Slide of the month (SOTM) January. Development of hotels in Africa

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Some African countries are known for its dynamic tourism such as Kenya and Tanzania, Namibia, Botswana and South Africa. Idyllic pictures of Safari-tourists can be drawn out of this imagination. However, the hotel industry that is also linked to business travelling is the most prospering in Western Africa. The first slide of the month in 2017 indicates that 45% of the African new hotel rooms were built in Western Africa. Also, in Nigeria more than 10.000 hotel rooms were planned in 2016, that is more than in any other African country. Angola and Kenya also show an interesting number of 3.000 to 8.000 rooms planned in 2016.

Thus, africon sees interesting potentials in the construction and interior furnishing sector. German companies can profit from the African construction boom as much in providing services as in selling sanitary equipment, furniture and floor covering.

 

Slide of the month (SOTM) December. Tractor brands in Nigeria

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The slide of the month December illustrates the market shares of different tractor brands in Nigeria which was researched in a large filter project over the past 6 months. The market leader is New Holland with about 20% of the present tractors in the country, followed by John Deere and Mahindra. Different Chinese products also take a big part of 20% on the market and are partly locally produced within a SKD production. As africon GmbH we believe that the market in Nigeria will continue to grow strongly as various initiative programs by the government will drive local production and imports.

Slide of the month (SOTM) November. Steel industry and governmental decisions

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While the slide of the month October showed an increasing demand of steel in African countries, the slide of the month November analyses the government’s role in steel projects. A serie of 101 interviews with executive managers in the steel industry showed, that in countries having an incentive program for steel projects, politicians have real influence on the sector’s decisions. Politics and economy can be linked strongly in these countries, a factor that must be considered when choosing geographical centers for the market entry of your company.

Slide of the month (SOTM) October. Numbers on steel in Africa

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The slide of the month October shows that more and more steel is used on the African continent while steel production does not increase significantly. This gap must be dissolved by imports but it also indicates interesting investment possibilities for the steel processing industry. Seeing the need of steel increasing, we can also resume that construction is going up since 2005.