
Inspired, he embarked on a process of trial and error using his wife’s food
processor to turn elephant dung into a fibrous stew that is then shaped, dyed
and dried to make paper (http://www.elephantdungpaper.com/process.html).
Wan Chai has gone on to be a formative influence in the founding of a sheep
dung paper making operation in Britain, Creative Paper Wales.
Another dung paper business is Mr. Ellie Pooh
(http://www.mrelliepooh.com/) in Sri Lanka. Established with the goal of
reducing conflict between humans and elephants, it has turned to making
paper products to boost local incomes and create a direct economic incentive
to protect the elephants. It is setting up handmade paper workshops in rural
areas and teaming them with artisans to add value to the products and make
them more desirable. Design is critical to making any product – no matter how
ethically produced and how green – desirable to consumers.
The dung products Mr. Ellie Pooh makes include a wide variety of coloured
papers, scrapbooks, note boxes, stationery pouches, greeting cards, ‘to do’
list pads, memo books, and a children’s book.
The process of making elephant dung paper takes about 13 days - three days
of sorting, boiling and disinfecting, followed by 10 days to pulp, mix, press and
dry the paper. Mr. Ellie Pooh makes about 1,000 sheets a day and 30,000 a
month. Each sheet makes six A4-size pieces of paper.
The company was founded by Dr. Karl Wald and Thusitha Ranasinghe, and is
managed by recycled paper firm Ecomaximus
(http://www.ecomaximus.com/) based in Colombo, Sri Lanka, with a workshop
in Kegalle.
Ecomaximus was started in 1997 by its Managing Director, Ranasinghe, who
was following a family tradition going back three generations of working in
printing.
The business started recycling waste printing paper and then moved into
recycling a wide variety of other cellulose waste: rice paddy straw, cinnamon
and banana bark. It now employs over 35 people on two sites.
It is proof that it just takes creativity and a new perspective to turn something
considered as waste into wealth: and jobs and sustainable incomes.
14. LINKS:
1) Creative Paper Wales: Makers of Sheep Poo Paper, this company in
Wales uses sheep dung to make a range of paper products. Sheep are
plentiful in Wales and are found all over the hills grazing.
Website: http://www.creativepaperwales.co.uk/index.aspx
2) Paper High sells online paper products made from Sri Lankan elephant
dung. This includes note books, greeting cards, photo frames, and photo
albums. Website:
http://www.paperhigh.com/products/srilanka/srilanka.htm?gclid=CKbHrdaZv6
YCFQkf4Qod-hzaHg
3) Red Dot: Red dot stands for belonging to the best in design and business.
It champions design in business through awards and events.
Website: http://en.red-dot.org/
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18. Africa begins to make poverty history: US economists challenge conventional
view that the continent is a basket case Website:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2010/mar/03/africa-makes-povery-history
Triple Crisis Blog: Global Perspectives on Finance, Development and
Environment Website: http://triplecrisis.com/
Where Western business sees ‘risk’, Chinese entrepreneurs see opportunity
by Dr Jing Gu. Dr Gu and her China based team from the China-Africa
Business Council (CABC) and the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
(CASS) have had direct access to private Chinese companies working in
Africa, including 100 in-depth interviews with Chinese firms and business
associations and officials in both China and Africa. Website:
http://www.ids.ac.uk/go/news/where-western-business-sees-risk-chinese-
entrepreneurs-see-opportunity
Can China Save Western Economies From Collapse? Website:
http://www.marketoracle.co.uk/Article19484.html
2011
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Then send details to developmentchallenges@googlemail.com
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January
Implementing Sound Practices in Youth-Inclusive Financial Services and
Market Research with Young Clients
Dhaka, Bangladesh (23 January 2011)
During this 4.5-day day course, Making Cents will facilitate a practical hands-
on capacity building program for organizations looking to more effectively
serve as a provider or a link to providers of youth-inclusive financial services.
Through applied activities, case study discussions, and experiential learning,
the course will provide participants with an understanding of the issues
particular to the youth market and will introduce participants to the tools and
field experience necessary to conduct market research with young people.
Website: http://www.yfslink.org/files/YFS-
Link%20Course%20Registration_ABA.docx/view
February
8th
World CEO Forum: Opportunities for Green Development: Rio +20
and beyond
Delhi, India (2 February 2011)
Organized by TERI-Business Council for Sustainable Development (BCSD)
India in association with WBCSD, the 8th World CEO Forum focuses on the
notion of a Green Economy. This concept has gained momentum in recent
years due to the increasing global attention given to environmental issues,
19. and the need to focus on Green Growth. Following a path of green growth will
enable societies to develop without compromising long-term environmental
and social sustainability.
Website: http://bcsd.teri.res.in/
The Guardian Sustainable Business Awards 2011
(7 February 2011)
Rewarding innovation in corporate sustainability. Has your organisation
delivered a leading sustainability initiative in the past 12 months? Isn't it time
you shouted about it? Enter the Guardian Sustainable Business Awards to get
the recognition you deserve and the opportunity to showcase your work on
the new Guardian best practice exchange.
Website: http://www.guardian.co.uk/sustainable-business/gsb-awards
Making Cents International’s Youth-Inclusive Financial Services Linkage
(YFS-Link) Program
Alexandria, Egypt (8-20 February 2011)
Making Cents International and Alexandria Business Association are pleased
to invite you to explore financial services through a youth-inclusive lens during
the 10-day Youth-Inclusive Financial Services Training course.
Course Details: Making Cents International will facilitate a practical hands-on
capacity building program for organizations looking to more effectively serve
as a provider or a link to providers of youth-inclusive financial services.
Through applied activities, case study discussions, and experiential learning,
these courses will provide participants with:
• An understanding of the issues particular to the youth market;
• Tools and field experience on how to conduct market research with
young people;
• Strategies and tools to design, adapt, or deliver products to young
people; and
• Strategies for effectively creating partnerships to deliver financial
services to young people.
Website: http://www.yfslink.org/files/YFS-
Link%20Course%20Registration_ABA.docx/view
March
Sustainable Environment Technology
Los Angeles, CA, USA (31 March – 2 April 2011)
Sustainable Environment Technology (SET) is a hot topic in the news as well
as in your community. Everyone is interested in what they can do to increase
efficiency while becoming more environmentally friendly. At SET2011 you can
learn about new available technology as well as innovative developments.
Website: http://set2011.com/
April
20. Engineering Sustainability 2011 Innovation and the Triple Bottom Line
Pittsburgh, PA, USA (10 - 12 April 2011)
Engineering Sustainability 2011 will bring together engineers and scientists
from academia, government, industry, and non-profits to share results of
cutting edge research and practice directed at development of
environmentally sustainable buildings and infrastructure.
Website: http://www.mascarocenter.pitt.edu/conference/
May
African Programme on Rethinking Development Economics
Johannesburg, South Africa (5-19 May 2011)
APORDE is a high-level training programme in development economics which
aims to build capacity in economics and economic policy-making. The course
will run for two weeks and consist of lectures and seminars taught by leading
international and African economists.
Website: http://networkideas.org/events/oct2010/aporde_call_2011.pdf
Global Forum on Innovation and Entrepreneurship: Creating Sustainable
Businesses in the Knowledge Economy
Helsinki, Finland (30 May to 4 June 2011)
The Government of Finland will host the 4th Global Forum on Innovation and
Entrepreneurship, a biennial infoDev flagship event that convenes a global
grassroots innovation and entrepreneurship community to discuss issues of
interest, explore new business models, ideas and methodologies, as well as
to network with one another. Previous Global Forums were held in India and
Brazil and convened over 1,000 professionals from more than 70 countries.
The 4th Global Forum will feature the following activities:
• An Innovation policy roundtable convening developing country
policymakers who have put innovation and entrepreneurship at the
forefront of their development agenda.
• A Technology Venture Showcase to facilitate international market
access and early-stage financing for technology entrepreneurs and
start-ups.
Website: http://www.infodev.org/en/Project.118.html
2012
Earth Summit 2012: Towards a World Summit on Sustainable
Development in 2012
Rio, Brazil (TBC 2012)
The United Nations General Assembly agreed to a new Earth Summit in
December. The Summit will be in 2012 and will be hosted by Brazil. The
themes are the Green Economy in the context of sustainable development
and poverty eradication, the institutional framework for sustainable
21. development, emerging issues and a review of present commitments. This
site will keep you abreast of all the developments and latest news.
Website: http://www.earthsummit2012.org/
Awards
Philips Liveable Cities Award
Philips is looking for individuals and community or non-government
organizations and businesses with ideas for “simple solutions” that will
improve people’s health and well-being in a city to enter the Philips Liveable
Cities Award. To help translate these ideas into reality, three Award grants
totalling €125,000 are on the line. One overall winning idea from any of the
three categories outlined below will receive a grant of €75,000, while the two
additional ideas will receive grants of €25,000.
Website: http://www.because.philips.com/livable-cities-award/about-the-
award
African Economic Outlook
A unique online tool that puts rigorous economic data, information and
research on Africa at your fingertips. A few clicks gives access to
comprehensive analyses of African economies, placed in their social and
political contexts. This is the only place where African countries are examined
through a common analytical framework, allowing you to compare economic
prospects at the regional, sub-regional and country levels.
Website: www.africaneconomicoutlook.org/en
Training Opportunities
Ongoing
Participation of Foreign Nationals in the Training Programs at National
Water Academy, Pune, India
National Water Academy (NWA) is a premier institute of Central Water
Commission functioning as a “Centre of Excellence” for training the water
resources professionals. NWA complex is located in the green and clean
environs of Khadakwasla, a suburb of Pune, approximately 10 Km from main
Pune city.
Every year, NWA conducts several training programs to cover all the facets of
development and management of water resources. The NWA also organizes
tailor-made training programs to cater to the requirements of other
organizations. The regular training programs of NWA are now open to
participants from recognized academic institutions, NGOs, Central/State
PSUs, private companies, individuals on payment basis. Some selected
programs are also being made open to foreign nationals on payment basis.
For more information on NWA, please visit http://nwa.mah.nic.in.
22. NWA announces following three programs which are also open for
participation of foreign nationals:
Sr. No. Training Programs Dates and Duration
I. Preparation of Detailed Project Report 17–28 Jan 2011
2 Weeks
II. Analysis and Design of Dams 31 Jan–11 Feb 2011
2 Weeks
III. Water Quality Management (Surface
Water)
07-08 March 2011
2 Weeks
The Program Brochure giving all relevant details in respect of the following
programs can be accessed at: http://nwa.mah.nic.in/upcoming_events.html
Sustainable Tourism Criteria Announced
The criteria focus on four areas experts recommend as the most critical
aspects of sustainable tourism: maximizing tourism’s social and economic
benefits to local communities; reducing negative impacts on cultural heritage;
reducing harm to local environments; and planning for sustainability. The
GSTC Partnership is developing educational materials and technical tools to
guide hotels and tour operators in implementing the criteria.
Website: www.sustainableTourismCriteria.org
Timbuktu Chronicles: A blog by Emeka Okafor
With “a view of Africa and Africans with a focus on entrepreneurship,
innovation, technology, practical remedies and other self-sustaining activities.”
Website: http://timbuktuchronicles.blogspot.com/
OECD: Tackling the economic crisis website
The global economic crisis is entering a new phase amid signs of a return to
positive growth in many countries. But unemployment is likely to remain high
and much still needs to be done to underpin a durable recovery. This website
will track the recovery.
Website:
http://www.oecd.org/document/24/0,3343,en_2649_201185_41707672_1_1_
1_1,00.html
The Grassroots Reporting Project
One of our goals at AfriGadget (www.afrigadget.com) is to find more stories of
African ingenuity. The Grassroots Reporting Project is our plan to find, equip
and train more AfriGadget reporters in the field throughout Africa. AfriGadget’s
goal is to leverage the power of current and emerging technology such as
video cameras, digital cameras, laptops and phones to bring quality content
online and eventually on television. A combination of mobile phones and
computers will be assigned to individuals in 10 African countries for the
purpose of getting more on-the-ground reporting of stories of African ingenuity
to the world. An AfriGadget editor will be in charge of identifying the best
23. candidates for inclusion in the program. This editor will also travel to each
country to train and equip the new AfriGadget reporters for the program.
This is possible by creating a network of field reporters who report on stories
that meet the following criteria:
• Ingenious innovation that is new or a repurposing of existing
technology in a new way.
• Interesting in the sense that the story captures the imagination of
others, inspiring others to see solutions in uncommon ways.
• Practical ideas that solve problems in a demonstrable way.
• Entrepreneurs who are inventing new products or solutions.
Website: www.afrigadget.com/
Global Knowledge Inititative
The Global Knowledge Initiative seeks to build global knowledge partnerships
between individuals and institutions of higher education and research. It seeks
to help partners access the global knowledge, technology, and human
resources needed to sustain growth and achieve prosperity for all."
Website: www.globalknowledgeinitiative.org/
Jobs and Careers
DevWire.eu - the Media Portal to EU Development Cooperation
The idea behind this site is to support journalists in their EU development
coverage. This single entry point provides a comprehensive source of news
and background - relevant, up to date and reliable.
Website: http://www.devwire.eu
Evidence-Based Policy in Development Network
This website aims to establish a worldwide community of practice for think
tanks, policy research institutes and similar organisations working in
international development, to promote more evidence-based, pro-poor
development policies.
Website: http://ebpdn.org
ExportHelp - Promoting and supporting access to the European market
The European Commission runs a database for the explicit support of market
players in developing countries who want to bring their products to the EU
market. The database gives an overview on the EU´s preferential trade
regimes established for developing countries as well as lists all tariffs, taxes
and other requirements for goods
imported into the EU.
Website: http://exporthelp.europa.eu
24. ilissAfrica - Africa Virtual Library on the Internet
This web portal helps with tracking down relevant literature on a specific
African topic or country. Users can search for books, anthologies, journal
articles and Internet resources. Users are pointed to the relevant website or
library where a book or journal can be found. The portal is a joint project of the
University Library in Frankfurt and the GIGA German Institute of Global and
Area Studies in Hamburg.
Website: http://www.ilissafrica.de
Development Executive Group Devex Networking Website
Over 90,000 global experts can network and connect and learn about more
than 47,000 registered projects. Website: www.devex.org
Website Offers Career Advice to Young Africans
Set up by the Commonwealth Secretariat, Africancareerguidance.com is
aimed at providing career guidance to African youth and helping them to link
with prospective employers. AfricaRecruit is a human resources organisation
that provides skills training for African professionals in the Diaspora and on
the continent. The website has an inbuilt email subscriber list for all its users
and offers a searchable database of career profiles for job seekers and
prospective employers. It also offers skills and interest assessments and
advice on CV and résumé preparation. It provides tips about interviewing
techniques, as well as information on internship and volunteer opportunities,
and entrepreneurial skills.
Website: www.africacareerguidance.com
African Diaspora Skills Database
This database was compiled to provide an overview of qualified African
Diaspora professionals with varied areas of expertise and experience. The
African Diaspora contributes substantially to the social, economic and political
development of Africa, and this database is set up to further mobilize this
considerable potential.
Website: www.diaspora-centre.org/NEWSLETTER/Database
Aid Workers Network (AWN)
Aid Workers Network (AWN) is an online platform for aid, relief and
development workers to ask and answer questions of each other, and to
exchange resources and information. AWN is registered in the United
Kingdom as a charity. You will find discussions about a range of questions
and issues on the AWN forum from aid, relief and development workers all
over the world and representing a variety of fields, with new threads or
responses posted daily. The forum is a great way to get in contact with
other aid and development workers in your geographic area or working in a
similar area of work.
Website: www.aidworkers.net
Bizzlounge
Bizzlounge is where people committed to ethical behaviour meet, who want to
establish and maintain business contacts in an exclusive and relaxed
environment.
25. Website:
http://bizzlounge.com
Business Action for Africa
Business Action for Africa is a network of businesses and business
organisations working collectively to accelerate growth and poverty reduction
in Africa.
Website: http://businessactionforafrica.blogspot.com
Business Fights Poverty
Business Fights Poverty is a professional network for all those passionate
about fighting world poverty through the power of good business.
Website: http://businessfightspoverty.ning.com
Business in Development Network (BiD)
The BiD Network Foundation runs the BiD Challenge to contribute to
sustainable economic development by stimulating entrepreneurship in
developing countries.
Website: www.bidnetwork.org
Zunia
By Development Exchange, it offers news, publications and networking
opportunities with the world’s development community.
Website: www.zunia.org
Catalogue of Poverty Networks
UNDP is organizing an online catalogue of Poverty Networks as a means to
facilitate access to knowledge and sharing this to a wider audience in 189
countries. Poverty Networks are web-based platforms that provide space for
sharing and disseminating development-related information and initiatives.
Below you will find information on IPC’s collaborating networks, which help
foster dialogue between researchers, policymakers, civil society and
multilateral organisations.
Website: www.undp-povertycentre.org/povnet.do
Connections for Development (CfD)
CfD is a UK, Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) led, membership based
organisation committed to ensuring that UK BME communities, and the
organisations they are involved in, are supported in the process of shaping
and delivering policy and projects that affect their countries of origin or interest
– collectively ''our world”.
Website: www.cfdnetwork.co.uk
Development Crossing
Development Crossing was set up in 2006 by a small group of friends with
diverse backgrounds ranging from business consulting to international
development. In a world where the environment, corporate responsibility, and
sustainable development are becoming increasingly intertwined, our goal was
to create a site where individuals that shared our passion could keep up-to-
date with relevant happenings in the world and connect with like-minded
26. individuals. The idea behind Development Crossing is to provide a social
network that brings together people from a variety of sectors, countries and
professions to discuss corporate social responsibility and sustainable
development.
Website: www.developmentcrossing.com
DevelopmentAid.org
The one-stop-information-shop for the developmental sector,
DevelopmentAid.org is a membership organization that brings together
information for developmental professionals, NGOs, consultancy firms and
donors.
Website: www.developmentaid.org
dgCommunities on the Development Gateway (now Zunia.org)
dgCommunities, a free online service by the Development Gateway
Foundation is devoted to knowledge-sharing and collaboration for people
working to reduce poverty in the developing world.
Website: http://topics.developmentgateway.org
Diaspora African Forum
This Forum exists ''to invite and encourage the full participation of Africans in
the Diaspora in the building of the African Union, in its capacity as an
important part of the Continent''. We will provide the vital linkage for Diaspora
Africans to become involved in Africa's development as well as reap the fruits
of African unity.
Website: www.diasporaafricanforum.org
Eldis Communities
Eldis aims to share the best in development, policy, practice and research.
The Eldis Community is a free on-line community where you can meet others
involved in international development and discuss the issues that are
important to you.
Website: http://community.eldis.org
Enterprise Development Exchange
The Enterprise Development Exchange links related communities of practice
to advance sustainable poverty eradication. It is facilitated by The SEEP
Network through the Value Initiative.
Website: http://edexchange.seepnetwork.org
Food Security and Nutrition (FSN) Forum
The FSN Forum is a global community of FSN practitioners. It bridges the
knowledge divide among the different communities involved in FSN policies
and strategies - such as academics, researchers and development
practitioners - to improve cooperation and impacts; members in many
countries across the world’s five continents.
Website: http://km.fao.org/fsn/
Global Development Matters
Global Development Matters is designed to engage U.S. citizens and leaders
27. in examining how rich world policies affect global poverty reduction.
Website: www.globaldevelopmentmatters.org
GTZ-Communities Sustainable Economic Development
The GTZ-Communities Sustainable Economic Development are open to all
practitioners, counterparts, research institutions, donors and interested
consultants worldwide facilitating an inter agency exchange of experiences
and best practices. This weekly updated website provides you with recent
news and lessons learned from GTZ as well as from other development
agencies and research institutions in the field of economic development. Its
core is a comprehensive database. Participation in this open community is
free of charge. However, registration is necessary.
Websites: Africa: http://www2.gtz.de/network/wiram-afrika/gtz-community/
Middle East and North Africa: http://www2.gtz.de/network/mena/open-
community/
Asia: http://www2.gtz.de/assets-asia/gtz-community/
LED knowledge
This website is an online space for sharing the experiences and resources of
people and organizations supporting local economic development processes
at the local level. LED Knowledge is the result of a joint effort of the ILO-LED
programme team based in Geneva, and the ILO training arm, the International
Training Centre, based in Turin, Italy.
Website: www.ledknowledge.org
Network of Networks Impact Evaluation Initiative (Nonie)
Nonie is a network of networks for impact evaluation comprised of the DAC
Evaluation Network, The United Nations Evaluation Group (UNEG), the
Evaluation Cooperation Group (ECG), and a fourth network drawn from the
regional evaluation associations. Its purpose is to foster a program of impact
evaluation activities based on a common understanding of the meaning of
impact evaluation and approaches to conducting impact evaluation.
Website: www.worldbank.org/ieg/nonie/index.html
TakingITGlobal.org
TakingITGlobal.org is an online community that connects youth to find
inspiration, access information, get involved, and take action in their local and
global communities.
Website: http://profiles.takingitglobal.org
XING Group Microfinance Industry
In this new XING Group, microfinance professionals from all over the globe
link and discuss topics of interest. Use this forum to discuss financial
technology, find employment, identify training opportunities and events, and
share knowledge resources with fellow members of the microfinance industry.
XING is an online networking tool to manage all personal contacts and to find
interesting new business contacts. It's amazing how quickly it facilitates
contact with key people.
Website: www.xing.com/group-21391.0fc826/4466179
28. AfDevinfo - African Development Information Service
AfDevinfo tracks the mechanics of political and economic development across
Sub Saharan Africa. They draw together a diverse range of publicly available
data and present it as an accessible and ever expanding online database.
Website: www.afdevinfo.com
Growing Inclusive Markets (GIM)
The Growing Inclusive Markets Initiative has created a set of data, information
and analytical products that will increase understanding of the markets of the
poor, including existing opportunities and challenges.
Website: www.growinginclusivemarkets.org
The Soul Beat
The Soul Beat shares a selection of programme experiences, strategic
thinking documents, and materials related to the use of mobile telephones for
social change in Africa. If you would like your organisation's communication
work or research and resource documents to be featured on the Soul Beat
Africa website and in The Soul Beat newsletters, please contact
soulbeat@comminit.com
3D -> Trade - Human Rights - Equitable Economy
3D promotes collaboration amongst trade, development and human rights
professionals, to ensure that trade rules are developed and applied in ways
that promote an equitable economy. 3D believes that the human rights
framework provides strong tools for ensuring a more equitable economy.
Website: www.3dthree.org/en/index.php
Business Planet: a new data map on Entrepreneurship
Business Planet, an interactive Google map, now includes data on new
business creation around the world. Measures of entrepreneurial activity are
based on the number of total and newly registered corporations. Click on color
markers to learn more about each country.
Website: http://rru.worldbank.org/businessplanet/default.aspx?pid=8
AiDA launches an Interactive Map
AiDA is one of Development Gateway's aid management tools, which
supports the aid effectiveness agenda by publishing information on
development activities to help donors coordinate and harmonize their
development efforts. With the use of an interactive map generated with
technology from Google, development practitioners now have access to a
geographical interface for information normally available through the AiDA
Web site. Users can click on any country in the world and view a summary of
the development activities that are taking place there.
Website: http://aida.developmentgateway.org/aida/viewMap.do
Trustive World-wide WiFi Access
The reality of WiFi is usually a fragmented service with different hotspot
operators having their own log in methods, billing systems and coverage
restricted to certain countries or even cities. The Dutch provider Trustive
29. decided to overcome these challenges in order to improve this reality for the
whole Trustive community. Following 5 years of heavy investment and the
conclusion of strong roaming agreements with 70+ hotspot operators in 65+
countries, Trustive is now able to offer a seamless service that is both reliable
and competitively priced across a unified and ever expanding network of
65,000 WiFi hotspots in 65+ countries, including 350+ airports.
Website: http://tinyurl.com/trustive
Fellowship Opportunity
South-South Experience Exchange Facility
Supported by Mexico, China, India, Denmark, Spain, The Netherlands, and
the U.K. and now Colombia, the South-South Experience Exchange Facility is
a multi donor trust fund that promotes the idea that developing countries can
learn from the successes of other developing countries in overcoming similar
challenges. In the past 12 months, the trust has given out 35 grants to
countries for learning activities ranging from working with at risk youth in the
Caribbean to outsourcing IT services in Africa.
Website: www.southsouthcases.info
Africa Entrepreneurship Platform
This ground breaking initiative is created as a forum to showcase innovative
ideas and businesses from Africa that have the ability to scale internationally,
driving job creation and sustainable economic development between Africa
and the Americas.
Website: www.sacca.biz
Piramal Foundation in India
Has established a US $25,000 prize for ideas that help advance full access to
effective public health care in India. The Piramal Prize is a $25,000 Social
Entrepreneurship Competition focused on democratizing health care in India
that seeks to encourage and support bold entrepreneurial ideas which can
profoundly impact access to higher standards of health for India’s rural and
marginalized urban communities. The award recognizes high-impact, scalable
business models and innovative solutions that directly or indirectly address
India’s health-care crisis.
Website: www.piramalprize.org
The Pioneers of Prosperity Grant and Award
This competition is a partnership between the OTF Group and the John F.
Templeton Foundation of the United States, and promotes companies in East
Africa by identifying local role models that act as examples of sustainable
businesses in their country/region. It is open to businesses from Kenya,
Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi and Rwanda.
Five pioneers will receive US $50,000 to re-invest in their business. It is open
to for-profit businesses that provide high wages to their workers and that
operate in sustainable ways.
Website: http://pioneersofprosperity.org/index.php
30. African Writers Fund
Together with the Ford Foundation, the Fund supports the work of
independent creative writers living on the continent. The Fund recognizes the
vital role that poets and novelists play in Africa by anticipating and reflecting
the cultural, economic and political forces that continuously shape and
reshape societies.
Website:
http://www.trustafrica.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=91&I
temid=90&lang=fr
Joint NAM S&T Centre - ICCS Fellowship Programme
Centre for Science and Technology of the Non-Aligned and Other Developing
Countries (NAM S&T Centre) and International Center for Chemical Sciences
(ICCS), (H.E.J. Research Institute of Chemistry and Dr. Panjwani Centre for
Molecular Medicine and Drug Research), University of Karachi, Karachi,
Pakistan
Click here for more information
or contact:
namstct@vsnl.com,
namstct@bol.net.in,
apknam@gmail.com
Oxford Said Business School Youth Business Development Competition
Open to youth between 16 and 21 across the world, the competition is run by
students at Oxford University to promote social enterprise. A prize fund of
£2,000 in seed capital is up for grabs. It calls itself the ‘world’s first global
youth development competition’.
Website: www.sbs.ox.ac.uk/oba/se/ybd
US$250,000 for Best Lab Design
AMD and Architecture for Humanity have announced a prize of $250 000 for
the best design for a computer lab that can be adapted and implemented in
third-world countries.
The Open Architecture Prize is the largest prize in the field of architecture and
is designed to be a multi-year program that will draw competition from design
teams around the world.
Website: www.architectureforhumanity.org
PhD Plant Breeding Scholarships at the University of Ghana
The University of Ghana (www.ug.edu.gh) has been awarded a project
support grant by the Alliance for a Green Revolution (www.agra-alliance.org)
in Africa (a joint venture between the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and
the Rockefeller Foundation, for the establishment of a West African Centre for
Crop Improvement (WACCI). This is available to scientists working at NARIs,
universities and international centres in West Africa. Women scientists are
especially encouraged to apply for a fellowship under this programme.
Website: http://www.acci.org.za/Default.asp?nav=Home&idno=10
31. Institute of Social Studies in The Hague
A collaboration between 25 international think tanks in international
development, www.focuss.info is a search engine for indexing and social book
marking online resources in international development.
Genesis: India’s Premier Social Entrepreneurship Competition
Is a social entrepreneurship competition aiming to bring together social
entrepreneurs, students, NGOs, innovators, incubators, corporations and
financiers and encourage them to come up with innovative ideas which are
socially relevant and feasible.
Website: http://genesis.iitm.ac.in/
Echoing Green: Social Entrepreneurs Fund
Website: www.echoinggreen.org/
Funding
Landesa
Rural Development Institute is now called Landesa: “In recent months we
have had the opportunity to scale our work across the world, and especially in
India and China. Our global staff now numbers nearly 100, with concentrated
focus in India, China and Sub-Saharan Africa. Learn more about how millions
of families received legal control over their land last year in our 2010 Impact
Report.”
Website: www.landesa.org
Commonwealth Teams up with Private Equity Firm to Deliver up to $400
Million in Investment in Africa
Small and medium enterprises across Africa are set to benefit from a
multimillion dollar investment fund set up by private equity firm Aureos Capital
(http://www.aureos.com/) with the Commonwealth Secretariat’s assistance.
The Aureos Africa Fund, launched in November following feasibility and due
diligence studies funded by the Secretariat, will provide long-term capital and
support for promising and successful businesses across the continent.
Commonwealth Deputy Secretary-General Ransford Smith, speaking at the
launch of the fund at the Marriot Hotel in London, UK, on 2 November 2009,
hailed the fund’s launch. He warned that investment in Africa was “critical” if
recent development gains were not to be lost amid the current worldwide
recession. “This fund has the potential to make a real contribution to
Commonwealth countries in Africa, by helping ordinary businesses to reach
their potential and boost much needed growth and jobs across the continent,”
he said.
Website:
http://www.thecommonwealth.org/news/215560/021109aureoscapital.htm
The Africa Land Fund
32. The fund has raised almost €2 billion from an American pension fund to invest
in African agriculture. The Africa Land Fund, created by the UK-based hedge
fund Emergent Asset Management, wants to raise a total of €3 billion and is
canvassing a range of investors. It plans to invest in agricultural land and
livestock, including African game, which will be sold on to private reserves
and safari parks. The fund also plans to develop bio fuel crops on marginal
land, saving prime agricultural acreage for crops to feed people.
Email: info@eaml.net
Tel: +44 (0) 1428 656 966
Fax: +44 (0) 1428 656 955
Google.org
While SMEs in rich countries represent half of GDP, they are largely absent
from the formal economies of developing countries. Today, there are trillions
of investment dollars chasing returns – and SMEs are a potentially high
impact, high return investment. However, only a trickle of this capital currently
reaches SMEs in developing countries. Our goal is to increase this flow.
We want to show that SMEs can be profitable investments. We will do this by
focusing on lowering transaction costs, deepening capital markets to increase
liquidity, and catalyzing capital for investment.
Website: www.google.org
Challenge
InnoCentive (http://www.innocentive.com/) is a challenge to the world’s
inventors to find solutions to real scientific and technological problems
affecting the poor and vulnerable. It is an open marketplace where anybody
with a problem can post it, and rewards for effective solutions stretch up to US
$100,000. They use rigorous intellectual property protection so ideas are not
stolen without credit being given to the inventor. You can read more about the
challenges here:
www.rockfound.org/about_us/news/2007/0720first_seeker.shtml
Global Social Benefit Incubator: A US $20,000 Bottom of the Pyramid
Scholarship
Offered by Santa Clara University’s Global Social Benefit Incubator, it selects
15 to 20 enterprises from developing countries and provides an eight-month
mentoring process. This ends with a 10-day process in Santa Clara, where
entrepreneurs work with their mentors.
Website: www.socialedge.org
Job Opportunities
Business Fights Poverty
Many job opportunities on their website:
http://businessfightspoverty.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?q=job+opportunity
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