You still don't know the map below, but this is how food export will look in the future. Africa will export more agricultural products than it will import.
Africe must change the mode of thinking from "Feeding Africa" to "Feeding the World".
Until now Africa import more agricultural products than it is exporting.
This is crazy. This must change, and this will change very soon.
African Import and Export of Agricultural products. And then... it increased even more! (FAO).
"Over the last 15 years, Africa's agricultural imports increased from US$ 17 billion in 2001 to US$ 61 billion at the end of 2016." (tralac.org)
To change the economic balance Africa must focus on exporting high-value produce.
Yes, high-value produce!
Not the low-value produce, such as Cereals, Wheat, Rice, Sugar, and Maize.
Of course, it would be good to continue while improving its export.
But to make a dramatic change in the Import/Export balance, Africa must move to far more profitable export niches.
Such niches include fruits and vegetables for high-value export markets.
Africa must stop thinking about "Feeding Africa", and change into "Feeding the World"!
The outcome of the above will ultimately be transforming into an advance-export oriented economy.
This will lead to positive foreign currency exchange, adoption of innovative agro-technologies and advance know-how, production of enough food that just the 'unfit for export' will be enough to feed Africa.
As important, with a positive Import/Export balance, Africa will be able to import as much food, technology, and know-how, as it wishes.
This will create millions of jobs and an increase in income.
With more income, we can expect a drop in the rate of population increase, which once again will help African Countries to overcome their huge challenges.
The Business Opportunity
Based on FAO 2018 report; The State of Agricultural Commodity Markets 2018, one can say that unless we act now to change things, Africa will import even more food, will produce less agricultural produce, cost of food will rise and GDP will decrease.
This negative 'future-picture' should be looked at by; entrepreneurs, companies, and investors as 'an ocean of opportunities'.
How big is this 'ocean of opportunities'?
I don't know the answer, but my estimation would be – no less than annually 100$ billion, assuming current Africa's annual import is 60$ billion and is expected to keep on growing fast.
We can also assume that Africa's agricultural export will grow fast under a preferred scenario of "Feeding the World", where the net export/import is positive (i.e., more export).
Africa's agriculture net production will decrease (red color) (FAO).
Africa's agriculture net trade will grow smaller (net importers in purple) (FAO).
Africa's food price will rise (green for increase of price) (FAO).
Africa's GDP will decrease (red for decrease GDP)(FAO).
Israel's Part in Africa's Capacity Building
To make that change Africa will need advance agro-technology, breaking through know-how and the ability to adjust the technology and know-how to Africa's culture, climate and needs.
It is clear; there is no country that is fit for that task more than Israel!
Israel is well known for its agriculture advance technology, know-how and the ability to solve 'impossible problems'.
Which is exactly what is expected to any entrepreneur/company/investor that start any kind of activity in Africa.
Note that the term 'impossible problems', refers to cultural issues, in addition to technological, environmental, climatic, market, etc.
I believe that from the above reasons Israeli companies/entrepreneurs hold a better chance of crossing the chasm.
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