Why India needs an integrated approach to up its investment numbers in Africa and why it must match the political outreach with a robust economic model for the continent.
Africa had six of the world’s 10 fastest-growing economies in 2018, according to a World Bank report. Take a look at these numbers. The report pegs East African country Ethiopia’s growth at 8.2 percent, West African nation Ghana’s at continent leading 8.3 percent followed by Cote d’Ivoire’s 7.2 percent, Djiboti’s 7 percent, Senegal’s 6.9 percent, and Tanzania’s 6.8 percent. Another Central African country Rwanda, which overcame along political and ethnic crisis, grew at 8 percent during 2001-2015.
A report by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (Unctad) titled ‘World Investment Report for 2018’, Indian FDI in Africa in 2016-17 at $14 billion was even lower than it was in 2011-12 at $16 billion. In fact, with the exception of the 2015 figures, which jumped due to a single investment of $2.6 billion by ONGC Videsh (OVL) for a stake in the Rovuma gas field of Mozambique in 2014, Indian investment in Africa has been steadily decreasing year on year since 2014. In the larger scheme of things, where the global economy and investment footprints come into play, the decreasing investment figures are a cause of concern.
One of the issues has been that the current climate of investment in African countries itself — the country has seen FDI flows drop 21 percent in 2016-17 according to Unctad. Still, India is the only big investor in Africa to have reduced its investment. China, for example, increased investment from 2011-12, when its investment levels were identical to India’s at $16 billion, to a massive $40 billion in 2016-17.
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