Why is Africa attracting me and me?

 

Africa is afar, Africa is wild, Africa is mysterious, Africa is sultry!

 

Africa has Egyptian glory after pyramid, animal big migration, Great Falls, Desert,

Snowy Mountains, chiefs, hula dancing ...

But this is not all of Africa,

 

Because Africa is still a business environment full of business!

 

The following 50 questions cover all the African businessmen you want to know!

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1. Why do I have to do business in Africa?

This reason is probably only you know. But we can tell you other people to do business in Africa for some reason.

 

15 years ago or earlier, the first group of people who dare to eat crabs walked into Africa. At that time a lot of people are representatives of state-owned foreign trade companies, they later left the parent company, in Africa to start their own business. Usually do foreign trade, these people make a lot of money, and even attracted more people to Africa development. More and more people are conscious of the development of Africa, they are engaged in the industry more and more widely Do the trade, do the factory, the hotel has. People do business in Africa because Africa is really full of business opportunities. And all kinds of people in Africa can find their own role. Famous African expert Mr. Xiong Sihao wrote a book called "to Africa," the book is very good, the name is also very appropriate, Africa is a business the best place. And I believe that almost everyone has a dream of entrepreneurship. Perhaps this can explain why Africa is so much attractive to many people.

 

2. Is the place in Africa dangerous?

First of all, Africa has 56 countries and regions, is a very vast territory. Like other parts of the world, the vast majority of Africa is very peaceful and quiet, and we are not as dangerous as we thought. China now has hundreds of thousands of people working and living in Africa. Most of them feel that Africa is fresh air, beautiful scenery, simple folk customs, rich in resources, life and harmony. They do not think that Africa is a dangerous place, on the contrary, they are very fond of Africa, and many people are not willing to leave. Therefore, Africa can not simply be a dangerous place. We need to know where the place is not stable, these places we can not go.

 

3. will I be used to live there?

It should be said that everyone's ability to adapt is not the same, so it is difficult to determine whether you can adapt to the lives of Africa. But people's ability to adapt is very strong. People are forced out of the environment, in general, we go to a new place will gradually get used to the life there. If you feel more difficult to adapt to new life, then we advise you to Africa climate, environment and other conditions better countries, such as South Africa, Egypt, Kenya, Morocco, Tunisia, Mauritius and other countries. This may give you an adaptation period, or, if you can not get used to the life of Africa, you can also withdraw in time. What you need in Africa may be the climate, the cultural atmosphere and the diet, or something else. But in any case, people have a foreign adaptation problem. Some countries in Africa are too hot, you can not stand, but to Canada, it may be too cold, you can not stand. Each country has a national problem, and everyone has a personal problem. It is not a problem for another person, it is completely different from one person.

 

4. Will it be infected with AIDS?

Africa is a high incidence of AIDS, HIV infection rate is relatively high, some countries reached more than 15%. But it should be noted that the Chinese people in Africa, the probability of infected with AIDS is very small. This may be related to the traditional Chinese concept of men and women. Relative to Africans, the Chinese are more conservative. Therefore, as long as clean, the possibility of infection in Africa is very small. It is worth noting that if you are ill in Africa for surgery or blood transfusion, it is best to find good hospitals to avoid HIV infection through blood.

 

5. How do I go?

In fact, now go to Africa is very simple. First you have to pass your passport at your police station. And then apply for a visa to the African embassy. Get a visa, you can consider buying tickets, take the flight to the African study. On the other side of Africa, the best arrangements for people to the airport to pick you up and help you arrange accommodation. It is important that you have a reliable person to help you in Africa. Because you go to Africa to see where there is no business opportunities, someone needs to introduce you to the local situation and help you quickly contact the relevant agencies.

 

6. What else is this?

There are a lot of Chinese people going to Africa now. Which are business, there are tourism, there are projects, but also to Africa to study and visit relatives. Zhejiang, Fujian, Fujian to do business in Africa a lot of people. Generally in Africa are doing trade.

 

7. Did many people succeed?

There are many people who succeed in Africa, and those who went to Africa in the early years were as much as those who went to Shenzhen in the early years. Because, more than 10 years ago, doing trade in Africa is really profitable, profits can reach 500%, so many people quickly completed the accumulation of capital. Of course, the failure of people also have, but less.

 

8. Do you have a lot of money to develop in Africa?

Depends on what you are going to do. Even if it is to do trade, the practice will be different, if you are in Africa from other Chinese people where a batch of goods, it does not require a lot of start-up capital; but if you directly from China into the container, that need more money The Some people do not have cash flow, the results in the market when the money is not good, because they can not send enough goods; and in a product market is not good, they can not enter the other goods for luck, so often make themselves into passive. Sent to the African goods, as long as the daily necessities, generally can be sold, but the time and profit problems. As a result, people with cash flow usually earn money. If you want to build a factory in Africa, be sure to make a budget based on the feasibility analysis. In general, the funds needed to start a business in Africa are relatively few, unlike millions of dollars (equivalent to several hundred thousand dollars) in Europe and the United States, as if they can not do anything. In Africa, you have a million yuan (about 120,000 US dollars), you can probably live a noble life, such an example can be seen everywhere in Africa. Many Chinese people live in the villa, have their own servants, go out to open the big Ben, they have their own stores. And they in China to live on such a day is almost impossible.

 

9. Do I need any expertise?

To Africa, you do not necessarily need any expertise, but there is always a specialty is not a bad thing. It is easier for people with expertise to develop in Africa. We see a lot of people in Africa because of a skill and get a very good development. For example, there are engaged in home appliances repair, there are open tofu shop, and engage in beauty salons, there are practitioners, there are restaurants, if you do not have any expertise, there is no relationship, so you find business opportunities in Africa, you can Invite other people with expertise to go to Africa with you. Many people are so into Africa.

 

10. Which country should go to?

The Chinese footprint has traveled to 53 countries in Africa, and the Chinese seem to be able to survive in any African country. But even so, you should choose the country carefully. It is very important to consult with the Ministry of Commerce or a professional advisory body. Because the wrong country does not only mean the loss of money, but also will delay your development in Africa.

 

Make a decision before the study of the selected countries in recent years, the economic situation and social security situation. The overheat economy or the chaos is the most deadly problem. Climatic conditions are also important for some people. Find out what other people are experiencing there, which is helpful for your own decision. In addition, the economic strength of African countries vary widely, the purchasing power is very different, it should also be considered. Africa, such as South Africa, its highly developed economy, the environment and Europe is no different, the Chinese people go very early to go a lot, and now about 20 million Chinese living and working in South Africa, you want to go to such a place The Many people went to return, they said, the Chinese people too much, no chance. But there are some people who do not want to come back, they found that there are many opportunities, life is quiet and free. The reason is very simple, each person's situation is not the same, the conditions are not the same, see will be different, feel the natural can not be the same.

 

 

11. how to do language problems?

To go abroad to develop, first of all is the language of the problem, to Africa is the same. Zhejiang bosses to solve the problem of language is worth learning. They have some people in the country before going to work hard to learn foreign language. I have known such a director, he forced to remember the many sentences of everyday English. In fact, he simply will not phonetic, nor the normal pronunciation of English, he just remember those sentences of Chinese pronunciation, and thus remember these sentences. So, as long as you intend to go abroad to develop, you can always find your own way. Of course, you may not need to rote, you can find a translation to bring to Africa. Usually every month in addition to the burden of eating and paying about 500 US dollars on it. Arabic and Portuguese translation is hard to find some, so to prepare in advance, or before going abroad may be too late.

 

12. What is the project in Africa?

This question is difficult to answer, in fact completely different from person to person. And almost no one can give you any advice before you arrive in Africa. Many people to Africa after the start from the trade, because the trade is indeed relatively simple. Zhejiang factory director to Africa immediately after the trade can be done, the action is often surprising. They are often less than a month to start shipping in Africa, and even have not started on the goods have passed. It is often because they have fellow in the side, to help them do the work of receiving goods.

 

Do you do business in Africa?

Where are the same, Africa is the same, the business will not be too good to do, not all over the gold, the sky will not fall. However, Africa's money is really good to earn, business is really good to do some. Because many countries in Africa as China's early 70s situation, the market is blank, the profits are relatively high. Many Chinese people made money in Africa to do small commodities, in fact, is to do some shoes, clothes, bags, watches and the like. In China can be said to be worthless, but in Africa, the price may be high. But it is important to note that now the Chinese people to Africa more and more, do more trade, money is not as good as before. In addition, some countries in Africa have begun to restrict the import of Chinese products through tariffs and other measures. Some of the Chinese began to consider building a plant in Africa because it was a good way to avoid tariffs and was welcomed by African countries because it helped solve the employment problems of African countries.

 

14. Are you doing trade or investing?

Doing trade is easier. In China, you can find a company with foreign trade rights to ship you, in Africa, you need to register a company or borrow someone else's company to accept your goods. You go to the customs clearance, or find a customs clearance company to help you clear it. Of course, you need to understand the products you want to import the local quasi-allowed imports, the number of tariffs and so on. Investment is more complex. You should not only understand the investment environment and policy, but also to choose the plant site, raw material supply, market demand, profit and other circumstances. The risk of investment is often greater than trade, because the investment cycle is relatively long, in a relatively long period of time, the socio-economic environment and policy changes are more likely. At the same time, operation and management require professional technical staff and management personnel, product sales also need to understand the trade of talent. But the advantage of investment is that once the plant is put into production and sold well, its profits are often very impressive and may be far more than trade. This is because local investment tends to reduce the production and transportation costs of the product.

 

15. What do Chinese people do?

Please look at China's major exports to African countries, such as some countries in North Africa:

Morocco: textile and clothing, mechanical and electrical products, green tea and other light industrial products.

Algeria: mechanical and electrical products, clothing, textiles, automobiles, footwear, oilseeds, steel, tea, ceramics, travel goods and luggage.

Libya: rice, tea, clothing, electrical and mechanical, communications, metal pipes and cars.

Morocco: textile and clothing, mechanical and electrical products, green tea and other light industrial products.

Sudan: mechanical and electrical products and raw materials.

Egypt: daily necessities or industrial products such as lamps, pens, tires, cutlery and so on.

From the above countries can be seen, China's private small and medium enterprises are basically engaged in light industry, textile, daily necessities and small household electrical appliances and other products. For example, Lagos, Nigeria, often power outages, there are Chinese candles business there, every year from China to send hundreds of containers, the profits are very impressive. Therefore, do not look at the product is small, often earned is the money of small products.

 

16. how did they trade?

In fact, every person who went to Africa is not the same, they do not trade the same way. The general practice is:

Understand the local market and demand situation.

 

First, first depends on the market. You can see the Indian and Indian family stores, supermarkets, flea markets, stores and so on. So you can understand the local market needs of the commodity style, price and origin and so on. I used to accompany Chinese entrepreneurs to study in Africa. They ran almost every day in the market. Watch toys, watches, batteries, see chicken rice and beef prices, etc., they look at the market to see clothing, see what kind of building materials used in the house. Everyday feeling is different. The understanding of the market is also different. Gradually began to feel the business opportunities.

 

Second, the Chinese people can inquire about the market situation. But it should be noted that in many cases, others may see this as a business secret do not want to tell you. It is necessary to find a professional business consulting firm to understand how they operate. This is to spend a little money to avoid big trouble.

 

Third, to the local Chinese Embassy business contact. Ask them for advice. The embassy has a lot of market information, and in general they introduce the situation will be more just.

 

In addition, to understand the local international trade policy, to understand the tariffs on the product. At the same time, to understand the customs clearance and letters of credit, cargo transport and other procedures. If commissioned by other people to do, such as commissioned by the customs clearance of goods related to the relevant matters, you have to carefully choose, do not be deceived.

It is noteworthy that the domestic affairs of the arrangements are also very important, a reliable person is very important, in accordance with the requirements to buy the product to ensure that the product style and quality to meet the requirements. If the commission of foreign trade companies, you need to find a foreign trade management of the reliable foreign trade companies to operate.

Want to see if the goods are sold in the store or wholesale to the local importers. Because the two cases are very different. If you can find importers at the outset is certainly a good thing, but there is often no ready-made buyer. So, part of the Chinese people from the store began, through the store's business slowly know some customers is a way.

 

17. Do you need to stay in Africa?

And Africa to do product trade, the best way or stay. Because the general letter of credit trade is not good to do. This is very different from doing business with Europe and the United States. African letters of credit are often unreliable and need to be guaranteed by European banks. Long-term letter of credit is more risky. D / A, D / P more can not do, because the risk of recovering more money. Sitting at home, and customers have never met for many years will continue to do international trade on the African region is unimaginable things. Zhejiang people in Africa made remarkable achievements, mainly with their stay in Africa have a relationship. They will be concerned about the staff