rise of the african consumer class 2014
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The Rise of an African Consumer Class: Patterns, Opportunities,
and Challenges
Presented to the IFAMA 2014 Conference Special Session on “The Rise of the African Consumer Class”
Cape Town, June 17, 2014
By David Tschirley, Michael Dolislager, Lulama Traub, Ferdi Meyer, Francis Ejobi
The Modernizing African Food Systems (MAFS) Consortium
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Urbanization and income growth in Africa are driving a Diet Transformation
… Fresh produce
Prepared foods
Processed foods Animal protein
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… which will (need to) drive other transformations …
… large farms … … and small farms
Science applied to…
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Agribusiness orientation at large scale…
… and small scale
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Reaching consumers through modern retail …
… and improved traditional retail
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… all of which will be heavily influenced by public policy and investment
Policy Private
Investment
Public Investment
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Approach
• Extensive literature review
• Analysis of 9 household data sets from 6 countries of East and Southern Africa
• Scenario-based projection exercise for East and Southern Africa to 2040
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Selected Findings (For East and Southern Africa)
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Evolution of Real Food Market Size in East & Southern Africa, 2010-2040 (USD)
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Evolution of Real Food Market Size in East & Southern Africa, 2010-2040 (USD)
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Total processed up 7x
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Will rural areas look different?
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Evolution of Real per capita Food Expenditures in Rural & Urban ESA, 2010-2040
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Rural Urban
Up > 2x
Up 3x
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Will the poor look different?
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Evolution of Real per capita Food Expenditures among Poorest & Richest One-Third of
Population of ESA, 2010-2040
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Bottom one-third Top one-third
Up 3.5x
Up 3.5x
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Take-home
Growth will be strong in rural and urban areas, and among the poor and non-poor
(though from different starting points)
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Will the “traditional” retail sector disappear?
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Will the “traditional” retail sector disappear?
• No!
• Share will fall from 90% to 65% by 2040
• But size will increase 6.5x
– Due to growth in incomes, population, and urban share
• But it will need to be a different traditional sector
– Consumer incomes 3x-4x higher
– Will demand more quality, packaging, variety, safety
– Need for training, entrepreneurial assistance
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Yes!
No!
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Improved traditional retail linked to formal sector
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Implications
• Most fundamentally: How to ensure that Africa meets most of this demand? – Productivity throughout the food system, from
farm to consumer
• Breakout #1: Skill needs
• Breakout #2: Health implications – The nutrition transition - Sugar, fat salt!!
• Breakout #3: Farm level implications
• Energy intensity – will these demand patterns be sustainable?
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Broad Question for this panel
What steps can Africans take now to ensure their food value chains provide
consumers with a safe, healthy, sustainable, and primarily African supply of
food to meet this new demand?
The Modernizing African Food Systems (MAFS) Consortium
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Looking beyond South Africa, is the challenge primarily at the farm level, or in
the downstream?
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Again looking not just at South Africa, how does government policy and investment need to change to facilitate the needed
private investment?
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Where does government regulatory capacity in these countries need to be
strengthened and how?