africa
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Pick n Pay reports profit decline in sub-Saharan markets
Pick n Pay’s annual report for the 12 months to March 2019 shows that the margins of its stores in sub-Saharan Africa have narrowed. The South African grocery retailer has outlets in six southern African countries: Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, Swaziland, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. In spite of what it described as “economic challenges” (particularly in Zambia
2nd May 2019
Categories: SagaRetail News - Lesotho - Swaziland - Retail & Shopping Malls - Botswana - Zambia - Zimbabwe - South Africa - Namibia
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Jumia IPO gives a peek under the hood of African e-commerce
As had been widely anticipated (see our previous story), Jumia is to list on the New York Stock Exchange. Founded in 2012 by Berlin-based Rocket Internet (which currently holds a 20.6% stake), Jumia is part-owned by telecommunications companies MTN (29.7%) and Millicom International Cellular (9.6%), insurance company AXA (5.8%), and alcoholic drinks giant Pernod Ricard
14th March 2019
Categories: SagaRetail News - Consumer - Egypt - Retail & Shopping Malls - Ghana - Algeria - Cameroon - Cote d'Ivoire - Kenya - Morocco - Nigeria - Rwanda - Senegal - Tanzania - Tunisia - Uganda - South Africa - Ivory Coast
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Import restrictions threaten supermarket supply chains in Southern Africa
According to The African Development Bank’s annual African Economic Outlook, which was published last month, such South African retail chains as Shoprite risk becoming victims of their own success in Southern Africa. This is because governments in the region have begun to perceive them as a threat to local economic development and are moving to
25th February 2019
Categories: SagaRetail News - Retail & Shopping Malls - Zambia - Zimbabwe - South Africa
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Angola remains Shoprite’s sore spot
Shoprite has reported that sales (denominated in South African rand – ZAR) in its supermarkets outside of its native South Africa plunged 13.3% year-on-year during the second half of 2018. In constant currency terms (excluding the effect of foreign currency fluctuations), they were flat – rising by 0.1%. Angola, a petro-economy wracked by weak oil
5th February 2019
Categories: Retail & Shopping Malls - Angola - Nigeria - Zambia
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Burger King sees “huge opportunity” in African markets
Burger King parent company Restaurant Brands International (RBI) has revealed that it is in talks with potential franchisees with a view to expanding its presence in sub-Saharan Africa. According to Daniel Schwartz, CEO of RBI, the fast-food chain is “significantly under-penetrated” on the continent and has a “huge opportunity” to grow. José Cil, president of
2nd January 2019
Categories: Foodservice - SagaRetail News - Consumer - Nigeria
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Sagaci Insights: Shopping Malls in Africa
The total number of shopping malls in Africa (excluding South Africa) almost doubled between 2011 and 2018 and is now approaching 600, with urbanisation, population growth, increased interest from international retailers, changing consumer lifestyles and rising household incomes among the factors driving growth. The sixth edition of Sagaci Research’s Shopping Malls in Africa report provides
27th December 2018
Categories: Retail & Shopping Malls
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Retail heavyweights go toe-to-toe in Kenya
Shoprite, Africa’s largest grocery retail chain, today opened its first store in Kenya, located in the Westgate mall in central Nairobi. This brings the South African retailer into direct competition with Carrefour, which has an outlet in the nearby Sarit Centre, for the first time. With its dark colours, non-ceramic flooring, wooden shelving and wide
13th December 2018
Categories: SagaRetail News - Retail & Shopping Malls - Kenya
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Sagaci Research launches its 2018 Shopping Malls in Africa Report
Sagaci Research has just published the sixth edition of its Shopping Malls in Africa report. It shows that the number of malls on the continent more than doubled between 2010 and 2018, with urbanisation, population growth, increased interest from international retailers, changing consumer lifestyles and rising household incomes among the main factors driving this growth. There
22nd November 2018
Categories: SagaRetail News - Retail & Shopping Malls
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Zara’s one-size-fits-all approach to African e-commerce
On November 7th, Spanish fast-fashion retailer Zara announced that it was to commence online sales in 106 new markets, including many African ones, the next day. The African countries covered by this initiative include Angola, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana and Senegal. All of these countries will be covered by a single global website that is available
16th November 2018
Categories: SagaRetail News - Retail & Shopping Malls - Ghana - Angola - Cote d'Ivoire - Senegal
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Choppies gets chopped from Botswanan borse
Botswanan supermarket chain Choppies has missed another deadline to publish its annual results (for the 12 months to June 2018), prompting the Botswanan Stock Exchange (BSE) to suspend trading in its shares. In a statement, the BSE stated that trading in Choppies’ shares “will remain suspended until the company complies with BSE listings requirements or
9th November 2018
Categories: SagaRetail News - Retail & Shopping Malls
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