Africa Trade: Exports

Botswana and South Africa are two biggest exporting countries in Africa. South Africa is the world’s biggest producer of gold & diamonds. The country has a well developed law system. South Africa has a large pool of skilled labour and advanced infrastructure and developed financial resources. All these factors are mostly missing from other countries. Advanced in the following streams, the African government along with various funding agencies has taken steps to maintain and bring in more business in South Africa through tenders.

The main exported commodities of African nations are:

• Palm Oil
• Gold
• Diamonds
• Oil
• Cocoa
• Timber
• Precious metals.

Oil export has been the main stay for many economies. Nigeria is one of the world’s largest oil reserves and Africa’s largest oil producer. With its resources, Nigeria can produce 3.2 million barrels/day. However it only produces an average of 2.21 million barrels/day. You can expand your business reach in Nigeria through Africagateway with the help of regular online tenders floated and steps taken for improvement by the local government.

In the last two decades, countries such as Sudan, Angola, and Equatorial Guinea have also benefited due to their oil exports.

Africa Trade: Imports

Africa struggles with food items and basic facilities. It is often under the grip of internal outbreaks, leaving less scope for infrastructural or administrative change over. Therefore, African imports feature medical supplies as well as food items. Africa, in the next few years will be known as the food hub.

The main imported commodities are:

• Machinery and equipment
• Chemicals
• Petroleum products
• Scientific instruments
• Foodstuffs

Machinery and equipments imports have become regular as the region is trying to uplift its productivity and make use of the vast resources.

However, the imports are limited to nations that have a decent level of consumption.

Overall, Africa trade has been helped enormously by other such as Germany, Japan and China that have not only invested a lot in the emerging countries but have been regular African trade partners as well. You can also expand your business reach in Africa with the help of Africagateway in not only Import and Export but in other emerging sectors too.

South Africa has a strong water industry with a track record in innovation. However, much less progress has been achieved on sanitation. Access increased only from 71% to 79% during the same period.

Two distinctive features of the South African water sector are- The policy of free basic water and the existence of water boards- bulk water supply agencies that operate pipelines and sell water from reservoirs to municipalities. In May 2014 it was announced that Durban’s Water and Sanitation Department won the Stockholm Industry Water Award “for its transformative and inclusive approach”, calling it “one of the most progressive utilities in the world ”. The city has connected 1.3 million additional people to piped water and provided 700,000 with access to toilets in 14 years. It also was South Africa’s first municipality to put free basic water for the poor into practice.

Water availability in South Africa varies greatly in space and time. While the West is dry with rainfall only during the summer and as low as 100mm, the East and South-east receive rainfall throughout the year with an average of up to 1,000 mm.

Groundwater is limited due to geologic conditions, but also is extensively utilized in the rural & more arid areas. The main rivers of South Africa are fairly small compared to the large rivers of the world. For example, the discharge of the Nile River alone is about six times higher than the available surface water resources from all South African rivers together.

African government, NGOs and many funding agencies has taken good initiatives to resolve water and sanitation issue in Africa. Online tenders related to Water & Sanitation are available in the following countries of Africa: Ethiopia, Malawi, Botswana, Kenya, Nigeria and Mozambique.

Africagateway is an online portal which provides information on tenders online across the entire Africa with different sectors to choose from. Not only private tenders but government tenders and efforts of government along with various funding agencies are also witnessed for growth in particular sector. Over a team of 300 professionals working, you can subscribe with us on Africagateway and avail a free trial.

Industries like agriculture, construction, real estate, small scale manufacturing companies, tourism, and IT sector has seen great growth in Kenya. Kenya is said to be next hub for IT and food industry in Africa.

Tourism: Kenya’s Tourism has exhibited steady growth in most years since independence, and hence it contributes to almost 61% to the GDP of its country. Tourists, the largest number being from Germany and the United Kingdom, are attracted mainly to the coastal beaches and the game reserves, notably, the expansive East and West Tsavo National Park. Tourism is now Kenya’s largest foreign exchange earning sector followed by flowers, tea, and coffee.

Agriculture: Agriculture is the second largest contributor to Kenya’s gross domestic product (GDP), after tourism. The principal cash crops are tea, horticultural produce, and coffee. These crops are grown in the fertile highlands, one of the most successful agricultural production regions in Africa. Horticultural produce and tea are the main growth sectors and the two most valuable of all of Kenya’s exports. Government on regular basis is floating tenders online in Kenya related to agriculture and its products.

Kenya’s flower industry is rapidly growing. It is recorded to have the highest growth in both volume and value of all horticultural products, including fruits and vegetables.  It is also one of the oldest and largest sectors, maintaining an average growth of 20% per annum after its rapid expansion in the early 1990s.

Africagateway is one of the online portals which help you provide information on tenders in Kenya, projects taking place there and online information on tenders of other countries. 

The Expertise and Local Presence in all countries in Africa helps Businesses with mapping, identification and connecting local and international companies to do business together. It provides professional services including extensive business engagement support through project consortium, bid facilitation outsourcing, eProcurement Platform and Project Execution Support which are essential part of business expansion.

Not only just providing information on tenders, it also helps the customers with:

Business Information Services: Africa Gateway delivers fast and relevant Information for winning contracts opportunities generated from Multilateral funding agencies, Federal & Provincial & Country governments, Public institutions as well as National & International NGOs.

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Africa Gateway helps you to expand your business in various sectors along with various online government tenders, funding agencies and even public tenders in Africa.

The funding agencies like  AFDB (African Development Bank), EU, World Bank, IMF (International Monetary Fund) and WTO (World Trade Organization) are the reasons behind the development and growth prospects which the countries in Africa have witnessed over past few years.

The African Development Fund contributes to poverty reduction and economic and social development in the least developed African countries by providing concessional funding for projects and programs, as well as technical assistance for studies and capacity-building activities. The Fund has cumulatively invested UA 29.4 billion (USD 45 billion) over 40 years in the African continent. The Fund’s resources are replenished every three years by its donor countries.

The World Bank focuses on poverty reduction and the improvement of living standards worldwide by providing low-interest loans, interest-free credit, and grants to developing countries for education, health, infrastructure, and communications, among other things. The World Bank works in over 100 countries.

International Monetary Fund (IMF) fosters economic growth and employment by providing temporary financial assistance to countries to help ease balance of payments adjustment and technical assistance. The IMF currently has $28 billion in outstanding loans to 74 nations.

Africa gateway helps companies from other countries like India, Europe, Middle East and US countries for partnership and joint venture with local African countries. Along with the excellent quality of work delivered through a team of professionals, you can find all tenders related to every sector, countries in Africa from Funding agencies, NGO’s and International entities.

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Africa Gateway is primarily an information services company with its major operations in the Public Procurement domain. Through its professional team of over 300 professional employees, it focuses on setting the standard for tendering excellence. The Expertise and Local Presence in all countries in Africa helps Businesses with mapping, identification and connecting local and international companies to do business together.

A one stop solution for the areas of interest around Africa, includes offering Professionals, Consultants and Companies with analytic and alert tools and also Market Intelligence.

Along with the above mentioned, it  also does  provide  professional services  like  extensive business engagement support through project consortium, lead generation, bid facilitation outsourcing, bidding strategies, eProcurement Platform and Project Execution Support.

What does Africa Online Tenders Information Provide ?
Africa Gateway is Gateway for Companies which provides information on Africa’s Government tenders related to all sectors and countries. Africa Gateway also acts as an consultancy company for companies who are interested in entering Africa market, interested in Lead generation and participating in government tenders.  It helps companies from other countries like India, Europe, Middle East and US countries for partnership and joint venture with local African countries. You can find all tenders related to every sector, countries in Africa from Funding agencies, NGO’s and International entities.

Africa Gateway is a single and dedicated source of information provider for your Entry and to Expand your Reach in Africa.