Observatoire Europe Afrique 2030

• Africa’s economic development is vital  for Europe
• Competitive and sustainable manufacturing activities are key for the african economic development
• In subsaharan Africa, most manufacturing sectors are under international standards (car manufacturing, metal treatment, transport equipment, chemicals, textiles…)
• European enterprises can be involved by developing the “co-production” process
• For the European enterprises, it is an alternative to production in Asian and Central European “low cost” countries.

 

Site content

• 60 indicators comparing the evolution of the 15 African countries and 5 “comparator” countries (China, India, Poland, Serbia, Vietnam) covered by the Observatory, around the following themes.

– Overall attractiveness  

– Political and institutional environment  

– Economic environment  

– Industrial structure  

– Human capital  

– Transport and logistics  

 

• A section entitled “Industrial network” describing recent manufacturing investments in the 15 African countries covered by the Observatory, broken down into 13 activity sectors.

 

•  6 “Dossiers” structured around the following themes:

– Socio-economic issues of manufacturing development  

– Special economic zones  

– Logistics chains  

– “Green” manufacturing sectors

– Compliance with the “Sustainable Development Goals”  

– China / Africa  

 

The Observatory regularly produces case studies and working papers, which can be consulted at the following links:

Chronological list of case studies carried out by the Observatory  

Chronological list of working notes prepared by the Observatory  