Welcome to the Africa Investment Technology Platform (A-I-T-P). A platform that highlights and showcases African start-ups, businesses, and trending companies in Africa for everyday investors from around the globe. For the past decade, or more, we have talked to hundreds of start-ups and small businesses in Africa to understand the financial obstacles they face each day. We have also studied growth trends within communities to identify hundreds of growing markets that are emerging as a result of the growth of consumerism, and the emerging middle-class across Africa.
Why Africa
Why not Africa? Africa is the largest continent on the planet, and is home to approximately 1.4 billion people, with communities growing rapidly each day. Africa also has majority of the world’s natural resources and the raw materials which civilization needs to survive. A secret that is constantly being withheld from the global community is that wealthy companies, and countries, are reaping the benefits of human capital that is coming from Africa through immigration. Especially from emerging countries like Nigeria in healthcare, and this has left a serious voids within the continent which has led to communities being even more impoverished.
Why Invest in African Companies
Unless you have been living under a rock for the past decade, you need only look around you to see how badly Europe and North America have led the world into crushing financial meltdowns. This has led to severe impoverishment within global communities within emerging countries like India and Africa. Today, as social media and globalization are taking hold around us, and uncovering serious issues, investing safely in growing communities is the only remedy outside the norm of investing with fear and greed. During the global shutdown brought on by Covid-19 the US lost 500,000 souls, thereby exposing gaps in it’s so-called “First-world” healthcare system. Something which they have bragged about for decades as being the leader. However, Africa only lost 25,000 souls.
Africa Remains Immune to Global Catastrophes
During the 2004 oil crisis, which lead to the global financial meltdown, Africa maintained a steady 3-5% growth rate from 2004-2010 compared to wealthy countries that only experienced zero-to-negative growth rates. Although Africa has always been characterized as the “Dark Continent” by wealthy countries, which is only “Dog-whistle” language amongst them that Africa is a region to be plundered. But sentiments, perceptions, and awareness are changing. Our research shows that Africa being a so-called “Dark Continent” simply means it is the least researched, least capitalized region in the world, despite having vast amounts of wealth.
China’s Role In Africa
China is the second largest economy in the world next to the United States, and will surpass the U.S. as the world’s largest economy by 2035. China also owns 30% of U.S. assets, and is moving the Yuan to become the world’s reserve currency in the near future. However, China wants to invest $6 trillion dollars in Africa by 2040, and is aggressively building and developing infrastructure inside Africa such as rail lines, seaports, airports, and so much more. China is also restructuring its economy from being the world’s manufacturer and supplier, to a global financial lending powerhouse. This means unlike the United States, which only plays politics with its currency focusing mainly on sanctions, China wants to increase its wealth and influence by becoming a global financial lender to the entire globe. This is great for Africa because based on our experience Africa is the only region that can manufacture products much cheaper than China due to its vast resources.