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Doing Business in Africa Cross-cutting presentation on doing business western, eastern and southern Africa 30. August 30 to 2. September 2015 Africa is the second largest continent in the world with 54 countries, but only 6% of the world's GDP Africa facts: Second largest continent in the world 54 countries in total Population of 1.1 billion projected to grow to +2 billion by 2050* ~50% of the population is under 25 years of age Average continental GDP growth of 4,5% in 2014, but Africa only constitutes 6% of the world's GDP 2 Africa has changed, and today we talk about trade and not just aid Africa before… …and Africa today 3 Source: The Economist; Time 4 NIGERIA “The Only Thing That Is Constant Is Change-” Heraclitus 5 With over 300 tribes, 510 ethnic dialects and a population of over 186 million people, Nigeria can truly be called a nation of diversity. 6 Plains of the North Plateaus of the Central Temperatures in Nigeria vary according to the seasons of the year as with other lands found in the tropics. Nigeria's seasons are determined by rainfall with rainy season and dry season being the major seasons in Nigeria. Mountains of the Southeast Coastal land of the South UDENRIGSMINISTERIET, MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF DENMARK Boko Haram 7 UDENRIGSMINISTERIET, MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF DENMARK Boko Haram outreach Boko Haram home base – the 3 North Eastern States Borno State Adamawa State Yobe State 8 UDENRIGSMINISTERIET, MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF DENMARK Boko Haram – a Nigerian nightmare • Unrest started in 2009 • Escalated in 2014 and 2015 • Random killings • Affiliated with IS in 2015 • Nigerian authorities struggling to cope • Limited international focus – only paying lip service! 9 UDENRIGSMINISTERIET, MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF DENMARK Security 10 UDENRIGSMINISTERIET, MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF DENMARK Corruption in Nigeria 11 UDENRIGSMINISTERIET, MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF DENMARK Corruption index 2015 – 168 countries measured Rank 1 56 61 107 130 136 139 12 Country Denmark Ghana South Africa Ivory Coast Cameroon Nigeria Kenya Score 15 91 47 44 32 27 26 25 Score 14 92 48 44 32 27 27 25 Score 13 91 46 42 27 25 25 27 Score 12 90 45 43 29 26 27 27 UDENRIGSMINISTERIET, MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF DENMARK Demographic Development —BY 2015, one fifth of Africa’s births will take place in Nigeria— translating to 5% of all global births. - By 2050 the West African country will account for almost 10% of all births in the world. - By 2100 nearly 1 billion people will live in Nigeria. Unicef’s Generation 2030/Africa Report 13 14 Political Landscape and Stability • Amid various fears and speculations following the 2015 general elections, Nigeria witnessed a historic scene in which an opposition candidate won against a sitting president for the first time in a democratically contested election. This came with very high expectations for the new president to strengthen governance, clean up corruption, and reverse the spread of the violent insurgency in the north. • President BUHARI, elected in March 2015, has established a cabinet of economic ministers that includes several technocrats, and he has announced plans to increase transparency, diversify the economy away from oil, and improve fiscal management • But even with the historic peaceful transfer of power, the new government is immediately faced with a flagging economy as a result of low global oil prices made even more severe in the recent months by unresolved conflicts in the Niger Delta and in the Middle Belt. 15 After 18 months in power - evaluation 16 Main Challenges – mid 2016 Currency Peg and Devaluation Drop in Global Oil Price and Effects Insurgencies – Boko Haram, Militants, Community vs Herdsmen Clashes UDENRIGSMINISTERIET, MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF DENMARK TC-Nigeria – Food and Agriculture Sectorial contribution to the Economy 13th largest oil producer Oil = 95 % of export and 15 % of GDP Nigeria National Bureau of Statistics 17 18 The Economy • Following an April 2014 statistical "rebasing" exercise, Nigeria has emerged as Africa's largest economy, with 2015 GDP estimated at $1.1 trillion. • Oil has been a dominant source of income and government revenues since the 1970s accounting for 90% of the country’s foreign exchange. • Drop in global oil prices has led to a decline in government revenue • Liquidity has been an issue since a currency peg held at NGN197-199/USD for the 16 months to June this year deterring investment and exacerbated the dollar shortages caused by lower oil prices coupled with vandalism-hit production • The CBN in June finally gave in to pressure and removed the 16-month-old 197-per-dollar peg it had put on the naira. Trade has been thin and dollar liquidity tight, leaving the CBN as the main supplier of hard currency. • BMI View: ”Despite the poor macroeconomic environment in Nigeria, we believe that the All-Share Index will see only modest further losses. Better prospects in 2017 coupled with greater exchange rate policy clarity will encourage a return in foreign investors, boosting the index’’ • Business Monitor International forecasts a real contraction of 0.8% in 2016 with a more positive outlook on 2017 – estimating a 4.7% growth of the economy Appreciation Depends On Investors' Return Source: BMI UDENRIGSMINISTERIET, MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF DENMARK West Africa – more than Nigeria • Number of smaller countries/economies with substantial growth • Ghana, Ivory Coast and Senegal • Burkina Faso and Mali – challenging markets, but with MFA/Danida presence • Sectors 19 UDENRIGSMINISTERIET, MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF DENMARK West Africa – Ghana • Small country – but huge potential • Easy accessible • Embassy with focus on both commercial and danida activities • Moving from ‘aid to trade’ • Growth adviser – maritime segment - since 2015 20 21 Lagos – Nigeria’s Economic Center Lagos State: Quick Facts • • • • • • • • • • • Established on 27th May 1967 7th fastest growing city in the world at 5% p.a Population (2015e) 21million Population Rank – 1st Contributes about 30% to Nigeria’s GDP Consumes more than 60% of Nigeria’s energy Accounts for 90% of Nigeria’s foreign trade flows Accounts for 70% of all industrial investments Generates over 50% of Nigeria’s port revenues 70% of state revenues is internally generated Lagos recently signed an MoU with Dubai for a Smart City deal that will see Lagos emerge as the first Smart City in Africa Bustling Lagos Metropolis The Eko Atlantic Project Dream 22 Key Sectors in Focus Agriculture – Dairy & Feed (Fish) • • • The dairy sector has emerged the second largest segment in the food and beverage industry in Nigeria with estimated revenue of N347 billion in 2013 and an estimated compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of 8 per cent over the last three years. With demand for milk estimated at 1.7 million tonnes, about 1.2 million tonnes in excess of domestic supply, which was estimated at 591,470 tonnes. Imported milk powder accounts for over 75 per cent of the Industry’s input. The short shelf-life of milk and the absence of the required infrastructure to operate cold supply chain make it difficult to distribute fresh milk in commercial quantities, thus, limiting the development of local dairy farming. Domestic fish farming is becoming a major farming activity in the south and the production of local fish feed is not optimal at this time. UDENRIGSMINISTERIET, MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF DENMARK Key Sectors in Focus Contd. Infrastructure • • 23 Cold Chain Development: With the current administrations strategy on improving agriculture and food production for both consumption and export market, there is increased urgency and focus on developing and maintaining proper cold-chain systems for storage and distribution of such produce. Another such example of the urgent need for this is the current rehabilitation of the Nigerian Airports by the federal government through its managing body (FAN): There is currently an ongoing interest for investment opportunities in Nigeria airports, for both local and foreign investors. UDENRIGSMINISTERIET, MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF DENMARK Eko Atlantic Eko Atlantic is an entire new coastal city being built on Victoria Island adjacent to Lagos, Nigeria, to solve the chronic shortage of real estate in the world’s fastestgrowing megacity. It is a focal point for investors capitalising on rich development growth based on massive demand – and a gateway to emerging markets of the continent. Designers Eko Atlantic have also included the construction of a power plant of 70 megawatts (MW) with production capacity may be increased up to 1.5 gigawatts as and as the island will develop. The management of different infrastructures of Eko Atlantic will be fully entrusted to private companies Lagos Renewable Water Transportation • • • • Transportation in Lagos is essentially road based. The high population, coupled with the lack of infrastructural expansion to cope with the increasing population, often result in heavy traffic congestion within the city Most importantly, the existing public transport system in Lagos is grossly inadequate and therefore unable to meet present and future travel demand of citizens. The cost of doing business in Lagos highly expensive and sometimes prohibitive. It is estimated that Lagos State lose N250b to traffic annually The Lagos State Government which has restated its commitment to improve and sanitize the water transportation system safe and efficient movement of people and goods wants to achieve this through PPP. 24 Eko Atlantic May, 2016 UDENRIGSMINISTERIET, MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF DENMARK Eko Atlantic – May 2016 25 UDENRIGSMINISTERIET, MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF DENMARK Key Sectors in Focus Power Generation and Supply • • • • • • 26 With a current peak generation of less that 3,000MW and a demand of about 12,800MW, Nigeria is a strong market for renewable solutions. This also includes the government's encouragement of localised smart metre production/assembly With the strong focus on developing and improving revenues from industrial estates, and the big deficit in sustainable power, there is some potential for investors here Germany and the US are quite active in this sector Nigeria has enormous solar energy potential, with fairly evenly distributed solar radiation averaging 19.8 MJ/m2/day-1 and an average of six hours of sunshine a day. The assumed potential for concentrated solar power and photovoltaic generation is around 427,000 MW. According to estimates, if only 5% of the suitable land in central and northern Nigeria was designated for solar thermal use, this would provide result in theoretical generating capacity of 42,700 MW. Wind energy potential is very modest, with annual average speeds of about 2.0 m/s in the coastal region and 4.0 m/s at heights of 30m in the far north of the country. Nigeria’s biomass resources mainly comprise crops, forage grasses, shrubs, animal waste and waste from forestry, agriculture, and municipal and industrial activities. Crops such as sweet sorghum, maize and sugar cane are the most promising feedstocks for biofuel production. Estimates put the daily production of animal waste in Nigeria at about 227,500 tonnes, which could produce about 6.8 million m3 of biogas ICT The new generation’s path to discovery Nigerian youths are beginning to take their destinies into their own hands. They are currently making strides in services, innovation and entrepreneurship like most other youths around the world. One sector which has seen the positive effect of this is the IT sector. Drawing from statistics of Nigeria’s rebased GDP figures, information and communication technologies (ICT) and its sub-sectors are key drivers of Nigeria’s impressive economic growth. And more interestingly, the major players in this tech-shift aren’t foreigners but Nigerians at large. They have taken the bulls by the horns, cashing in on the fortunes of IT driven businesses, and contributing immensely to economic and infrastructural development, job creation and youth empowerment. CEO of Konga; the largest E-commerce business in Nigeria 27 Mark Essien CEO & Founder of hotels.ng; Nigeria’s Nr1 hotel booking platform In Nigeria, the IT sector currently contributes 8.7 percent to GDP, according to figures from the country’s ICT Ministry, an equivalent of N6.97 trillion ($44.3 billion) out of the total rebased Gross Domestic product (GDP) of N80.22 trillion ($510 billion). With these innovative ventures seeing largely positive returns, with regards to profit taking, rapid market expansion and overall development, the figures above are expected to hit double digits within the next decade. Oluyomi Ojo Founder/Chief Executive Officer of Nigeria's first online digital print shop, Printivo.com. UDENRIGSMINISTERIET, MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF DENMARK New Forex Policy Update • The Central Bank of Nigeria has ordered Deposit Money Banks and other authorised dealers in the foreign exchange market to allocate 60 per cent of total their total forex purchases from all sources (interbank inclusive) to manufacturers and end users strictly for the purpose of importation of raw materials, plant and machinery. • 9 Nigerian banks banned from access to forex • Indication that the central bank is trying to show responsibility and try to curb corruption • The Chinese….. 28 UDENRIGSMINISTERIET, MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF DENMARK Upcoming Exhibitions A number of exhibitions which have been well received in the past The 2016 WAPIC comes at a time when the regional power industry is facing many challenges, consequently it aims to showcase solutions. It is quoted that doubters don’t overcome challenges, but innovators and entrepreneurs find opportunities and solutions. 23 – 25 NOVEMBER 2016 Now in its third successful year, Agra Innovate West Africa is widely recognised as the region's leading crop production, processing and manufacturing tradeshow, connecting suppliers from some twenty different countries across four different continents to serious local buyers and business partners 29 7 - 9 December 2016 Danish Agriculture & Food Council in cooperation with the Trade Council in Lagos, , Danish Seafood Association and the Confederation of Danish Industries are pleased to invite companies to participate in Nigeria Manufacturing Food in Lagos at the Landmark Centre, Lagos, Nigeria. 30 Contact information for the trade office in Lagos and the embassy in Accra Do not hesitate to contact us if you want to hear more about the business opportunities in Nigeria or West Africa CONSULATE GENERAL OF DENMARK, LAGOS EMAIL: [email protected] EMBASSY OF DENMARK, ACCRA EMAIL: [email protected]