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WHERETOINVEST

INAFRICA

2024

ALEADINGAFRICANCORPORATEANDINVESTMENTBANK

CONTENTS

FOREWORD3

WHYAFRICA?5

AMODELFORAFRICA11

WHERETOINVESTINAFRICA14

INVESTABLEMARKETSSEENFROM30,000FEETABOVE20

ARCHETYPES26

COUNTRYSNAPSHOTS41

THEAFRICANCONTINENTALFREETRADEAREA135

SUSTAINABILITYINAFRICA139

CONCLUSION145

APPENDIX:METHODOLOGY146

REFERENCES153

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FOREWORD

WHYAFRICA?

FOREWORD

AMODEL

FORAFRICA

WHERETO

INVESTIN

AFRICA

Africaisnavigatingsigni?cantturbulenceandEconomically,globalin?ationhasprovedmoreperformanceandpotential,marketaccessibilityand

INVESTABLE

MARKETSSEEN

FROM30,000

FEETABOVE

transformationsfrommultiplefronts.Geopolitically,persistentthaninitiallythought,forcingmajorcentralinnovation,economicstabilityandinvestmentclimate,

therearetwomajorwarsthataredrivingtheworldbankstomaintainpolicyratesathighlevelsforlongeraswellasinsocialandhumandevelopment–allof

ARCHETYPES

economiesintothreeaxes–UnitedStates,Chinaand

thenon-alignedandpersistenttensionsbetweenthe

thananticipatedandkeepingthecostoffundingfor

manyAfricancountrieselevated.

whicharefactorsthathavebeenproventodetermine

acountry’sprogressandthereforeits

COUNTRY

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USandChinaaredisruptingglobalvaluechains.

ThewarbetweenRussiaandUkraine–the?rst

Amidthesecrosscurrents,ZambiaandGhanawere

forcedtoundergopainfuldebtrestructuringprocesses

investmentpotential.

Thesearethefactorsthatthisreport,theRMBWhere

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majorwarinEuropeinmanyyears–hasfuelledthe

deglobalisationwhichgainedmomentumfromthe

thatresultedincurrencydevaluations.Egyptand

Nigeria,ontheotherhand,hadpolicy-drivencurrency

toInvestinAfrica(WTIIA),amalgamatesusingasimple

yetrobustmethodologytoconsistentlyproduceone

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Trumpadministration’stradetaxesonChinaandwasdevaluationsduetomisalignmentsintheirbalanceofmetricthatgivesaninvestorasenseofhoweachof

CONCLUSION

laterreinforcedbytheglobalpolicyresponsetothepayments.Inthisageofsocialmediadisinformation,athe31countriesweanalysed,jointlyaccountingfor92%

COVID-19pandemic.Theotherwar,betweenHamas

andIsrael,isalsoaddingtoglobaldivisionsonmoraland

headlinethatreads“Africaisnolongerinvestible.”

ofAfrica’sGDP,stacksup.Themethodologyusedstill

allowstheinvestortouncovertheunderlyingdrivers

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humanitariangroundsbutinlessdisruptivewaystoButAfricaisnotacountry.Itisacomplexanddiverseofacountry’sperformancethatinformitsranking.The

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tradesofar.continentof54countriesthatdifferineconomicWTIIAreportprovidesinsightsofwherepolicycanbe

3

usedtochangecountries’futureperformancesand

thereforetheirrelativeinvestmentattractiveness.

processtoaugmentduediligencewhendetermining

wheretodeploycapitalforbetterrisk-adjustedreturns

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andimpactwithinthediversecountriesofAfrica.For

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Itisdif?cult,ifnotimpossible,toperfectlycharacterise

acountry’sinvestmentpotentialusingoneall-

policymakers,wehopethisreportisaresourcetohelp

identifyareaswherepolicycanbeimprovedto

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encompassingindicatorduetothemanyfactorsthatattractinvestments.

driveinvestmentattractiveness.Therefore,thereisa

needtoconstantlyupdatemethodologiesfromthose

Weinviteyoutopartnerwithusinthedevelopment

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thatarebasedonfewerdimensionsofacountry’s

structuretothosethathavemoreencompassing

dimensionsthatcaptureacountry’scomplexityina

ofAfrica,aplacewecallhome,andherpeopleunited

indiversity.

INVESTABLE

MARKETSSEEN

FROM30,000

FEETABOVE

betterway.IsaahMhlanga

ChiefEconomist,RMB

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Thisisexactlywhatthe2024WTIIAreportdoes.

TheavailabilityofnewdatasourcesformanyAfrican

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SNAPSHOTS

countrieshasenabledandnecessitatedanevolution

fromthemethodologywehaveusedsincethe

inceptionoftheWTIIAreportin2011.Ourupdated

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methodologyisintuitiveyetrobustandstillmaintains

transparencybyusingpubliclyavailabledata.

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CONCLUSIONThisreportdoesnotprovideade?nitiveconsideration

indecidingWheretoInvestinAfrica.Wehopethat

investorswilluseitasavaluablepartofanyinvestment

APPENDIX:

METHODOLOGY

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WHYAFRICA?

WHYAFRICA?

AMODEL

FORAFRICA

AlthoughtheexactnumberofcountriesacrosstheAfrican

continentiscontested–mostobserversagreethatthecontinent

ismadeupof54countries–thereisbroadconsensusthatthe

continentboastsaplethoraofcultures,languages,ethnicities,

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INVESTABLE

MARKETSSEEN

FROM30,000

FEETABOVE

religions,andbeyond.

ARCHETYPES

Africarangesfromvastcopperbeltsandfertile,pandemicmanyAfricangovernmentshadinsuf?cient

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SNAPSHOTS

agriculture-basedeconomiestotechnologyhubs

andtouristdestinations.Itsbuiltenvironmentextends

fromportcitiesandruralvillagestobuzzing

andunreliabledataforaccuratepublichealth

decision-making.

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cosmopolitanmetropolises.

InMayof2020,atimewhentheCOVID-19viruswas

wellestablishedaroundtheglobe,Nigeriareported

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Africaisdiverseandnuanced,andfailingtojust103deathsfromCOVID-19and3,145con?rmed

CONCLUSION

appreciateitsfulldepthandbreadthcanleadto

misunderstandingsandunderestimations.Italsocan

infections.However,inacountrywithapopulationof

218million,fewerthan22,000peoplehadbeentested,

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resultinperceptionsthatfailtomapontoreality.

PartofthemisjudgementofAfrica’svastnessand

complexityisaconsequenceofpoordataand

suggestingatremendousundercountingoftheimpact

ofthevirus.1

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statisticalcapacity.Therearemajordatagaps.ThiswasInvestors,executives,capitalallocators,management

particularlyevident,forexample,duringtheCOVID-19teams,scholars,andentrepreneurs?ndsimilar

5

InMayof2020,atimewhen

theCOVID-19viruswaswell

establishedaroundtheglobe,

Nigeriareportedjust103

deathsfromCOVID-19and

3,145con?rmedinfections.

However,inacountrywith

apopulationof218million,

fewerthan22,000people

challengeswhenevaluatingmarketsinAfrica.

Economiesonthecontinenttendtobepoorly

understoodandunderrepresentedindatabases.

Historically,a“l(fā)ackofdatahasalsomeantthatAfrica

wasleftoutofacademicdebatesaboutpatternsof

long-rungrowth.”2

Thetaskofclosingthisgapindata–and,by

implication,knowledge–ismadedif?cultbymultiple

ongoingchallenges.Africa’srelativelylargeinformal

economymakesdatacollectionaverydifferenttask

thanstatisticiansexperienceinhighlydeveloped

economies.Theinformaleconomy“isbyde?nition

providesgrossdomesticproduct(GDP)datain

currentandconstantpricesfor47sub-Saharan

countriesforeachyearfrom1991to2004,theUnited

NationsStatisticalOf?cehad,asofmid-2006,actually

receiveddataforonlyjustunderhalfofthese1,410

observationsandhad,infact,receivednoconstant

pricedatawhatsoeveronanyyearfor15ofthe

countriesforwhichthecomplete1991-2004online

timeseriesarepublished.”7

However,inahighlyglobalisedandincreasingly

digitisedworld,wehavebetterdatacoveragethan

everbefore.Withlargerportionsofthecontinent

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MARKETSSEEN

FROM30,000

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ARCHETYPES

hadbeentested,suggestinga

tremendousundercountingof

theimpactofthevirus.

unrecorded,sothedataaddedtonationalaccountsis

verymalleable.”3

Thecontinent’sbusinessesarealsomorelikelytobe

informal4thancontemporariesinadvancednations.

coveredbymorecomprehensiveandreliabledata

eachyear,itisimportantthatweharnessthis

informationtobuildclearerpicturesofAfrica’s

investmentlandscape.

COUNTRY

SNAPSHOTS

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In2018,globalconsulting?rmMcKinsey&Co.could

tallyjust338companiesinAfricawithrevenuesof

ForthisissueoftheRMBWheretoInvestinAfrica

report,wehavebuiltascorecardfor31countries

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US$1.0bnperyear.5Atthesametime,itisestimateddrawingon20differentmetricsmadeupofrich

CONCLUSION

thatthereareasmanyas80millionmid-small-and-dataspanningfourmeasurementpillars.Thedata

micro-sizedenterprises(MSMEs).Relativelyhighlevels

ofcorruption6andmultiplecon?ictzonesaddtothe

coverseverythingfromGDPpercapitatohuman

developmentdrawingonpubliclyavailabledatasets

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dif?cultyofreliabledata.fromglobalinstitutions,includingtheWorldBank,

REFERENCES

theIMF,theAfricanDevelopmentBank,theUnited

AnexampleofthepaucityofdataforAfrica.“AlthoughNations,andtheInternationalLabourOrganisation.

theonlineUnitedNationsNationalAccountsdatabase

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FIGURE1

NumberofindicatorsavailablefromtheWorldBank

Themodel-explainedindetailinthenextchapter-

recordshowthereports’authorshaveaggregated

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thedatatoestablishextensivecoveragefor31

WHYAFRICA?

G20SouthAfricaAfricaNotG2OorAfrica

Africanmarketsthatcollectivelyrepresent92%ofthe

continent’seconomicactivity(measuredbyGDP),and

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12000

10000

2000

COL

IDN

KAZZAF

MEX

MDA

TUR

ARMHUEPERPAK

CAIAOEGUY

KEN

MACPERDOM

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NAMOET

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OWNDOSMARUS

NHUBOLROUPAK

TMB

TZAMEETRH

LSOIBRYPO

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SWZNHU

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GMB

KAM

TCDARG

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VNM

BIH

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GIN

COG

BUMRMR

CZE

MYS

YEM

BWA

PSE

BLZBDMIDVFDYOODEU

AGO

COMCAFPAPSUE

APG

KOR

MNEBUB

GBRNLDESR

GBR

MUHGPTUIGSDN

SVN

DZSAUR

FINNK

PRA

IBL

STPDJBITN

CYPBEL

AUSSAN

TLS

LUXNZLIVSRENEGPIANJPN

XLGUY

EU

GCNPBVSSD

LBN

ISL

SUR

TTOSAU

TONVUT

SLBLCAQATHKGARE

SYC

KIRWSM

BRB

KWT

BTHKPM

SOM

MHL

BHS

ERI

DMA

FSMCMN

BRN

LBY

GNOPRI

VAC

PLW

ATG

GRD

VCT

KNA

SMRABW

GYM

BMU

NRU

TCA

SXMCUW

IND

USCAHN

morethanonebillionpeople(threequartersofthe

continent’spopulation).

APOTENTIALDEMOGRAPHICDIVIDEND

Multiplepotenttrendscapturetheimportanceof

expandingdataandanalysistoallAfricanmarkets.

Perhapsthemostcompellingcaseismadethrough

thelensofdemography.

Thegradual,largelyforecastablelong-termchanges

inpopulationsbysize,locationandagegoalong

waytohelpingusmapthefuture.InAfrica’scase,

demographychartsacoursethatdemandseconomic

understandingandpolicyaction.

Thecontinent’spopulationsizeandtrajectoryshould

openanydiscussionondemographyandeconomic

future.In1900,Africawashometoapproximately

140millionpeopleor9%oftheglobe’spopulation.

Today,thatnumberhasvaultedto1.4billionor18%

oftheglobaltotal.Thisgrowthtrendisalsosetto8

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8000

COUNTRY

SNAPSHOTS

6000

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4000

CONCLUSION

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110100100010000remainelevatedrelativetotheworldaverage,driven0

GDP,PPP(CurrentInternationalUS$Billions)

Source:CoderaAnalytics(2024)

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FIGURE2

ShareofAfrica’spopulationgrowthbyagebracket(billionsofpeople)

byrelativelyhighbirthrates,fallingratesofinfant

mortality,andrisinglifeexpectancy.

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age:0-24age:25-64age:65+

Inthecontextofdecliningfertilityratesinhigh-income

countriesworldwide9,theUnitedNationsprojects

thatby2050,Africa’spopulationwillreachcloseto2.5

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2

billion.10Thiswouldmeanthataquarteroftheworld’s

populationwillresideinAfrica.

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AFRICA

Theagedistributionofthispopulationaddstothe

analysis.Thisisayoungpopulation,andtheproportion

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MARKETSSEEN

FROM30,000

FEETABOVE

1.5

ofyoungerpeoplewillincreaseoverthenextfew

decades.AsFigure2shows,theproportionofpeople

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1

ofworkingagewillgrowsizeablyoverthenext

quarterofacentury.11

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Thisagedistributionstandsinstarkcontrastto

otherpartsoftheworld.ConsiderEurope,where

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thepopulationisagingquickly.Figure3capturesthis

graphicallywithapopulationpyramid.Africa’slow

0.5

“centreofgravity”translates,ineconomicterms,intoa

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large,youngpopulationreadytoentertheworkforce.

0

Thishastremendouspositiveeconomicprospectsif

thereareenoughemploymentopportunitiesopenfor

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thisworkforce.

REFERENCES

19501960197019801990200020102020202320402050

Europe’sagedistributionpyramid,however,

demonstratesadecliningnumberofpeopleentering

Source:Ambrosetti(2022)usingUNDepartmentofEconomicandSocialAffairsdata(estimationsbeyond2022).

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FIGURE3

PopulationpyramidforAfrica(left)andEurope(right)

theirproductiveyearsandagrowingnumber

ofpeoplemovingintoretirement.Thisplacesan

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increasing?nancialburdenontheshrinkingpoolof

WHYAFRICA?

WhileAfrica

hasahightotal

fertilityrateof4.2,

theaveragelife

expectancyis

63years.

Europe’stotal

fertilityrateis

amere1.5while

theaveragelife

expectancyis

80years.

100

80

60

4040

AFRICAEUROPE

100

80

60

TheUnitedNations

de?nesthetotal

fertilityrateasthe

averagenumberof

childrenthatwould

beborntoawoman

overherlifetimeifshe

weretoexperience

thecurrentage-

speci?cfertilityrates

throughoutherlife.

youngerpeopleinEurope,andsimilarlyformostother

developedmarkets.

Thusfar,wehavefocusedonthepotentialfora

demographicdividend.Theconverseisalsopossible.

Whileagrowing,healthy,productiveyouthsector

isaneconomicboon,thisisnotguaranteed.Where

societyfailstoprovideyoungpeoplewithanurturing

safecommunities,educationalandemployment

opportunities,andmoreareallrequiredtoensure

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FROM30,000

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environment,weriskfosteringadisaffectedyouth

contingent.Stronginstitutions,stablepolicies,

ARCHETYPES

2020

Medianage:

43-44years

thecontinentexperiencesademographicdividend.

NATURALRESOURCESENDOWMENT

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Medianage:

18-19years

0

Africa’s30millionsquarekilometres12isalsohometo

vastmineralandnaturalresources.Approximately30%

oftheglobe’scriticalmineralreservesareinAfrica.13

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CONCLUSION

12%6%0%6%12%

Nearlytwothirdsoftheglobe’sremaininguncultivated

arablelandisalsoonthecontinent.14Yet,Africaisanet

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importeroffood.15

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%ofpopulation

WecanevenseethescaleofAfrica’spotentialifweSource:UnitedNationsDepartmentofEconomicandSocialAffairs

shiftourgazeoffits30,500km16coastline.

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“Threeofthesixlargemarineecosystems(LMEs)of

Africarankwithinthe?rstfourmostproductiveLMEs

Mineralrichescanresultinexploitation,corruption

anddivision.Butthisneednotbethecase.Norway’s

accesstobasicsocialservices,includinghealthcare,

education,tradehubsandeconomicopportunities.”21

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intheworld,withtheCanaryCurrent,theBenguelasovereignwealthfund,capitalisedwithearningsSimilarly,despiteanumberoffamous,largeand

WHYAFRICA?

CurrentandtheSomaliCoastalCurrentranking

second,thirdandfourthglobally.”17

fromoilandgas,isperhapstheleadingaspirational

example,wherethefund’sreservesequateto

navigableriversonthecontinent,“theabsenceof

navigableriversintothehinterlandlimitstheuseof

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US$290,000percitizen.suchamodeoftransport”.22

Thisnaturalresourceendowmenttakesonanew,

elevatedimportanceinaneraofelectricvehicles

Norway’sprovenreservesof8.1billionbarrelsareAdditionally,astheWilsonCentreputsit,“while

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andrenewableenergy.Madagascar,Mozambique

andTanzaniaaccountformorethanone-?fthofthe

world’sgraphitereserves.18Thisisacriticalingredient

atouchaheadofAngola’sprovenreservesof7.8

billionbarrels.Thedifferenceinoutcomesiswell

documented–andglaring.Thisalsopointstothe

NorthAfricahasalmostreacheduniversalaccessto

electricityandwaterservices,insub-SaharanAfrica,

onlyabout45%ofthepopulationhaveaccessto

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MARKETSSEEN

FROM30,000

FEETABOVE

forlithium-ionbatteriesthatareusedinelectricincredibleprospectsembeddedintheseresources.reliableelectricityandaround60%ofthepopulation

vehiclesandotherenergystoragesystems.haveaccesstowaterservice.Thismeanssome600

ARCHETYPES

Mostoftheworld’scobalt,withasimilarusagepro?le

INFRASTRUCTUREOBSTACLESANDOPPORTUNITIESmillionpeopledonothaveaccesstoelectricity.”23

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tographite,isminedinAfrica,withtheDemocratic

RepublicoftheCongo(DRC)aloneaccountingfor70%

oftheworld’ssupply.19

Perhapsthemostpressingneedandinteresting

opportunityliesinAfrica’svoluminousinfrastructure

de?cit.Humanresources,landanddepositsare

Inthisvein,arecentcountputthenumberofdams

insub-SaharanAfricaatatotalof980largedams.

SouthAfricaishometo589ofthesedams.Bycontrast,

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MuchlikethecasewithAfrica’shumanresources,the

toooftenheldbackbyalackofthenecessary

infrastructuretofullyunleashtheir

thereareover15,000damsinCanadaalone.Some

1,157arecategorisedaslargedamsasde?nedbythe

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mineraladvantagecomeswithacaveat.Africa,andproductivepotential.InternationalCommissiononLargeDams(ICOLD).

CONCLUSION

otherresource-richregions,hassufferedfromtheThereinliestheobstacleandtheopportunity.Africahas

so-called“resourcecurse”.Despitethemanybene?ts

ofhavingvaluableresourcesunderone’sfeet,there

Considerthatalthoughroadsaretheprimarymodeof

transport,accountingfor80%ofgoodsand90%of

anestimatedannualinfrastructureinvestmentgapof

US$100bn.24Thisisapproximatelytheannualspendof

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isatragictendencytonotmerelyfailtobene?tfrompassengertraf?c,justover40%ofruralAfricanshaveGermany,France,Italy,SpainandPortugalcombinedand

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these,buttosufferbecauseofthem.accesstoanall-seasonroad.20And“just53%ofroadsalmostasmuchastheUS’sUS$110bnspendperyear.25

onthecontinentarepaved,isolatingpeoplefrom

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INVESTABLEMARKETSSEEN

FROM30,000

FEETABOVE

ARCHETYPES

COUNTRYSNAPSHOTS

AMODELFORAFRICA

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CONTINENTAL

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CONCLUSION

“Allmodelsarewrong,butsomeareuseful”.Thistruismofstatistician

GeorgeBoxisasoundcaveatwhenintroducinganymodel-especiallyso

withalong-runmodelofsomethingascomplexasthefutureofmultiple

inter-relatedcountriesspreadacrosstheworld’ssecondlargestcontinent.

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FOUNDATIONS

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This2024editionoftheRMBWheretoInvest1.Economicactivityscore–incorporatingmarket

WHYAFRICA?

inAfricareportexpandsonprioreditions.Thesizescore,growthscoreanda?scalscorewitha

previousedition,the2021version,wasbuiltduringweightedaggregationofstandardisedvariables.

theglobalcrisisthatwasCOVID-19.Sodominantwas

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thatforceatthetimethatweopenedthatreport

asfollows:“2020heldgreatpromise.Positive

2.Operatingenvironmentscore–incorporating

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AFRICA

globalprospectsatthebeginningoftheyear

werecapturedincheerfulbusinessand?nancial

marketsentiment.However,thatpositivityquickly

dissipatedasSARS-CoV-2sweptacrosstheglobe.”

theGlobalCompetitivenessIndex,Corruption

PerceptionsIndexandEconomicFreedomindex.

INVESTABLE

MARKETSSEEN

FROM30,000

FEETABOVE

Thesetwopillarsrepresentedourviewthatthe

ARCHETYPES

The2021editionusedalinearaggregationof

weightedvariablestoconstructaninvestment

decisiontoinvestistypicallybasedontwokey

considerations:economicperformance/activity

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SNAPSHOTS

attractivenessindex.Wedividedtheattractiveness

scoreintotwopillars.Thesewere:

andthenatureofthebusinessenvironment.

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WherewesuggestaparticularAfricancountryisstructurally

CONCLUSION

assembledforanestimateeconomicgrowthrateover

thenextdecade,nothingstopsthepeopleandleadership

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ofthatnationfromalteringthatcourse.

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FIGURE4

2021RMBWheretoInvestinAfricaIndexstructure

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Marketsizescore

Standardisedandrescaledtoascoreoutof10(45%)

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WHERETO

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Growthscore

Standardisedandrescaledtoascoreoutof10(30%)

INVESTABLE

MARKETSSEEN

FROM30,000

FEETABOVE

ARCHETYPES

Fiscalscore

Standardisedandrescaledtoascoreoutof10(25%)

COUNTRY

SNAPSHOTS

GlobalCompetitivenessIndex

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Standardisedandrescaledtoascoreoutof10(25%)

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CONCLUSIONGlobalPercetptionsIndex

Standardisedandrescaledtoascoreoutof10(33.3%)

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GlobalFreedomIndex

Standardisedandrescaledtoascoreoutof10(33.3%)

Source:RMB(2021)

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AMODELFORAFRICA

WHERETO

INVESTIN

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WHERETO

INVESTINAFRICA

INVESTABLE

MARKETSSEEN

FROM30,000

FEETABOVE

ARCHETYPES

COUNTRY

SNAPSHOTS

THEAFRICAN

CONTINENTAL

FREETRADEAREA

The2024RMBWheretoInvestinAfricareportisbasedontheinputof

experiencedprofessionalsand,inpart,onworkpublishedinpeer-reviewed

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journalstoexpandonourearliermodel.Thequantitativemodelunderlyingthis

CONCLUSION

reportstandsontheshouldersoftheworkdoneonprioreditions.Inthisiteration,

weexpandourrangeofinputdata,extendthegranularity,andconstructarobust

tooltohelpguideinvestmentdecisionsinacomplex,post-COVID-19world.

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REFERENCES

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Atafundamentallevel,werefertosomeofthework

byTowhidulIslam,NigelMeade,andAshishSood.Their

Numerically,“we?ndthefollowingrelativeimportance:

macroeconomicattractiveness,42.7%;market

Eachmetricisweighted,whichtranslatesintoaweight

foreachpillar.Theseweightsforeachmetric,andthe

EXECUTIVE

FOREWORD

2022paper26publishedintheJournalofInternationalconcentration,14.4%;socialheterogeneity,17.1%;andconsequentweightsforeachpillarareshownbelow.

WHYAFRICA?

Marketingisacrystallisationofdecadesofliteratureon

internationalbusinessandmarketing.

populationdensity,18%.”

Thisallrepresentstheassemblyofnearly38,000data

pointsintoasinglemodel.

AMODEL

FORAFRICA

Inshort,ifwechooseonemarkerthatbest

Islametal.drawondatafor28internationaloperators,

spanning79countriestoevaluatetheexplanatory

forecastssuccessformarketentry,macroeconomic

attractivenessistwiceasimportantasthenextbest

Evenmoreimportantisthefactthatwehavethe

capacitytoaltertherealitythismodelmaps.Where

WHERETO

INVESTIN

AFRICA

powerofthefourwell-establisheddriversofmarket

entrytiming.

scoringclassi?er.Onewilldowelltotakethis

intoconsideration.

wesuggestaparticularAfricancountryisstructurally

assembledforanestimateeconomicgrowthrate

overthenextdecade,nothingstopsthepeopleand

INVESTABLE

MARKETSSEEN

FROM30,000

FEETABOVE

ThereviewbyIslametal.con?rmsthatthedriversInthecurrenteditionoftheRMBWheretoInvestinleadershipofthatnationfromalteringthatcourse.

ofthisdecisionarefourfold:macroeconomicAfricareportwemaintainthattheinvestmentdecision

ARCHETYPES

attractiveness,marketconcentration,social

heterogeneity,andpopulationdensity.Thisclosely

needstobeviewedthroughbothaneconomic

performancelensandanoperatingenvironmentlens.

Infact,thatisthepurposeofthiswork.Thismodelis

notdesignedtotellthefuture.Onthecontrary,the

COUNTRY

SNAPSHOTS

re?ectsthefoundationsofourearliereditionsof

themodel,althoughthedescriptorsestablish

greatergranularity.

Thus,buildingonourpreviouswork,inthisupdated

editionwepackagethisdataasfollows:

frameworkisconstructedtogainaviewofthelikely

future,andtherebypointtofactorsthatwecanchange

inordertooutperformthisscenario.Thistoolunearths

THEAFRICAN

CONTINENTAL

FREETRADEAREA

Amongotherimportant?ndingstheauthors

1.Economicperformanceandpotential

2.Marketaccessibilityandinnovation

structuraldriversofsustained,meaningfulmovements

ofeconomickeystones,avoidinganyattempttomapor

SUSTAINABILITY

INAFRICA

concludethat“macroeconomicattractiveness[is]the3.Economicstabilityandinvestmentclimatepredictshort-termorcyclicalmovements.

CONCLUSION

predominantclassi?er”.Morespeci?cally,Islametal.test4.Socialandhumandevelopment

therelativeimportanceofeachofthesedrivers,to?nd

onedominantvariable.Intheirwords,“wefoundthat

Thefourpillarsareconstructedfromatotalof20

Toachievethis,weidentifytheengineeredand

entrenchedmetricsthatwilldrivelong-runprospects

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METHODOLOGY

macroeconomicattractivenesswastwiceasimportantmetrics,eachcomprisingamulti-yeardatabaseofandnot?ckle,near-termgyrations.

REFERENCES

asanyoftheotherdrivers”.robust?guresdrawnfrompre-eminentinstitutions.

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Thesystematicaggregationofthisinformationis

designedtoenablethebusinessperson,investor,or

policymakertoscanimportantmetricsandrapidly

2GDPperCapita5.0%

comparedifferentmarkets

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