African Market Quotes

Obviously, South Africa is our most important market, but we are also gradually increasing our presence throughout East and West as well as North Africa. It is a continent with a lot of potential which we plan to tap into.

Celtel established a mobile phone network in Africa at a time when investors told me that there was no market for mobile phones there.

I do not want to miss a good chance of getting us a slice of this magnificent African cake

Unilever brings together the resources and experience of a multinational company alongside our deep local roots, which enables us to grow a genuinely African consumer goods business.

Africa is awakening. It's a huge market of almost a billion people with huge resources and a young population. People spend when they're young.

I don't see myself anywhere specifically, but you can't deny that, in terms of opportunities to create or be an entrepreneur, Africa is a boulevard - it's still all to be done there. And as an African guy, as a Cameroonian, I will obviously do as many things as I can over there.

The uptake on mobile phones in Africa is phenomenal.

Finding a store that sells synthetic hair in Kigali is easier than locating a Starbucks in New York City without Google Maps.

The United States share of the African market it's very small, it's only about 8 percent.

Everywhere in Africa, you see Indian, Chinese, Brazilian businesses. Other than Coca Cola and the oil companies, it is very rare to see American businesses.

If we continue doing the right things in Africa, we can create a very exciting and competitive global market here.