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The constant economic growth has allowed to slow down migration and to enhance the exports, the infrastructures and the flow of foreign investment/capital inflows. Moroccan industry is among the most attractive in Africa. The agri-food industries and the textile industries are very developed but also the chemical industry, the petrochemical, the electronic, the automotive, the informatic/software system and the shipbuilding.

According to the International Monetary Fund, Ethiopia is one of the world’s fastest growing economies. In Ethiopia there is a system of cement, textile and food industry. The Country is the biggest coffee producer in Africa. The most important import goods are : ‘khat’, gold, leather goods and oilseed. The recent growth of floriculture could take the Country to become the one of the top exporter in the world.

Ghana’s economy is mainly based on agriculture and the exploitation of mineral resources. The diamond, gold, silver, iron, manganese and bauxite fields are very rich/high. The sawmills, the laboratories where furniture is produced and poligrafici are very common. The agriculture accounts for over 30% of Ghana’s GDP. Among the agricultural export producers, cocoa is predominant.

One of the most prosperous economies of Africa, based mainly on the exportation of raw materials, among which that of wood of mahogany. Manufacturing sector is a sector of great importance, mainly thanks to the discovery of oil fields off the coast.

Nigeria’s economy is the 26th world economy by nominal GDP and it is the first of the African continent. Mineral resources include, in addition to oil, coal and pond. The most important agricultural products are pal oil, coconut, citrus fruit, corn, cassava, yam, sugar cane. Nigeria, Ivory Coast and Ghana together produce 2/3 of the world’s cocoa.

South Africa’s economy is the second in Africa after the Nigerian one, but it’s the first on GDP per capita and il plays a leading role in the development of the region itself. South Africa is an emerging market with a great abundance of natural resources and very high developed sectors e.g. that of communication, energy and transport, and with a very important manufacturing regional hub of a G20 member State, the only one in Africa.

Cameroon enjoys a great deal of political and social stability. This has contributed to the development of the agriculture but also streets, railways and to a very developed industry linked to oil production and to timber. The forests provide different precious essences (ebony, mahogany, iroko). The main important transformation products are pal oil and rubber. The livestock is rich and contribute very strongly to satisfy the demand for food.

Senegal’s economy is among the most developed in Africa and it is the 4th in the westner region after Nigeria, Ivory Coast and Ghana. Senegal is very oriented towards Europe and Asia and his most important European business partners are France and Italy.

Egypt is the most populated country of the Arabic World and the third one in the African Continent. The Country knew a growth of the population of about 46% between 1994 and 2014, as the effect of a generalized improvement in living standards. Agriculture, manufacture and tourism are the most relevant economic activities.

Kenya represents the economic, financial and logistic hub of Eastern Africa. The GDP has grown over 5% in the last decade. Agriculture represents one-third of the GDP of the Country and it is the most relevant economic sector. The tourism became more and more important for the Kenyan economy, as it grew its incidence in the GDP by 20% from 2017.

This Country records a strong growth of the economy with a focus on the tourism sector and hotel infrastructures. It presents a favorable environment for foreign investments and a very important trading port: the Cotonou Port. The political economy of this Country involves the implementation of some remarkable infrastructural investments.