{"id":2926,"date":"2022-08-11T02:30:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-11T00:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/themes.themegoods.com\/dotlife\/demo\/?p=27"},"modified":"2022-09-10T18:15:30","modified_gmt":"2022-09-10T16:15:30","slug":"africas-business-opportunities-and-how-to-succeed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/victoriatrochoux.com\/fr\/africas-business-opportunities-and-how-to-succeed\/","title":{"rendered":"Africa&#8217;s business opportunities and how to succeed\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><strong>Get an overview of Africa&#8217;s business opportunities and how to succeed there<\/strong><\/strong>.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:16px\">Africa is called the &#8220;<strong>Mother Continent<\/strong>&#8221;&nbsp;due to its being the oldest inhabited continent on Earth, according to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/education.nationalgeographic.org\/resource\/africa-human-geography\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">human geographic scientists<\/a>. What is fantastic about that, is that Africa is considered to be one of the poorest continents in the world. However, for some years now, investors have understood that Africa is more than what we hear. Africa is an emerging economic region that will do even better in the next ten years. Why? Because <strong>African countries have diversified economies, which offers huge opportunities<\/strong>.<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Africa is the fastest-growing economic region in the world.<br>If you want to start investing, this the right place. <\/p><cite><a href=\"https:\/\/victoriatrochoux.com\/fr\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"www.victoriatrochoux.com\">Victoria Trochoux<\/a>, Entrepreneur &amp; Keynote Speaker<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>8 reasons to consider doing business in Africa<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\" style=\"font-size:16px\"><li>An urbanizing and fast-growing population<\/li><li>African economies are industrializing<\/li><li>Innovations are unleashing agricultural and resource wealth<\/li><li>Africa is pushing to close its infrastructure gap<\/li><li>High potential for increasing digital and mobile access<\/li><li>Huge interest in commercialisation<\/li><li>High and positive amount of young skilled workers<\/li><li>Business-friendly environment<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What are the industries to start investing in?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:16px\">According to <a href=\"https:\/\/africa-hr.com\/blog\/5-business-opportunities-in-africa\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/africa-hr.com\/blog\/5-business-opportunities-in-africa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">specialists<\/a>, for entrepreneurs ready to solve problems and innovate to meet Africa\u2019s unmet needs, there are tremendous opportunities for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brookings.edu\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.brookings.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">growth<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-tiled-gallery aligncenter is-style-square\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__gallery\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__row columns-3\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Agriculture - Africa\" data-height=\"1253\" data-id=\"3524\" data-link=\"https:\/\/victoriatrochoux.com\/africas-business-opportunities-and-how-to-succeed\/pexels-photo-2063892-1\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/victoriatrochoux.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/pexels-photo-2063892-1-1024x682.jpeg\" data-width=\"1880\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/victoriatrochoux.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/pexels-photo-2063892-1-1024x682.jpeg?ssl=1&amp;resize=1253%2C1253\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Power and renewable energy - Africa\" data-height=\"1253\" data-id=\"3525\" data-link=\"https:\/\/victoriatrochoux.com\/africas-business-opportunities-and-how-to-succeed\/pexels-photo-414807\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/victoriatrochoux.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/pexels-photo-414807-1024x682.jpeg\" data-width=\"1880\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/victoriatrochoux.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/pexels-photo-414807-1024x682.jpeg?ssl=1&amp;resize=1253%2C1253\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Transport - Africa\" data-height=\"1252\" data-id=\"3526\" data-link=\"https:\/\/victoriatrochoux.com\/africas-business-opportunities-and-how-to-succeed\/pexels-photo-2226458\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/victoriatrochoux.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/pexels-photo-2226458-1024x682.jpeg\" data-width=\"1880\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/victoriatrochoux.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/pexels-photo-2226458-1024x682.jpeg?ssl=1&amp;resize=1252%2C1252\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/figure><\/div><\/div><div class=\"tiled-gallery__row columns-3\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Low-cost Education - Africa\" data-height=\"1253\" data-id=\"3527\" data-link=\"https:\/\/victoriatrochoux.com\/africas-business-opportunities-and-how-to-succeed\/pexels-photo-5198239\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/victoriatrochoux.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/pexels-photo-5198239-1024x682.jpeg\" data-width=\"1880\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/victoriatrochoux.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/pexels-photo-5198239-1024x682.jpeg?ssl=1&amp;resize=1253%2C1253\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Retail - Africa\" data-height=\"1253\" data-id=\"3528\" data-link=\"https:\/\/victoriatrochoux.com\/africas-business-opportunities-and-how-to-succeed\/pexels-photo-264507\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/victoriatrochoux.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/pexels-photo-264507-1024x682.jpeg\" data-width=\"1880\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/victoriatrochoux.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/pexels-photo-264507-1024x682.jpeg?ssl=1&amp;resize=1253%2C1253\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Retail clothes - Africa\" data-height=\"1300\" data-id=\"3529\" data-link=\"https:\/\/victoriatrochoux.com\/africas-business-opportunities-and-how-to-succeed\/pexels-photo-2002717\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/victoriatrochoux.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/pexels-photo-2002717-683x1024.jpeg\" data-width=\"867\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/victoriatrochoux.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/pexels-photo-2002717-683x1024.jpeg?ssl=1&amp;resize=867%2C867\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" style=\"font-size:16px\"><li>Agriculture<\/li><li>Power and renewable energy<\/li><li>Transportation<\/li><li>Low-cost education<\/li><li>Retail<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><strong>What is the smartest way to get started?<\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:16px\">The common characteristic of these businesses is their ability to envision the continent&#8217;s unmet needs as opportunities for entrepreneurship. In addition, they are committed to building businesses that will endure over the long term. Africa&#8217;s fastest growing and most profitable businesses often see <strong>challenges as an opportunity for innovation<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:16px\">Likewise, <strong>successful African innovators are aware of the barriers to their business&#8217; success<\/strong> and ensure that their <strong>business models are designed to be resilient for the long term<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile is-image-fill\" style=\"grid-template-columns:41% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/victoriatrochoux.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Victoria-Trochoux-Keynote-Speaker.jpeg);background-position:50% 50%\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"559\" height=\"559\" src=\"https:\/\/victoriatrochoux.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Victoria-Trochoux-Keynote-Speaker.jpeg\" alt=\"Victoria Trochoux - Keynote Speaker\" class=\"wp-image-3036 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/victoriatrochoux.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Victoria-Trochoux-Keynote-Speaker.jpeg 559w, https:\/\/victoriatrochoux.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Victoria-Trochoux-Keynote-Speaker-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/victoriatrochoux.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Victoria-Trochoux-Keynote-Speaker-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/victoriatrochoux.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Victoria-Trochoux-Keynote-Speaker-440x440.jpeg 440w, https:\/\/victoriatrochoux.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Victoria-Trochoux-Keynote-Speaker-100x100.jpeg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 559px) 100vw, 559px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h1 class=\"has-text-color wp-block-heading\" style=\"color:#000000;font-size:19px\">Who is <strong>Victoria Trochoux<\/strong> ?<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Victoria Trochoux began her career as a Management Consultant, focusing on Airbus&#8217; Information Systems. In 2017, she co-founded her first company in the Luxury Tourism industry and collaborated regularly with American Express for high-end services. Alongside her second company, she began to provide <strong>la Strat\u00e9gie d'Entreprise<\/strong> lectures to French and English-speaking future executives.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">En tant que <strong>Conf\u00e9renci\u00e8re Professionnelle<\/strong> since 2021, Victoria Trochoux has delivered numerous conferences in <strong>France as well as abroad<\/strong>.&nbsp;Through her powerful message of self-belief, she inspires her audience to recognise their own value in business and in personal relationships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-font-size is-style-fill has-small-font-size\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"https:\/\/tally.so\/r\/mRGLEQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Book Victoria as a Keynote Speaker<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The common characteristic of these businesses is their ability to envision the continent&#8217;s unmet needs as opportunities for entrepreneurship. In addition, they are committed to building businesses that will endure over the long term. Africa&#8217;s fastest growing and most profitable businesses often see challenges as an opportunity for innovation.<\/p>\n<p>Likewise, successful African innovators are aware of the barriers to their business&#8217; success and eensure that their business models are designed to be resilient for the long term.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3265,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,17],"tags":[38,22,36,23],"class_list":["post-2926","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entrepreneur","category-executive","tag-business-in-africa","tag-direction","tag-executive","tag-vision-goal-setting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/victoriatrochoux.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2926","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/victoriatrochoux.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/victoriatrochoux.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/victoriatrochoux.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/victoriatrochoux.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2926"}],"version-history":[{"count":30,"href":"https:\/\/victoriatrochoux.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2926\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3533,"href":"https:\/\/victoriatrochoux.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2926\/revisions\/3533"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/victoriatrochoux.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3265"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/victoriatrochoux.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/victoriatrochoux.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/victoriatrochoux.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}