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I SEE MONEY IN AFRICA I SEE MONEY IN AFRICA

WHY INVEST IN AFRICA?

Here are some quick fact.

Demography: 1.2 billion people at present; projected
WHY INVEST IN AFRICA? to be nearly 2.4 billion people by 2050. 1

Vast untapped resources: Africa is the world’s
fastest-growing region for foreign direct investment,
with approximately 30% of the earth’s remaining
mineral resources. Sub-Saharan Africa has six of the
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world’s ten fastest-growing economies. North Africa
has vast oil and natural gas deposits. The Sahara

holds valuable nuclear ore and resources like coltan,
gold, and copper, and the region is full of many more
untapped riches.

But despite these riches, the continent has struggled
to realise its potential.

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