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Kenya - Electric buses

Opibus, a Swedish and Kenyan-owned green mobility company, is developing environmentally friendly bus models for public transport.

AfCFTA negotiations

AfCFTA negotiations on rules of origin have already reached agreement on more than 80% of products.

Chinese lending to african countries

Beijing’s lending to low-income and middle-income countries is provided on less generous terms than loans from OECD-DAC

Car manufacturing - Nigeria

Only one company produces 100% Nigerian vehicles.

Degree of Prosperity

Over the period 2011-2021, several African countries have improved their world rank in terms of prosperity

Nigeria - GDP

Nigeria’s GDP stood at USD 432bn in 2020, confirming the country’s position as the largest economy in Africa

Alstom - Maroc

Astom Maroc is creating a new production line for on-board transformers.

Lagazel - Benin

Benin: the company Lagazel (Saint-Galmier – Loire) inaugurates a workshop for manufacturing solar lamps and kits in Porto Novo (Benin).

Car manufacturing sector in Ivory Coast

Official inauguration of the local assembly unit of new vehicles of Sotra Industrie (Ivory Coast)

The “Letter” of the Observatoire – n°28 – Novembre/December 2021

“Financing Deep Tech” – By Anastasia Nedayvoda, Fannie Delavelle, Hoi Ying So, Lana Graf, Louise Taupin – Publication IFC / BpiFrance – Special Note 1 – October 2021. How to optimize the financing of “Deep Tech” in the context of emerging countries ?

” Industrializing sub-Saharan Africa – Proposal of Business Model for a Hydrogen Powered Buses Manufacturing Cluster” – Observatoire Europe-Afrique 2030 – Case Study 17 – December 26^th, 2021

“The manufacturing sector is a key driver of African economic growth” (Observatoire Europe-Afrique 2030 -Case study no.16 – 10th May 2021)

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“Africa’s Top 250 Companies in 2021” (African Business – July 2021)

As of 09/18/2021, the World Container Index (Drewry) stands at $ 10,374 for a standard 40 ‘container, an increase of 112% since May 2021 !

(June 2021) “China and Western Aid Norms in the Belt and Road: Normative Clash or Convergence? A Case Study on Ethiopia” – Mario Esteban & Iliana Olivié – 30th June 2021 – Journal of Contemporary China.

“Laying the Tracks: The Political Economy of Railway Development in Ethiopia’s Railway Sector and Implications for Technology Transfer”. (Working Paper No. 2021/43 – Yunnan Chen. 2021. – China Africa Research Initiative, School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, Washington, DC.)

« Proposed AfCFTA investment protocol should be simplified to attract FDI » – The Guardian (Nigeria) – 08th July 2021

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