Panel -- Case Study Discussion: What is driving Africa's Growth?
| Panel Summary: What has driven Sub-Saharan Africa's accelerated growth from 2.5% between 1990 and 2000, to 6.1% today? How much of this rebirth do we owe to rising resource prices? How much is this a story of emerging financial services? An expansion of retail? The explosion of telecoms? And what are the top trends that will shape life and business in SSA in years ahead? McKinsey & Company's Sub Saharan Africa practice is developing a consolidated perspective on SSA's growth drivers, outlook, and top trends. In this workshop McKinsey will share early insights from this work and lead an open discussion on the outlook for the region. Come join the debate on SSA's formative trends. |
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Acha is a Partner of McKinsey & Company, based in its Sub Saharan Africa office in Johannesburg. Acha’s client work has been split between telecom, oil & gas, and banking; he has served his clients on issues of new investment decisions, business building, turn around, growth strategies, and economic development predominantly across Sub Saharan Africa (e.g., South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda, Cote d’Ivoire, Senegal, Botswana). Acha received a PhD and M.S. in Electrical Engineering and an M.S. in Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management from Stanford University, and a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering with a minor in Economics, from the Georgia Institute of Technology. He is also the co-founder of the African Leadership Academy, a co-educational boarding school which aims to develop the next generation of African leaders. |
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Reinaldo Fiorini is an Associate Principal in McKinsey & Company’s Sub Saharan Office (Johannesburg). He is co-leader of McKinsey’s Sub-Saharan Africa initiative with significant experience in various African countries (e.g. Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya, Angola), focusing on strategy development and organisation design across multiple consumer focused sectors (e.g. consumer goods, telecoms, banking and services). He is also co-leader of the Sub-Saharan Consumer Initiative. Reinaldo received an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management and a Bachelor degree in Electrical Engineering from Escola Politécnica da Universidade de São Paulo. |
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Chinezi Chijioke is an Senior Associate in McKinsey & Company’s Sub Saharan Office (Johannesburg). Since joining the firm in 2006 his work has focused on business and investment strategy throughout Sub-Saharan Africa. He has served clients in investment banking, private equity, and retail banking, consumer products, healthcare, oil & gas, and mining. Chinezi received an MBA and Masters in Education from Stanford University, and his Bachelors degree from Harvard College. |
Reinaldo Fiorini 
Chinezi Chijioke