1. November 8th, 2013 A Business Plan for Africa Breakaway Sessions 4: Execution plan by regional clusters Session 3: Central Africa

2. 5 A FRICAN C LUSTERS Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe Member states: 8 Population (million): 98 GDP (mds $US): 455 Southern Africa Angola, Cameroon, Chad, Congo Dem. Rep., Congo, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Central African Republic, São Tomé & Príncipe Member states: 9 Population (million): 125 GDP (mds $US): 223 Central Africa Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Cote d’Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo Member states: 15 Population (million): 295 GDP (mds $US): 399 West Africa Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Mauritania, Sudan, Tunisia Member states: 7 Population (million): 212 GDP (mds $US): 754 North Africa Member states: 15 Population (million): 277 GDP (mds $US): 196 Burundi, Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique, Uganda, Rwanda, Seychelles, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania East Africa

3. GDP PER C APITA COMPARISON BY REGIONAL CLUSTER Central Africa has the second lowest GDP per capita. GDP & population by cluster in 2012 $4642 per capita $1777per capita $709 per capita $2555 per capita $1884 per capita Source: World Economic Outlook - July 2013, IMF.

4. A FRICAN C LUSTERS G ROWTH COMPARISON Central Africa’s growth rate was the highest at the beginning of the period, and is now around the average 5% of all African clusters. Source: African Economic Outlook, 2013 Economic growth rates by cluster (2005-2012)

5. Southern Africa Eastern Africa Central Africa North Africa West Africa C OMPARING A FRICAN C LUSTERS BY ECONOMIC SECTORS Source: World Economic Outlook - July 2013, IMF.

6. K EY Q UESTIONS TO A DDRESS IN T HIS S ESSION How would you describe Central Africa in 2063? What should be the sectorial focus (market) of the Central African cluster? Which product could the Central African cluster champion? What are the key projects in Central Africa that could leapfrog the cluster’s development? How to adapt the African Business Plan to this cluster?

7. A CTION PRIORITIZATION M ATRIX AND S TAKEHOLDER E NGAGEMENT M ATRIX Complete the Action Prioritization Matrix below with the key short, medium and long-term actions to leapfrog the cluster’s development. For each identified leapfrogging action, complete the Stakeholder Engagement Matrix below: