Slide of the month
Within the year, africon delivers more than 20 projects to its clients. Every month, we bring you a selected slide of some of these and show you the input, outcome and strategic recommendations. The slide of the month (SOTM) is a carefully chosen slide from a project which has just been executed by the team locally. It is a perfect way to catch a glimpse of our work and even get industry insights extracted from projects implemented by africon.
See our latest slides of the month below.
Slide of the month (SOTM) May. The logistics sector in Rwanda and Ethiopia
/dans africon, Mechanical engineering & Industrial goods, Slide of the month/par Jean WandimiMany African countries’ economic growth is highly dependent on international trade. A more efficient logistical system can greatly increase a country’s local economic value and as a result, create jobs […]
Slide of the month (SOTM) April. Overview of the tech scene in select countries in Africa
/dans africon, IT & financial services, Slide of the month/par Jean WandimiThe digital economy in Africa continues to grow with some countries having significant digital infrastructure. Due to our vast experience and project work in Africa, we were recently invited to […]
Slide of the month (SOTM) March. Operational and upcoming railway lines in Nigeria
/dans africon, Mechanical engineering & Industrial goods, Slide of the month/par Jean WandimiSeveral African countries have ongoing and planned rail projects. Africa’s largest economy is developing the rail sector to improve the poor transport infrastructure. africon recently completed a project in the […]
Slide of the month (SOTM) February. Import statistics of medical equipment in East African Community (EAC).
/dans africon, Slide of the month/par Jean Wandimiafricon GmbH did an analysis of import statistics of medical equipment in East Africa for one of our clients in the sector. They were interested in understanding the supply and […]
Slide of the month (SOTM) January. The market for commercial vehicles in Kenya
/dans africon, Automotive, Slide of the month/par Jean WandimiOver the last couple of years, africon has implemented a vast range of projects in the automotive sector. Some of the projects have tasked us with analyzing the market for […]
Slide of the month (SOTM) December. The food, beverage and tobacco manufacturing industry in Nigeria
/dans africon, Consumer goods, FMCG & packaging materials, Slide of the month/par Jean WandimiPrior to the Covid outbreak, manufacturing in Nigeria had been recovering from the 2016 recession, even though the sector still faces various challenges, such as intermittent power supply, infrastructural deficits, […]
Slide of the month (SOTM) November. The construction industry in Africa
/dans africon, Building materials & tools, Slide of the month/par Jean WandimiConstruction projects on the African continent are not only getting bigger, but more complex in nature. Some of the key drivers are economic growth, urbanization, industrialization, and the growth of […]
Slide of the month (SOTM) October. The meat & fish sector in Nigeria
/dans africon, Consumer goods, FMCG & packaging materials, Slide of the month/par Jean WandimiA specific question that emerged in one of our recent projects in the food industry was how the meat sector in Nigeria looks like and whether it was a suitable […]
Slide of the month (SOTM) September. The soft drinks market in Kenya
/dans africon, Consumer goods, FMCG & packaging materials, Slide of the month/par Jean WandimiThe soft drinks market in Kenya comprises of carbonates, water and juices. africon did an analysis for a chemicals manufacturer to understand the industry in depth. One of the key […]
Slide of the month (SOTM) August. Steel demand in Africa
/dans africon, Building materials & tools, Slide of the month/par Jean WandimiThe demand for steel in Africa has been growing due to various drivers. africon has over the years conducted more than 200 interviews with decision makers and key industry experts […]
Slide of the month (SOTM) July. The future of Africa’s independent automotive aftermarkets
/dans africon, Automotive, Slide of the month/par Jean Wandimiafricon recently presented at Messe Frankfurt Middle East: Automechanika Dubai’s webinar titled “Africa’s independent aftermarket (IAM) – a look at the current situation and future potential”. In a webinar poll, […]
Slide of the month (SOTM) June. Consumer goods across Africa
/dans Consumer goods, FMCG & packaging materials, Slide of the month/par Jean WandimiConsumer goods markets in Africa have over the past 10-20 years become increasingly interesting for international companies. Growing overall populations and especially the growing middle class have motivated companies from […]
Slide of the month (SOTM) May. Glass production in Africa
/dans Building materials & tools, Slide of the month/par Jean WandimiGlass has innumerable applications like building, construction and packaging among others. africon did an analysis for a chemicals manufacturer to understand glass production in Africa, by looking at 5 major […]
Slide of the month (SOTM) April. The sugar industry in East Africa
/dans Consumer goods, FMCG & packaging materials, Slide of the month/par Jean WandimiAgri processing is often referred to as one of the most promising areas for many African countries to develop their economies. In this project, africon was tasked to prioritise countries […]
Slide of the month (SOTM) March. The rope manufacturing industry in Africa
/dans Building materials & tools, Mechanical engineering & Industrial goods, Slide of the month/par Jean Wandimiafricon recently completed stage 1 of a project for a client from the textile industry. As a supplier of machines for making ropes, the first key question on the way […]
Slide of the month (SOTM) February. Obtaining finance in Côte d’Ivoire
/dans IT & financial services, Slide of the month/par Jean WandimiOver the past years, a strong reform drive has helped the Ivory Coast to become one of West Africa’s most interesting markets. Growth rates of consistently more than 7% p.a. […]
Slide of the month (SOTM) January. Internet speeds across Africa
/dans IT & financial services, Slide of the month/par Jean WandimiFor an increasingly digital world, fast internet is a key driver of growth. As anywhere else, internet speeds in Africa vary greatly between countries as this slide shows: while for […]
Slide of the month (SOTM) December. Automotive market in Uganda
/dans Automotive, Slide of the month/par Marc ZanderThe automotive aftermarket is one of the key sectors of opportunities in Africa – not just for Germany, but for many global automotive nations as well. However, many international automotive […]
Slide of the month (SOTM) November. Chemicals application sectors in Nigeria
/dans Chemicals, Slide of the month/par Marc ZanderAfrica‘s chemical industries have experienced enormous growth over the past decades. Though at a smaller scale, various markets in Africa offer substantial market opportunities for global chemical companies. One of […]
Slide of the month (SOTM) October. Construction sector performance in South Africa
/dans Building materials & tools, Slide of the month/par Jean WandimiSouth Africa’s construction sector is one of the largest in Africa and currently worth about 15 billion USD while contributing 4% to the country’s GDP. Unfortunately, it has been in […]
Slide of the month (SOTM) September. Consumer goods distributors in Ethiopia
/dans Consumer goods, FMCG & packaging materials, Slide of the month/par Jean WandimiThe impressive growth of Ethiopia over the past decade has put the country on the map in the consumer goods business. In this project, africon identified and recommended potential distribution […]
Slide of the month (SOTM) August. Real estate projects in South Africa
/dans Building materials & tools, Slide of the month/par Jean WandimiThe real estate industry in South Africa has been growing steadily in the last few years. Looking at the industry’s three main segments, i.e. residential, commercial, and additions/alterations, it is […]
Slide of the month (SOTM) July. Africa’s top imports in 2018
/dans Slide of the month/par Jean WandimiThere are numerous business opportunities and potentials that exist in Africa which companies can take advantage of. With our sole focus on the continent, we have looked into the African […]
Slide of the month (SOTM) June. Plastic film imports in Nigeria
/dans Consumer goods, FMCG & packaging materials, Slide of the month/par Jean WandimiThe growth of plastic film imports over the past ten years is a demonstration of the increased adoption of plastic film packaging in Nigeria. Along with the growth in usage […]
Slide of the month (SOTM) May. The aftermarket for commercial vehicles in South Africa
/dans Automotive, Slide of the month/par Jean WandimiBeing Africa´s most developed country, the automotive aftermarket in South Africa presents itself with its unique profile, own challenges and opportunities: South Africa is one of the very few African […]
Slide of the month (SOTM) April. Ghana’s aluminium fabrication market
/dans Building materials & tools, Mechanical engineering & Industrial goods, Slide of the month/par Jean WandimiThe overall market for aluminium profiles in Ghana is split into three price/quality segments: Firstly, premium profiles are used in large high rise and complex construction projects, which are shaping […]
Slide of the month (SOTM) March. Kenya’s construction and real estate sector
/dans Building materials & tools, Slide of the month/par Jean Wandimiafricon 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 […]
Slide of the month (SOTM) February. Automotive parts imports in sub-Saharan Africa
/dans Automotive, Slide of the month/par Jean WandimiLet us look at the automotive market in sub-Saharan Africa narrowing down to the aggregate value of three main automotive service parts which are: Filters (consisting of air filters for […]
Slide of the month (SOTM) January. The automotive parts market in Nigeria
/dans Automotive, Slide of the month/par Jean WandimiThe Nigerian automotive industry appears to be an interesting market, as our research on the automotive parts market shows that the market size is worth USD 4.4bn or more. The […]
Slide of the month (SOTM) December. Aluminium market growth in sub-Saharan Africa
/dans Building materials & tools, Mechanical engineering & Industrial goods, Slide of the month/par Jean WandimiThe Aluminium market in sub-Saharan Africa has been experiencing a steady growth in the past decade. The major contribution to this, is the increased import of hollow profiles of aluminium […]
Slide of the month (SOTM) November. Market entry project for a US communication company
/dans IT & financial services, Slide of the month/par Jean WandimiWhen it comes to the two-way radio communication industry, South Africa dwarfs its counterparts in terms of market size and market maturity. Nigeria, Kenya and Angola on the other hand […]
Slide of the month (SOTM) October. Trade fairs in East Africa
/dans Slide of the month, Trade fairs & events/par Jean WandimiAs official representative of Messe Dusseldorf in East Africa we are today taking a closer look at the trade fair market in East Africa. Kenya has developed as hub for […]
Slide of the month (SOTM) September. Fish waste in Ghana
/dans Consumer goods, FMCG & packaging materials, Slide of the month/par Jean WandimiFor this slide of the month, our West Africa team has done in-depth research on the fish sector in Ghana. The value chain analysis shows that despite partly very modern […]
Slide of the month (SOTM) August. East Africa BOPP demand
/dans Consumer goods, FMCG & packaging materials, Slide of the month/par Jean WandimiThis slide of the month tries to shed some light on the BOPP market in East Africa. BOPP demand has been growing at a remarkable pace of over the past […]
Slide of the month (SOTM) July. Plastic packaging in Nigeria
/dans Consumer goods, FMCG & packaging materials, Slide of the month/par Jean WandimiThis slide of the month tries to shade some light on the plastic packaging sector in Nigeria. Nigeria’s packaging industry is projected to be worth $294 billion by 2020, […]
Slide of the month (SOTM) June. Key capabilities of German firms in Nigeria
/dans Slide of the month/par Jean WandimiThis slide shows the result of a recent study of one of africon´s employees. The aim was to identify firm capabilities, that have an impact on various aspects of performance […]
Slide of the month (SOTM) May. Renewable energy in sub-Saharan Africa
/dans Mechanical engineering & Industrial goods, Slide of the month/par Jean WandimiThe African continent offers an ideal environment for electricity generation from renewable sources. Therefore, it is not surprising that sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) already ranks third worldwide in terms of percentage […]
Slide of the month (SOTM) April. Motorcycles in operation in Egypt
/dans Automotive, Slide of the month/par Jean WandimiLet us look at the automotive markets in the areas of assembly machinery, engine filters, ignition products and general spare parts in countries like Nigeria in the West, Kenya and […]
Slide of the month (SOTM) March. Plastic ban in sub-Saharan Africa
/dans Consumer goods, FMCG & packaging materials, Slide of the month/par Jean WandimiThe results concluded from the analysis of all interviews and market data is very clear: The plastic (packaging) sector in Nigeria is very vivid and growing at a high […]
Slide of the month (SOTM) February. Steel industry growth in Africa.
/dans Building materials & tools, Mechanical engineering & Industrial goods, Slide of the month/par Jean WandimiThe heightened interest in the African steel markets can partly be explained by this chart. It shows the rapidly increasing demand for steel in Africa, as well as key countries […]
Slide of the month (SOTM) January. Prices of chips used in card payment in Nigeria
/dans IT & financial services, Slide of the month/par Jean WandimiWe did an overview on the debit and credit card market in Nigeria in a bid to understand the key personalisation bureaus in Africa, the market potential for payment modules […]
Slide of the month (SOTM) December. Water industry in sub-Saharan Africa
/dans Slide of the month/par Marc ZanderThe share of investments in the water sector in SSA is relatively small at 9.7% compared to other infrastructure sectoral financing according to the Infrastructure Consortium for Africa (2016). The […]
Slide of the month (SOTM) October. Automotive industry in sub-Saharan Africa
/dans Automotive, Slide of the month/par Marc ZanderIn 2017, we analysed the market for automotive filtration in Kenya and Tanzania in detail. During the project, 60 senior level industry players from authorities, key automobile traders and leading […]
Slide of the month (SOTM) November. Aluminium foil
/dans Mechanical engineering & Industrial goods, Slide of the month/par Marc ZanderAfter growing its expertise in the African packaging markets throughout the last 5 years, africon supported a leading aluminium foil supplier to the flexible-, laminated carton, cigarette- and blister packaging […]
Slide of the month (SOTM) September. Woodworking machinery importation
/dans africon, Building materials & tools, Mechanical engineering & Industrial goods, Slide of the month/par Jean WandimiDuring a recent project conducted by africon with focus on the wood working machinery market in Nigeria, africon GmbH identified 107 furniture manufacturing companies and 14 machine distributors focusing specifically […]
Slide of the month (SOTM) August. Plastic pipes
/dans Building materials & tools, Slide of the month/par Jean WandimiDuring a period of 3 years africon GmbH conducted more than 140 interviews with manufacturers of plastic pipes as well as distributors, hardware stores, construction companies and contractors in 11 […]
Slide of the month (SOTM) July. Investment horizon in Africa
/dans Slide of the month/par Marc Zanderafricon GmbH has made over 130 interviews with sub-Saharan African steel manufacturers between 2016-2017. In these interviews, one of the key issues holding back Western manufacturers was the risk perception […]
Slide of the month (SOTM) June. Automotive Kenya vs. Nigeria
/dans Automotive, Slide of the month/par Marc ZanderIn two different projects, both concerning the automotive industry in Kenya and Nigeria, africon has been conducting more than 65 interviews with vehicle assemblers, coach builders, repair garages and distributors […]
Slide of the month (SOTM) May. Steel investment Africa
/dans Building materials & tools, Mechanical engineering & Industrial goods, Slide of the month/par Jean WandimiDuring 2016 – 2017 africon GmbH conducted over 130 interviews with the management of sub-Saharan African steel manufacturers. In these interviews, we were able to discover that the current steel […]
Slide of the month (SOTM) April. Spark plug market Nigeria
/dans Automotive, Slide of the month/par Jean WandimiWithin a large independent aftermarket (IAM) project in the automotive sector for Nigeria, africon GmbH had the chance to interview more than 50 experts and found that the IAM market […]
Slide of the month (SOTM) March. Kenyan mobile money transfers
/dans IT & financial services, Slide of the month/par Marc ZanderMobile money has become the most important money transfer system in Kenya by far, in contrast to the European continent where people mostly stay suspicious to such paying systems. africon […]
Slide of the month (SOTM) February – Segmentation of the Nigerian sanitary market
/dans Building materials & tools, Slide of the month/par Marc ZanderThe slide of the month January showed that Western Africa is a very active region for hotel development. The rise of the construction sector also drives the need of interior […]
Slide of the month (SOTM) January. Development of hotels in Africa
/dans Building materials & tools, Slide of the month/par Marc ZanderSome 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. […]
Slide of the month (SOTM) December. Tractor brands in Nigeria
/dans Automotive, Slide of the month/par Marc ZanderThe 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 […]
Slide of the month (SOTM) November. Steel industry and governmental decisions
/dans africon, Mechanical engineering & Industrial goods, Slide of the month/par Marc ZanderWhile 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 […]
Slide of the month (SOTM) October. Numbers on steel in Africa
/dans Mechanical engineering & Industrial goods, Slide of the month/par Marc ZanderThe 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 […]
Slide of the month (SOTM) September. Construction machinery imports to Nigeria
/dans Building materials & tools, Mechanical engineering & Industrial goods, Slide of the month/par Marc ZanderThe slide of the month September, which was created during a large IAM automotive and off-highway project, shows a drastic decrease of construction machinery imports to Nigeria since 2014. Close […]
Slide of the month (SOTM) August. Vehicle inflows Nigeria
/dans Automotive, Slide of the month/par Marc ZanderWith the upcoming interest in Nigeria of various OEM and after market companies, africon GmbH did a comprehensive study on the Nigerian automotive market with focus on OEM production […]
Slide of the month (SOTM) July. Payment cards in Nigeria
/dans IT & financial services, Slide of the month/par Marc ZanderThe slide of the month July shows continuous growth of more than 20% in payment cards for Nigeria. At the moment the total market has got about 42 million […]
Slide of the month (SOTM) June. Steel consumption in sub-Saharan Africa with growth of more than 7%
/dans Building materials & tools, Mechanical engineering & Industrial goods, Slide of the month/par Marc ZanderThe slide of the month June shows a continuous growth of more than 7% in steel consumption in Africa. This offers great opportunities to steel trading companies, companies who supply […]
Slide of the month (SOTM) April. Medical equipment market Africa
/dans Mechanical engineering & Industrial goods, Slide of the month/par Marc ZanderThe African market for laboratory equipment has been playing a small role globally with only 2%. However, it is set for growth with more than 8% in 2015 and imports […]
Slide of the month (SOTM) March. New vehicle sales in sub-Saharan Africa
/dans Automotive, Slide of the month/par Marc ZanderThis 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 […]
Slide of the month (SOTM) February. Cultural difference Germany & Nigeria
/dans Slide of the month/par Marc ZanderThis month we would like to put emphasis on the cultural differences between Nigerian and German business people. Whereas Nigeria is still very hierachical, Germany has got less power distance. […]
Slide of the month (SOTM) January. Import of razor blades into top 5 African countries
/dans Slide of the month/par Marc ZanderEvery month africon publishes the most interesting project slide. This months the slide shows a more than 10% growth on razor blades in the top 5 African countries for razor […]