{"id":789,"date":"2015-01-28T13:00:31","date_gmt":"2015-01-28T12:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.iese.edu\/africa\/?p=789"},"modified":"2016-10-28T13:14:38","modified_gmt":"2016-10-28T12:14:38","slug":"african-investments-in-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.iese.edu\/africa\/2015\/01\/28\/african-investments-in-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"African Investments in Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Great news!\u00a0<a class=\"inline-twitter-link inline-tweet-click\" href=\"#\" onclick=\"inline_tweet_sharer_open_win('https:\\\/\\\/twitter.com\\\/intent\\\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblog.iese.edu%2Fafrica%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F789%2F&text=Africa+is+the+second+largest+source+of+greenfield+foreign+direct+investment+projects+in+Africa+');\" title=\"Tweet This!\">Africa is the second largest source of greenfield foreign direct investment projects in Africa <span class=\"non-dashicons\"> <\/span><\/a><strong>. <\/strong>This is\u00a0according to a\u00a0<a title=\"perspective paper on African direct investment\" href=\"http:\/\/columbia.us6.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=ab15cc1d53&amp;id=980c4529a1&amp;e=6f8fc3f180\">perspective paper <\/a>by Ralf Kr\u00fcger and Ilan Strauss published by the<a title=\"Columbia Center on Sustainable Investments\" href=\"http:\/\/ccsi.columbia.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Columbia Center on Sustainable Investments<\/a>. So it looks like <strong>African development\u00a0is finally beginning to come from within the continent.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Over 400 Africa-to-Africa projects<\/strong> (which I like to call intra-African development projects) were carried out between January 2003 and January 2014.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_791\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-791\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.iese.edu\/africa\/files\/2015\/01\/2013-01-09-14.31.09.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-791\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.iese.edu\/africa\/files\/2015\/01\/2013-01-09-14.31.09-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Most Africa-to-Africa projects originate in South Africa\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.iese.edu\/africa\/files\/2015\/01\/2013-01-09-14.31.09-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.iese.edu\/africa\/files\/2015\/01\/2013-01-09-14.31.09-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.iese.edu\/africa\/files\/2015\/01\/2013-01-09-14.31.09-624x468.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-791\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Most Africa-to-Africa projects originate in South Africa<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The bulk of these <strong>originated in:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>South Africa (33%)<\/li>\n<li>Kenya (14%)<\/li>\n<li>Nigeria (12%)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And 45% of these projects<strong> went into<\/strong> the following countries (ranked in decreasing order; % not available):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ghana<\/li>\n<li>Uganda<\/li>\n<li>Tanzania<\/li>\n<li>Nigeria<\/li>\n<li>Kenya<\/li>\n<li>Rwanda<\/li>\n<li>Zambia<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The leading\u00a0source of FDI projects in Africa is still Western Europe, while China holds third place.<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cgdev.org\/sites\/default\/files\/chinese-development-finance-africa_0.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>European investors<\/strong> have been criticized<\/a> at times for taking a <strong>slow and sometimes condescending post-colonial approach.<\/strong> However, Africans appreciate their <strong>concern for at least meeting the CSR standards in their home countries.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In contrast, while <strong>Chinese investments<\/strong> have experienced <strong>significant growth since the turn of the Millennium,<\/strong> they are criticized for<strong> not being as respectful to human rights in general<\/strong>\u00a0 (see a related post of mine on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.iese.edu\/africa\/2014\/06\/11\/the-chinese-presence-in-africa\/\"><strong>the Chinese presence in Africa).<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>During my visit to Nigeria, I heard about the concept of\u00a0<strong><a title=\"Africapitalism Institute\" href=\"http:\/\/www.africapitalisminstitute.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Africapitalism<\/a>. <\/strong>It&#8217;s an economic philosophy that represents<strong> the private sector\u2019s commitment to the economic transformation of Africa through investments that generate both economic prosperity and social wealth.<\/strong> In fact, one conclusion from my interviews with\u00a0business leaders from both Nigeria and Kenya is that they view <strong>economic and social development as tightly linked.<\/strong> I witnessed the <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.iese.edu\/africa\/2014\/02\/17\/in-spite-of-attitude-necessary-for-doing-business-in-africa\/\"><strong>entrepreneurial energy<\/strong><\/a> of these <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.iese.edu\/africa\/2014\/07\/23\/africa-2-0-developing-african-leaders\/\">business leaders,<\/a> and their<strong> conviction that they can make a difference to the continent and its people.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Things are moving in Africa.<\/strong>\u00a0We may be witnessing the rise of <a title=\"Africapitalism Institute\" href=\"http:\/\/www.africapitalisminstitute.org\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Africapitalism.<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0<strong>Who knows &#8211; maybe with their <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.iese.edu\/africa\/2014\/02\/26\/africans-communal-mentality\/\">communal mentality<\/a> Africans will save capitalism from its own flaws.<\/strong>\u00a0Any thoughts?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Great news!\u00a0. This is\u00a0according to a\u00a0perspective paper by Ralf Kr\u00fcger and Ilan Strauss published by the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investments. So it looks like African development\u00a0is finally beginning to come from within the continent. Over 400 Africa-to-Africa projects (which I like to call intra-African development projects) were carried out between January 2003 and January [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1654,"featured_media":795,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[247,77626],"tags":[85369,182,79903,672,67318,782,100462,80751,918,951,1080,1231,24387,1340,1394,85368],"class_list":["post-789","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-strategy","category-entrepreneurship-in-africa","tag-africapitalism","tag-china","tag-communal-mentality","tag-fdi","tag-ghana","tag-globalization","tag-greenfield-investment","tag-internacionalization","tag-investment","tag-kenya","tag-nigeria","tag-rwanda","tag-south-africa","tag-tanzania","tag-uganda","tag-zambia","megacategoria-mc-africa","megacategoria-mc-strategy"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 5.0.1.1 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Africa is the second biggest source of greenfield foreign investment into African development projects. 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