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BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES IN GHANA AND TOGO

AFRICA

09/12/2015

Togo Business Opportunities

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Collective GDP By 2020

$2,6 Trillion

Consumer SpendingBy 2020

$1.4 Trillion

Working ageBy 2040

1.1 Billion

Houses - stadyincome by 2020

128 million

Living in CitiesBy 2030 50 %

CONTENT

Introduce our team

Organizations we visited in Ghana & Togo

Meeting procedures

Business Opportunities in Ghana

Government Incentives in Ghana

Togo Business Environment

Business Opportunities in Togo

Concrete project proposals

Discussion

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THE TEAM - GHANA

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ORGANISATION WE VISITED

GHANA

Electricity Company of Ghana

Association of Ghana Industries

University of Ghana

Ministry of Education

Social Welfare-Accra

Ghana Investment Promotion Agency

Tourism Development Board

Export Promotion Authority

Ministry of Transport

TOGO

11 Ministries

8 Public Institutions

1 International organization

3 Private enterprises

The royal family

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MEETING PROCEDURES

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OPPORTUNITIES IN DIFFERENT SECTORS

Energy

Human R. Development and training

Education & Tourism

Waste management

Manufacturing & Transportation

Agriculture sector

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HRM DEVELOPMENT

More productive organizational culture

Time and attendance systems

HRM systems

Human resource education

Training in different fields

UNIVERSITY

Research & Development

Curriculum Development

Student exchange

Ph.D. Exchange development

Joint Project proposals

Limited Health institution

Training Social workers.

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ENERGY

600 MW deficit of energy (over 20%

Green energy 1% (government goal at least 10%)

Procurement of tools, safety and protection equipment

Replacement of existing customer meters with SMART/AMR prepayment meters

Voltage improvement projects

Smart grid project

WASTE MANAGEMENT

400tonnes of solid waste (Accra & Kumasi)

Waste management solutions

Recycling solutions

Waste to power

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MANUFACTURING

Lack of capital

Packaging materials

Machinery

Storage facilities and systems

Energy shortage

AGRICULTURE

Processing of agricultural products (drying, packaging fruits, Fish processing, fruits to juices)

Cold chain equipment

Fertilizers, pesticides, veterinary drugs and vaccines, animal feed

Irrigation, irrigable area 346 000 hectares only 10 000 developed

Heavy equipment (tractors, ploughs, combine harvesters etc.)

Inadequate storage facilities are constraints and causes high post-harvest losses

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TRANSPORTATION

Infrastructure updates needed (Railroad tracks available 947km, in use 14% of available rail road track)

Big opportunity in inland water way traffic.

Government wants a national airline with max 10% ownership looking for investors.

Expansion of the harbours

Long haul bus connections

TOURISM

1,093 million tourists per year

10,562 hotel rooms

Infrastructure (Conference tourism, hotels, beaches, etc.)

540km of undeveloped and unexplored coast line.

There is a need for tourism and hospitality management schools/competences

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EQUITY REQUIREMENT FOR FOREIGN INVESTORS

Joint-venture ($200,000 minimum foreign equity)

Wholly Foreign ($500,000 minimum foreign equity)

General Trading ($1,000,000 minimum foreign equity)

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INCENTIVES (Tax Holidays)

SECTOR No. Of Years

Real Estate 5 years

Rural Banks After 10 years tax holidays

Cattle ranching 10 years

Tress cropping (e.g. coffee, oil palm, shea-butter and coconut) 10 years

Livestock excluding cattle and poultry 5 years

Fish farming, poultry and cash crops 5 years

Afro-processing-converting fish, livestock into edible canned products

5 years

Waste Processing (including plastics and polythene) 7 years

Free zone enterprises/Development (after 10 years of operation)

8%

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TOGO

Togo Business Opportunities

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MEMBER OF: WAEMU & ECOWAS

GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION

PROGRESS-DEBT REDUCTION

PEACE AND STABILITY

GOOD GOVERNANCE

INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES

AVAILABILITY OF LABOR FORCE

PORT AND INTERN.AIRPORTS

FAVORABLE - INCENTIVES

LACK OF TOUGH LOCAL COMPET.

Togo Business Opportunities

INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES

Predominance of Ginning

activities

Nearly Non Existence of

Industrial Spinning

Imports flow at all level of the

sub sector

Thread, raw fabric, prints,

hosier

Incentives to establish

factory

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FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRY

Cassava Derived products

Compound food

Chocolate &

Cocoa-by products

Rice production and processing

Chicken & Egg production

Fish, and meat processing

FRUITS AND JUICE PROCESSING

Tomato Purée

Fruit Juice

Squash and Jam

Sugar Production

Water processing

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Togo Business Opportunities

INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES

CONSTRUCTION AND CERAMIC

Manufacture of Glass products

Production of Tile and Sanitary

Appliances

Cement production

Marble exploitation

Clay-based Bricks and Tiles

OTHER MANUFACTURES

Fertilizers

Pesticides

Compost manufacturing

MINING OPERATIONS

Phosphate

Gas and derivative

Mineral resources

OIL and Derivatives

INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES

HOUSING - OFFICE PREMISSES &

LEISURE

EDUCATION- Vocational & Technical- Teacher Education- Tourism - Hospitality M- Health Care and Social

- Hotels - Beach resorts- Tourism

related infrastructure

HOUSING- For high class- For Middle

Class- For Students

BANKING & FINANCIAL SECTOR

MICRO FINANCE

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CONCRETE PRIVATE PROJECTS PROPOSALS

Togo Business Opportunities

HOUSING PROJECT - STUDENTS : PRIVATE COMPANY

HOUSING PROJECT - PUBLIC - PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP

INHOUSE TOMATO FARMING & PROCESSING PLANT

CHICKEN - EGG - PRODUCTION PROJECT

CONSTRUCTION AND MANAGEMENT OF SPORT FACILITIES

CONSTRUCTION AND MANAGEMENT OF COMMERCIAL MALL

EXTENSION OF PRIVATE CLINIQUE

PRODUCTION OF FARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS

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WEST AFRICA DELIVERY

NETWORK

Services Business

Build Up New Delivery &

Competence Centers as part

of West African Delivery

Network

MANUFACTURING

POSSIBILITIES

Integration/testing

Different Manufacturing

Integration, configuration

Testing of different systems

to be used in other West

African Markets

WEST AFRICAN SOLUTION

CENTER (WASC)

Serving West African Markets

from Togo

Operations and Design Centre

Knowledge Management Center

Hosting

SOFTWARE RESERACH

& DVT. CENTER

IT & ICT Development

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CENTRALIZED SOLUTION CENTER - CSC

Proposal Management

Support of Repetitive Work

PRODUCT DVT &MANAGEMENT

Marketing and R&D

PROJECT HOUSE

Project Planning & Procurement

Implementation & Quality Control

Project Management

Togo Business Opportunities

HOW TO APPROACH THE MARKET

IDENTIFICATION OF KEY

PLAYERS AND

POTENTIAL PARTNERS

DISCUSSION &

PARTNERISHIP

SECURE GVT

SUPPORT

MOBILISING

NEEDED

RESOURCES

OPPORTUNITY

IDENTIFICATION

MARKET ANALYSIS

FEASIBILITY STUDY