Frontier Markets in Africa

EENI- School of International Business

Subject (Course): Frontier Markets in Africa (Nigeria, Kenya, Angola, Ghana, Ethiopia). Syllabus:

Nigeria is the first world's frontier market.

1. Introduction to the Frontier Markets in Africa
2. The African context
3. The emergence of African middle-classes
4. Reduction of conflicts in Africa
5. Human Development in Africa
6. Regional Integration in Africa
7. Improving the business environment in Africa
8. Africa is not a hostile region for investment
9. Who is investing in Africa?
   1. Emerging Countries
   2. Investment inflows to Africa
10. Key sectors: Natural Resources and Telecommunications
11. Africa: the world's largest labour market

Sample of the subject - Frontier Markets in Africa:

Economic Area of the African Civilisation.

Subject Description: Frontier Markets in Africa.

African economic growth last decade: 5%

1. Better governance in Africa.
2. The role of the African institutions
3. Less conflicts (less conflicts in Africa than in Asia)
4. Urbanisation (353 millions of people)
5. Human development
6. African demand
7. Regional Integration in Africa. Towards the African Continental Free-Trade Area
8. Intra-African trade
9. New emerging partners
10. Top sectors: distribution, transport, telecommunications, manufacturing, trade and services.
11. Emerging African middle-class: 350 millions of people (34% of the African population). 1,100 million in 2040 (42% of the African population).
12. Young African population: 60% (world's largest labour market)

Africa: twenty global frontier markets (50% of the total).

1. Asia and the Middle East: three frontier markets.
2. Latin America: two frontier markets.
3. The first frontier market in the World: Nigeria.
4. Kenya, Angola, Ghana, Ethiopia, Morocco, Tanzania, Algeria, Ivory Coast, Zambia, Uganda

Africa: the next emerging continent.