If you want to get a sense of how few options domestic and international retailers have when trying to find partners, then consider the case of Côte d’Ivoire. In Côte d’Ivoire, there are two leading retailers: Prosuma, develops Casino's stores in the country and...
For more than a decade, the race among grocery retailers to establish and grow their store footprints across Africa has been ongoing. Most casual observers know about Shoprite – which has stores in 14 countries, and Walmart and Casino, which are each in 13...
In Q2 2015, the average GDP of sub Saharan Africa expanded at the slowest pace since the height of the financial crisis in 2009. Commodities-rich countries such as Nigeria and Angola have been particularly hard hit. Over the course of the second half of the year we...