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When I think of Sub-Saharan Africa I see the complete opposite of The United States. I think of poverty, no Internet & cell phones( no texting, social media), no malls/shopping centers. I think of villages and people having farms and growing crops. Africa is approximately 15 of earths land & even with one of the largest countries in the world, it is one of the lest developed countries. However, even though Africans economy is not where it is suppose to be, West Africa is becoming more developed & offers more economic opportunities than other parts of Africa. Many tribes are moving towards West Africa to start a better life for themselves & and their families. However Africa needs more infrastructure which includes; high speed highways, railroads

Using the product/market expansion grid shown in Figure 2, apply the growth opportunities available to managers in Starbucks Turkey.

As many know through the news, Sub- Saharan Africa is not a wealthy nor financially stable

The concept of DEPTH is a call for more diversification, more export competitiveness, more productivity increases, more technological upgrading, and more improvements in human well-being in order to beckon in the economic transformation of Africa. Now is the time to expand upon the already growing African market, as is evident by the fact that 6 of 10 of the fastest growing countries in the world are located it Sub-Saharan Africa . However, there has been little to no development in the structure of the Sub-Saharan economy in the past four decades. Africa still hemorrhages natural resources, with little infrastructure to expand into the manufacturing of final goods. Economies remain reliant on agro and extractive sectors, leaving the population

Kingsley Moghalu author of Emerging Africa: How the Global Economy's Last Frontier Can Prosper argues that the African economic can be transformed once there is a paradigm shift. which includes African countries creating complex products, the development of a stronger intuition, the use of propaganda and development of central banks. He believes that African countries can gain wealth and prosperity once these paradigm shifts are applied.

The region is made up of 48 countries with a population of 973.4 million as correct of 2014 (The World Bank). Furthermore, over 60% of that demographic is under 30, showing promise for an increasing working age population. Africa can use this vast labour potential to increase GDP and therefore increase the wealth of the continent.

Africa is the world’s poorest inhabited continent, with more than one third of its residents living on less than a comparative US dollar per day. Africa is stereotyped as poor, overpopulated, and uncivilized. Historians refer to Africa as one united land mass rather than multiple independent nations. Africa’s limited use of technology, agricultural based economy, and independent self-government prior to independence has made gathering data on the continent difficult. Africa as a whole has little data

The fundamental opportunity that Adesemi and Celtel saw prior to entry in to Sub Saharan African (SSA) markets was namely to serve a market with astronomical and pent up demand. In 1995 there were 12 mobile phone subscriptions for every 100 people in the U.S but only one per 1000 people and one fixed telephone line for every 100 people in SSA. (Exhibit 1) These markets prevented a massive opportunity for companies looking to access more than 600 million people by bringing affordable telecommunications, while at the same enriching the lives of the poor.

     There are over 40 countries in sub-Saharan Africa and the wealth of natural resources and the prevalence of wealth in the northern segments of Africa have led many to speculate about the equity and economic development in the sub-Sahara. Unfortunately, the progression of economic, political and social factors in this region have done little to improve the overall conditions, and have instead demonstrated a consistent bias towards the government and the social elites that has impacted the chances of successful development in the region. Since the end of World War II, changes in the infrastructure, the political forces, and in the capacity for collective action in many of

It is no secret that Africa is thought of as the poor cousin on the global scale. Pictures of starving African children are beamed into American households every day, and so it is no wonder that Africa is not considered viable ground for investment. A lot of American companies have

At the moment, there is a lot of hope for the economic development of Africa and its government, its potential for western policy and globalization to promote growth on the continent. Globalization is the rise of political, cultural, and economical ties across international boundaries that way significantly on African countries, especially through the building of nonactive phases among its nations, by bringing down barriers in the areas of business and culture. Globalization has become one of the growing discussions and concerns in economic groups since the mid-1990s, and continues to grow.

Some of the world’s poorest countries, with some of the highest child labor and illiteracy rates lie in Sub Saharan Africa. People generally associate the region only with poor economic conditions and all of the social disorder that goes along with 3rd World Status. While some of this reputation is deserved, many people are also failing to see the vast potential for this part of the world. There are several factors that African governments should look into if they want to effectively and efficiently revamp this areas quality of life. One way to do so is by improving the more crucial aspects to healthy functioning region, for example, allowing children to possess their natural rights to a decent education. This could influence an increase

The conglomerate goliath, Walmart, is an extraordinary organization that has expanded across international borders with soaring sales through its strategic business approaches. With 25% of Walmart’s business coming from its international operations, there was only a matter of time before the corporate giant set its eyes on the African continent. Due to slow domestic sales and growth in 2009 and 2010, it was necessary that Walmart expand its international business in order to increase profitability and avoid stagnation. With a growing middle class and rising wages, Africa became a prime target for Walmart’s growth and development. However, in order to successfully grow in this new arena, Walmart needed to create a strategy to accomplish its goals.

Africa is a rapidly urbanizing continent, experiencing tremendous growth and transformation with an increasing concentration of cities. Today, it boasts a greater number of urban dwellers than Europe, Australia, North or South America. However, situations were not always so promising. The arrival of imperialism and the start of colonial rule in the 19th century served to exploit the growth of physical, economic, and human resources of a flourishing Africa to benefit European powers. By setting severe economic and social restrictions on things such as trade and education, the Europeans developed a colonized state which arrested all other natural development of the African system. Nonetheless, during the approximately five and half decades after independence, citizens began to slowly migrate to city hubs around the continent as various countries like Ethiopia and Tanzania developed socially and politically. This movement from rural to urban, a typical mobility characteristic of Africa, resulted in an expansion of leadership, institutions, and technical domains such design and finance. Urbanization has thus played a significant role in the development of factors including gender, inequality, and economic growth, as well as downturn. However, it has presented both opportunities and challenges which, in turn, have impacted the state of cities in modern-day Africa.

Marked by strong growth rates and an ever expanding economy, the African continent is bidding to attract investors and capital from abroad. Increasingly, civil society, and especially women are keen to partake in the growth process through entrepreneurial mobilisation. Examples of individual and collective successes are abound.