Strategy Consulting at Africa Focused Strategy Boutique

Industry

Manufacturing and Distribution

Product

Various

Partner

africon

Period

2017 - 2019

Market

Africa and GCC

Objective

Market Research and Stakeholder Management

Activities

  • Produced a structured country assessment framework for a German Manufacturer of Water Treatment technology, covering industry dynamics, legislation, willingness-to-pay, financial outlook, and political conditions to guide future market selection
  • Defined their product-led Africa market entry strategy, shifting focus from geography-first expansion to a sales driven approach
  • Mapped out key industrial water projects such as mining projects, municipal water treatment and manufacturing waste water CSR
  • Produced a structured country assessment framework for UAE based Aluminium extrusion and fabrication company, covering industry dynamics, legislation, willingness-to-pay, financial outlook, and political conditions to guide future market selection
  • Mapped out market structures across the top selected markets, including pricing analysis, competition and distributor assessment
  • Conducted market research on the automotive assembly activities across the continent for a German automotive assembly engineer company
  • Managed Stakeholder relations with existing assembly companies in Nigeria, Ghana and Kenya and acted as a proxy sales representative for assembly technologies and consulting services