| There is an urgent need for diversification of Africa’s economies and while it is having an immediate negative effect, the recent commodities slump is beginning to drive change. For example, some investors in Nigeria who have historically thrown their lot behind the oil and gas industries are now looking to buy large tracts of agricultural land in a bid to mitigate the effects of the slump in the commodities sector.
After many years in the wilderness, the agricultural sector is fast emerging as one of the most attractive investment opportunities on the continent – and a sector where innovation and supportive policies can be harnessed to drive growth and jobs, so sorely needed across the continent since the Chinese and global economic slowdowns knocked commodity export opportunities...............................................Full Article: Source
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