In late 2018, africon conducted a project on the independent aftermarket (IAM) for commercial vehicles in South Africa. The target of the project was to identify potential partners that are not only suitable, but also themselves interested to take up business with the client. Along the way, we scanned partners of most of Europe´s big […]
africon CEO Marc-Peter Zander is an external PARLA expert on Africa’s cultural and economic sector and has decades of experience with the continent. If you have followed us for a long time, you may know that he has spoken on many occasions as a keynote speaker, panelist and moderator on culture in Africa. See more […]
African and German firms discuss market potential in Africa Key players from Africa and Germany exchanged ideas on how to do business in Africa at the METEC 2019 Sub Saharan Africa Workshop. This workshop focused on the challenges and opportunities of the African metallurgy market. Speakers from a variety of African and European countries and […]
africon was contracted to conduct a research on Ghana’s aluminium industry. The objective was to attain profound understanding of the aluminium profiles market in Ghana, as well as to identify and access the right customers our client. The overall market for aluminium profiles in Ghana is split into three price/quality segments: Firstly, premium profiles are […]
africon GmbH prides itself in having a very experienced advisory board. The advisory board which has significant long-term Africa experience guides and advises africon GmbH in its current growth phase and contribute with ideas, contacts and local know how. We are very pleased to have another member to our board, Mr. Bertrand Mignot. Mr. Mignot […]
We are proud to announce that africon GmbH and Wolk After Sales Experts are joining forces for Africa. Both German consulting companies are leaders in their respective fields, namely global automotive after sales industry and Sub-Saharan Africa business environment. Together Wolk and africon will be able to provide clients with comprehensive information and consulting support […]
Over the past 4 years africon has been supporting IAM (Independent After Markets) automotive clients for their Africa growth strategy with research and data. A clear focus has been on the markets Nigeria, South Africa and Kenya where africon supported clients in the business fields of filters, spark plugs and engine parts to grow their […]
africon GmbH was contracted by one of our clients and we successfully conducted a research on the aluminium industry in Kenya. We found out that the key drivers of this industry are the construction and real estate sectors in Kenya. Findings revealed that these sectors have experienced positive growth rates within the last five years […]
According to Jean Wandimi, africon Kenya, the international trade fair “agrofood & plastprintpack Ethiopia” was again very successful. africon Kenya is already active in the East African agricultural sector. Our experts therefore visited the fair in Addis Ababa, which this year took place in May for the third time. The fair unites the two topics […]
