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Africa and the United Kingdom: challenges and opportunities to expand UK investments

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Research reports and studies

January 2020 Maximiliano Mendez-Parra, Sherillyn Raga and Lily Somme

This report highlights the opportunities and challenges facing UK firms when investing or conducting business in Africa, with a particular emphasis on the non-extractive sector. It highlights the mutual benefits for Africa, in terms of economic transformation and growth, and for the UK, in diversifying investments in rapidly expanding markets. The study draws from data on UK investments in Africa, and information provided by more than 75 UK companies operating in Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa. read more

Horn of Africa: Guul Group to assist with Asoko Insight digital DealRoom

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Asoko Insight Investment platform

Somalilandsun:”Asoko Insight is facilitating a deal room for the Department of International Trade (DIT) of the UK government to put African companies in touch with British investors.

The digital DealRoom will take advantage of Asoko’s unique data acquisition model and unrivalled corporate database of over 100,000 private African companies to support the UK’s partnership with Africa to build a secure and prosperous future for all our citizens.

This digital deal room launched at the UK-Africa Investment Summit. You may read more about Asoko’s partnership with DIT here: https://www.africa-newsroom.com/press/asoko-launches-department-for-international-trade-dit-dealroom-at-the-forthcoming-ukafrica-investment-summit?lang=en read more

Somaliland: Guul Group Targets $100m Investment in UK’s Post Brexit Africa Engagement Strategy

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the CEO of Guul Group Guleid Harun Ibrahim

Somaliland sun: On 20 January 2020 the United Kingdom hosted the U.K.-Africa investment summit in London. The summit, attended by Prime Minister Boris Johnson and 21 African leaders, focused on the U.K.’s post-Brexit trade and investment relationship with African countries.

While several investment deals were announced on the sidelines of the summit between the UK and African economic powerhouses like Kenya and Nigeria, the yet to be recognised Somaliland wasn’t officially at the table, though numerous local bodies had their sights on outcome. read more