In terms of global population, Africa is by far the fastest growing region. 1.4 billion people today, expected to grow past 2 billion in next 20 years. Those huge numbers are hard to grasp. They boil down to 2.5 million more people living in Africa… each month. 2.5 million more people who need to eat… every day. 5 million every two months. 10 million every four months. 30 million more people each year, every year, for the next many decades.
Even without that growth the investment opportunities in the food/ag sector in Africa were already compelling. Over 1 billion people to feed each day, replacing the ubiquitous informal supply chains with more efficient, lower cost, profitable solutions. Add to that a demand that steadily grows each month, doubling in size over the next two decades.
All in economies that are mostly uncoupled and uncorrelated from the United States, European Union, China, and the rest of the so-called “Global North” and all of their geo-political issues.
