facts and figures on coworking in africa (global enterprise) - coworking africa 2015

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Page 1: Facts and Figures on Coworking in Africa (Global Enterprise) - Coworking Africa 2015

6  out  of  13  fastest  growing  economies  in  the  world  are  in  Africa  (Source  :  WEF  h=ps://agenda.weforum.org/2015/06/the-­‐13-­‐fastest-­‐growing-­‐economies-­‐in-­‐the-­‐world/?

utm_content=buffer85054&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer    

Cape  Town  23-­‐24  July  2015  

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Growth,  challenges  and  promises  of  Coworking  in  Africa  

Jean-­‐Yves  Huwart    Global  Enterprise  

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1.   Africa  :  a  new  born  world  economic  Fger  

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The  fastest  growing  demography  on  the  globe  

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 2.  Coworking  in  Africa  :  facts  and  figures    

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In  2013,  coworking  in  Africa  was  barely  visible  on  the  world  Coworking  map  

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Growth  of  Coworking  in  Africa  

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 According  the  the  World  Bank,    200  Tech  Hubs  are  operaFng  in  Africa  

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Coworking  spaces  and  Tech  Hubs  are    two  faces  of  the  same  «  society  digiFzaFon  »  medal  made  out  of  

digitally  enabled  professionals,  on  the  one  hand,  new  starFng  businesses  on  

the  other  hand.    

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South  Africa  leads  the  way  by  far  !  

With  about  one  third  of  the  coworking  and  Tech  Hubs  in  operaFon  on  the  conFnent  !  

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South  Africa  Coworking  &  Tech  Hubs  

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Breakdown  by  African  countries  :  South  Africa  far  ahead  

Coworking   Tech  Hubs  

South  Africa  (est.)   42   23  

Kenya  (est.)   2   6  

Morroco  (est.)   6   2  

Egypt  (est.)   4   4  

Nigeria  (est.)   4   2  

Ivory  Coast  (est.)   2   3  

Tanzania  (est.)   2   3  

Ghana  (est.)   2   2  

Uganda  (est.)   2   1  

Rwanda   2   1  

Source  :  Global  Enterprise,  Coworking  Africa  

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More  than  half  of  South  Africa’s  coworking  spaces  are  

based  in  Cape  Town  !  

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 3.  Why  is  Coworking  going  to  rise  in  Africa  ?  

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This  was  Europe…  in  2010…  

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Look  where  we  are  5  years  later…!  

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La  Can\ne  Paris  started  in  200  sqm  in  the  early  2010  

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Move  to  an  2.400  sqm  building  and  became  NUMA    

8.000  people  registered  the  day  of  the  inaugura\on  

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Like  anywhere  else  before,  many  coworking  spaces  in  Africa  starts  small,  fueled  by  the  energy  

and  passion  of  a  few  !  

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Some  die,  others  grow  their  community  and  space  

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 And  an  industry  arises    

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Entrepreneurship  level  in  South  Africa  is  at  the  OECD  average  

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But  there  is  a  lot  of  room  for  improvement  everywhere  in  Africa  !  

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Demography  rising,  infrastructure  lacking,  digital  entrepreneurship  increasing…:    

many  drivers  are  pushing  coworking  up  in  Africa  

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Thank  you  !    

Jean-­‐Yves  Huwart,  www.coworkingafrica.com