睿纳新协助将贸易置于非洲可持续发展的中心

在睿纳新,我们坚定地认为,“援助”或发展合作不是非洲实现可持续发展的唯一答案。解决贫穷和中等收入国家的经济和社会问题需要在贸易、投资和人材方面进行结构性改革。我们主张采取更综合全面的办法,不只是局限于各国政府,或世界的某一个角落,而是更关注援助之外的所有发展领域,以及所有行动者都能发挥的作用。

中国在贸易方面发挥了关键作用。自2008年以来,中国已成为非洲大陆最大的贸易伙伴。53个与中国建交的非洲国家中,中国在其基础设施建设和发展方面进行了大量投资,这无疑对非洲经济发展做出了贡献,也推动了一些可持续发展目标的实现。然而,中国与其中40个非洲国家之间的贸易构成还存在着明显的不平衡。这种严重的贸易不平衡严重影响了非洲国家创造就业、赚取外汇和可持续发展以减贫的能力。这就要求建立一种有更大可持续性的中非关系,以缓解严重的贸易不平衡。

这就是为什么在睿纳新,我们设计了第一个定制的中国市场准入计划,名为“活力非洲”(Africa Reimagined),并邀请了七个具有活力、创新性和可持续性的非洲品牌创始人来到中国。从珠宝,时尚,到茶叶和护肤品,我们把这些中小企业聚集在一起,力图打破中国消费者对非洲产品的刻板印象,帮助雄心勃勃的首席执行官们了解如何进入充满活力和不断增长的中国消费市场。

经过10天的时间,跨越北京、长沙、大连三个城市,参加了一个博览会(中非经贸博览会)和国际会议(世界经济论坛新领军者年会)后,我们发现了以下四大特点:

1- 中国消费者确实对非洲奢侈品兴趣浓厚。这表明,中非贸易内容有超越原材料和农产品的潜力!

在展会期间,90%以上的产品销售一空,顾客就进一步的分销渠道进行了多次询问。许多顾客购买了多种商品,并真心希望更了解产品和品牌相关的历史。我们的经验表明,高端、精致的非洲产品确实有希望在竞争激烈的中国消费市场上占有一席之地,并能从中国(2019年)预计5.6万亿美元的销售额中分得一杯羹——此数额比美国多出1000亿美元左右。

2- 许多非洲企业没有意识到中国市场为非洲企业提供的机遇。但与此同时,这些企业迫切需要相关战略支持,才能进入复杂的中国市场。目前,中国还没有任何推广非洲高端奢侈品和产品的线上或线下平台。

在设计和实施该计划的时候,我们与多个行业的50多家非洲品牌进行了交流。从中我们得知,大多数非洲企业并没有意识到中国市场为其业务增长提供的巨大机遇。大多数非洲中小企业都把目光投向了美国。那里的消费同比增长2%,而在中国,这个增长数字则是16%。

此外,很明显的是,非洲企业对进入中国市场毫无准备,且资源匮乏。如果是在中国,大多数企业都是非正规经营或合资经营,知识产权保障不力。他们不了解中国市场的趋势(更不用说语言)和机遇,也不了解官方要求。中国市场广阔、不透明、监管严格,因此许多外国公司需依靠贸易便利化组织在华开展业务。

3- 非洲产品的销售方式已经过时,不能反映非洲大陆高端、优质和创新产品的数量。观念需要改变!

中国对非洲的认识严重不足。问任何一个普通的中国人,听说过哪些非洲国家,大多数人都会回答肯尼亚——动物;尼日利亚——石油和其庞大的人口;南非——矿场和采掘;埃塞俄比亚——新的服装制造国。这种情况需要改变。在我们为期10天的节目中,我们与从CGTN到《环球时报》的许多媒体合作,改变了以往传统的叙述方式从而向公众宣传非洲创新的一面。

4- 利用中国消费市场,有可能为非洲当地社区带来切实影响,促进中小企业发展,创造更多就业机会,最终实现更大范围的减贫。

我们所汇集的品牌全都会为非洲创造就业机会、技能和促进减贫。总体而言,这些公司直接雇佣了数百人,并在当地社区间接雇佣了数千人。如果进入中国市场,这些公司的员工数量将增加一倍。这将意味着更多的当地人能学习新技能。想象一下,如果把这个比例扩大到更多的国家和公司,所有那些把供应链留在非洲的公司,所有那些直接促进减贫的公司,所有那些改变人们对非洲看法的公司…

所以——接下来应该怎么做呢?

最重要的是需要认识到这是一个重要试点

在合作伙伴的支持下,我们设计的“活力非洲”计划由三个关键部分组成,目的是建立伙伴关系、为公司积累知名度和提高公众对非洲的认知。

首先,通过一个创新和极具互动性的活力非洲展,我们引进到中国的非洲品牌能够在两天的时间内向成千上万的中国和国际游客展示他们的产品和商业模式。众多中国客户、制造商、分销商和潜在贸易伙伴向其中许多品牌表示出了他们的极大兴趣。

第二,代表团亲身体验了中国潜在市场的机遇和挑战。我们的合作伙伴讨论并提出了鼓励中非贸易的新政策、基础设施建设和电子商务平台搭建。

最后,通过在北京的英国商会和在中国大连举办的世界经济论坛新领军者年会,代表团有机会和中国的成功企业家、国际知名企业以及创新科技的领军者见面。他们从中收获到了关于如何将业务“提升”到一个更高水平和面对一个全球化市场该如何做准备的宝贵建议。

参会品牌的创始者们之后会做些什么?

参加首批试点的七个非洲品牌分别来自生活类、时尚、珠宝和护肤品等多个领域;来自尼日利亚、坦桑尼亚、埃塞俄比亚、津巴布韦、南非、加纳和卢旺达等多个非洲国家。所有品牌的商业模式都具有很强的可持续性,承诺通过供应链减少贫困,促进道德商业实践。这些品牌包括一家刚开设首个全女矿工矿场的奢侈品珠宝公司、一家时装公司和一家雇佣边缘化女工匠的护肤品公司。同时,也有一家来自尼日利亚的茶叶公司。该公司正准备将非洲的超级食品饮料辣木茶(“Moringa”) 引入中国。

这些品牌在中国市场已经得到了积极的响应。一些公司正在考虑进入中国的下一步具体举措,包括品牌注册、电子商务平台搭建、分销合作伙伴关系建立等。一些公司已经将营销预算投向了中国。如果您有兴趣了解更多关于他们的信息和支持他们进军中国市场的话,请联系我们!

还会不会有下一个活力非洲空间和另一个中非经贸博览会?

中非经贸博览会是2018年9月中非合作论坛第七次会议取得的首批实质性成果之一。它将每两年举行一次,而活力非洲一定会再次出现!然而,对于我们的七个品牌以及其他想进入中国的非洲品牌来说,这并不是唯一的相关展会。我们目前正与合作伙伴一起考虑未来的机遇,并欢迎更多新的品牌和建议。特别是在2020年,我们将继续致力于在这一领域建立新的合作伙伴关系,打破公众对非洲的刻板印象,优化升级中国和其他国家对非洲国家的投资方式。

在睿纳新,我们将继续与所有合作伙伴——包括政府和私营部门——一道努力,提供切实的支持和建议,并创建一个独特的平台,帮助非洲企业进入中国市场,最终帮助非洲乃至世界实现可持续发展和减贫。

是否还会有下一个中国市场准入计划”?

我们这次试点的目的是尝试展示创新、前沿的非洲企业。这些企业利用从农业和原材料投入,一直到高附加值的成品,完全以非洲为基地的供应链,创造高质量的奢侈品。这些产品展示了非洲的人才和专业知识以及为来自世界各地的公司如何到非洲投资提供了灵感,以创造更多的就业机会,并帮助人们——尤其是女性,摆脱贫困、实现可持续发展。

我们非常感谢此次试点中的合作伙伴——中国非洲商业协会、英国商会、世界经济论坛、埃塞俄比亚航空公司、Trouve,以及湖南省商务部全心全意地与我们携手合作,才能让活动圆满成功。

基于这个试点的成功,我们相信还有更多的项目和更广阔的空间——所以请继续关注我们的网站、推特(@devreimagine)和领英账户以了解我们的最新进展!

如果您有兴趣与睿纳新或与我们的品牌更进一步地合作,请联系我们:africaexpo@developmentreimagined.com

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活力非洲是由睿纳新国际咨询公司策划并主办的中国市场准入定制计划。2019625日至73日,来自非洲大陆的七个可持续发展品牌参与了试点。

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