Surging Economic Growth Draws M&A Activity to Africa

Focus on M&A Activity in Africa in the last years
Governments in Africa urged to stimulate infrastructure investment in order to attract more cement companies to the region.

For the past ten years, Africa was recognized as one of the fastest growing regions worldwide with GDP growth averaging about 5 percent per year. It is evident that the downturn in the global economy, particularly among the G7 regions such as the U.S., Europe and Japan, has turned the tide for the poorest continent in the world.

Read the rest of the article in the CemWeek Magazine issue 14.