{"id":1843,"date":"2019-07-16T20:58:40","date_gmt":"2019-07-16T20:58:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.istanbulafrica.com\/?page_id=1843"},"modified":"2020-04-08T09:07:05","modified_gmt":"2020-04-08T09:07:05","slug":"africa","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.istanbulafrica.com\/africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1843\" class=\"elementor elementor-1843\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-64b82e7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"64b82e7\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3006795\" data-id=\"3006795\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-270e4ce elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"270e4ce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"343\" src=\"https:\/\/www.istanbulafrica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Africa-Page-Photo-1024x343.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1954\" alt=\"africa giraffes\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.istanbulafrica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Africa-Page-Photo-1024x343.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.istanbulafrica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Africa-Page-Photo-300x101.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.istanbulafrica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Africa-Page-Photo-768x257.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.istanbulafrica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Africa-Page-Photo-720x241.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.istanbulafrica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Africa-Page-Photo.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a083a68 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a083a68\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1d4351c\" data-id=\"1d4351c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-de9350c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"de9350c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About the Africa Continent<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f59194f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f59194f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4a000ba\" data-id=\"4a000ba\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-02308f7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"02308f7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Africa is the second most populated continent with approximately 1.3 billion people living in 54 independent countries. Africa covers 20% of the total world surface, and some of the earliest civilizations emerged in Africa five thousand years ago. However, in economic terms, Africa is far away from its real potential. Its GDP is only above Oceania and GDP per capita is still below $2,000. According to Worldbank research in 2015, 41% of Sub-Saharan population lives below the poverty line of $1.9 per day.<\/p><p>Despite all these economic disadvantages, African countries are taking serious steps in promoting trade and developing welfare. In March 2018, 44 out of 54 African countries signed the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) in Kigali, Rwanda. The agreement outlines the removal of tariffs on 90% of goods, allowing free access to commodities, goods and services across African countries. If the African Continental Free Trade Agreement enters into force, the Intra-Africa trade can converge to the level of Intra-Asia or Intra-Europe trade.<\/p><p>In the last decade, some African countries were able to attract the attention of foreign investors. Especially, the textiles industry developed rapidly in East Africa. Ethiopia is a great example of industrializaiton for other African countries. In 2017 alone, textiles accounted for the 6.5% of total exports with $144 million total value. 10 years ago, the percentage of textiles was only 2.8% with $53 million total value.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0debe9c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0debe9c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-eecf091\" data-id=\"eecf091\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-c6ae664 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c6ae664\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-e90005b\" data-id=\"e90005b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-42c11d0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"42c11d0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"838\" height=\"614\" src=\"https:\/\/www.istanbulafrica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/afr.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1967\" alt=\"africa gdp per capita\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.istanbulafrica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/afr.png 838w, https:\/\/www.istanbulafrica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/afr-300x220.png 300w, https:\/\/www.istanbulafrica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/afr-768x563.png 768w, https:\/\/www.istanbulafrica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/afr-720x528.png 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 838px) 100vw, 838px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-29b95a6\" data-id=\"29b95a6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d289a17 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d289a17\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"807\" height=\"535\" src=\"https:\/\/www.istanbulafrica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Africa-Population.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1968\" alt=\"africa population growth\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.istanbulafrica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Africa-Population.png 807w, https:\/\/www.istanbulafrica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Africa-Population-300x199.png 300w, https:\/\/www.istanbulafrica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Africa-Population-768x509.png 768w, https:\/\/www.istanbulafrica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Africa-Population-720x477.png 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 807px) 100vw, 807px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8d1d90b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8d1d90b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6125602\" data-id=\"6125602\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e11b561 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e11b561\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Africa consists of historically rich and diverse countries. There is an estimated of 1500-2000 African languages, and more than 3000 tribes in the continent. After the African Independence Movement in 1960s, the economic shape of the continent dramatically changed. The newly formed countries not only kept their historical ties with European countries, but also made trade agreements with American and Asian countries. As a result, the Gross Domestic Product of the continent increased significantly.<\/p><p>When we consider the effects of globalism and population increase, the total GDP is expected to rise faster. However, the African continent is still behind other geographic areas, such as Latin America, East Asia and Middle East. This underdeveloment is caused by major political, social and economic issues: most notably civil wars, lack of infrastructural development, health problems and political system. However, there is a great potential for the development of Africa.<\/p><p>The Sub-Saharan Africa region shows unique characteristics when compared with North Africa. That is why, in some analysis, we separate these 2 regions and include North Africa into Middle East. Sub-Saharan African countries does not have similar GDP and GDP-per-capita levels compared to other developing countries in Latin America and East Asia. You can see the GDP and GDP-per-capita position of Sub-Saharan Africa and other regions in Exhibit 3.<\/p><p>In this report, African countries and their trade balance are highlighted individually in the next section. From a general perspective, we can tell that African countries developed substantially since their independence movements. With better policies and trade strategies, they have a great potential to grow further. We hope that the individual country outlooks will help investors and exporters to understand the current landscape in Africa.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-60f9483 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"60f9483\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3bd8e58\" data-id=\"3bd8e58\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cde3652 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"cde3652\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"723\" src=\"https:\/\/www.istanbulafrica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Africa-economic-comparison-1024x723.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1972\" alt=\"africa and other regions gdp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.istanbulafrica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Africa-economic-comparison-1024x723.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.istanbulafrica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Africa-economic-comparison-300x212.png 300w, https:\/\/www.istanbulafrica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Africa-economic-comparison-768x542.png 768w, https:\/\/www.istanbulafrica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Africa-economic-comparison-720x508.png 720w, https:\/\/www.istanbulafrica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Africa-economic-comparison.png 1283w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-84eb40b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"84eb40b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f7f2324\" data-id=\"f7f2324\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-85bf1fe elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"85bf1fe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The 2019 edition of the Istanbul Africa Trade Company\u2019s Africa Economic Report provides a comprehensive analysis of each country\u2019s economic outlook and potential synergies in the international trade arena. Furthermore, the report provides insights on import and export products in Africa. The report was prepared by Istanbul Africa Trade Company Management and regional partners. You can find the macroeconomic and trade profiles of 20 African countries.<\/p><p>We hope that you will enjoy reading the report and find it useful for your business. Please do not hesitate to contact us for further information regardig relations between African countries and Turkey.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-491f4bc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"491f4bc\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-caf8651\" data-id=\"caf8651\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-bb07207 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bb07207\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-a58215c\" data-id=\"a58215c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-84da858 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"84da858\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.istanbulafrica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/Country-Profiles-oc7hms0bntzysxygcj47ys4xawdf9jnzz4y6vn5vvk.jpg\" title=\"Country Profiles\" alt=\"africa world map\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8749dbf elementor-view-default elementor-position-top elementor-mobile-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-box\" data-id=\"8749dbf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-wrapper\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<span  class=\"elementor-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-icon-box-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span  >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCountry Profiles\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-icon-box-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCountry fact sheet, macroeconomic indicators and trade data.\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-214fd39 elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"214fd39\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"http:\/\/country-profiles\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">View more<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-0de9aa5\" data-id=\"0de9aa5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div 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