Retail investment falls below expectations in Africa

Favourable macroeconomic trends overstate the potential of sub-Saharan Africa's retail market

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  • Misleading data
  • Growth
  • Population trends
  • Urbanisation
  • Consumer trends
  • Spending patterns
  • Packaging
  • Beer
  • Structural constraints
  • Product availability
  • Inhibitive government policy
  • The informal economy
  • Nigeria

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