Marc Zander, CEO of africon speaks on Africa conference in Dortmund

More than 300 representatives from Germany and world wide attended the 4th Africa conference on “investment potential in Africa for German companies” in Dortmund. The conference brought together various speakers and company representatives from all over the world.

Marc Zander, CEO and Partner of africon GmbH has been invited as key note speaker and spoke on various topics being chances for German companies in Africa, the food value chains in Africa and most importantly on opportunities in more than 54 countries.

As a supporting paper for the conference africon was contracted to publish a German study on the chances of companies in Africa. The study can be downloaded here.

 

Slide of the month (SOTM) March. New vehicle sales in sub-Saharan Africa

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This month our slide shows the strong increase of new vehicles sales in sub-Saharan Africa. Over the past 9 years growth has been almost 70% which led Ford, Daimler, Peugeot and others to increase their presence in Africa. Strongest growth has been in Angola and Nigeria.