The reason I am giving here are forecasted to be giving their optimum return by 2020 which is only 8 years from now so good strategic planning would starting working on a 5 year plan for implementation in 2015 so that it “blows up” just as we hit 2020. Here is where the smart money should start considering as potential markets. Remember there is more money in adding value to raw materials than there is in selling raw materials or finished products.

1. There will be 5 cities will have annual GDP over $103 billion and 18 cities will have annual GDP of at least $10 billion.

2. Africa has at least 80% of the world’s platinum, chromium and diamonds plus at least 40% of the world’s Gold and Phospate

3. The population is growing at a rate that will see the total population go from 1 billion to 2 billion in 2030. The important thing to consider here is that as the GDP grows in the cities more people will also be able to afford more and with a growing population that translates into more consumers for your products and services

4. Africa is still in infancy in terms of industrial development but the same goes for services as well so consider investing as pioneers in internet based service provision line call centres in Kenya and South Africa providing affordable customer relationship management solutions to international customer. Also consider developing online traning and education services. There is a misconception that Africa is still in the dark ages when it comes to internet use but looking at the statistics of facebook traffic in Africa you will realise that over 15 million people are using 3G connectivity every day much the same way as those in more developed markets

5. Africa needs 2000 extra aeroplance by 2020, if you can’t run an airline think about the support services you can supplier to the airline industry. The opportunities are endless maybe think about starting your own airline, the planes are cheap and often come with their own staff and maintenance but the fuel bills are astronomic, still that’s just small challenge for creative solutions. If you find a lucrative non competitive route like HRE-LON-HRE you will laugh all the way to the bank,,

On that note, I am off to HRE for 1 of a billion reasons!!