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Country overview: South Sudan is a landlocked country located in East Central Africa. It shares borders with Uganda, DRC and Kenya to the South, Sudan to the North, Central Africa Republic to the west and Ethiopia to the east. It gained independence from Sudan on 9 June 2011. Its capital is Juba with 10 regional states which serve as administrative divisions. It is a Presidential Republic with the President sitting both as Head of State and Head of Government. It has a bicameral legislative system comprising of Council of States and Transitional National Legislative Assembly. Its official language is English, but Arabic is widely spoken. It has religion mix made up of Christian, Moslem and Animist. It has a mixed legal system based on Islamic (sharia) law and English Common law. It has an area size of 0.644 million sq km.
Demographic Information: South Sudan has an estimated population of 10.56 million comprising mostly of younger population (less than 25 years) which makes up about 62.9% of the population, those in the age bracket of 25-64 years makes up about 34.6% of the population and above 65 years age group makes up about 2.5% of the population. Average population density is estimated at 18 inhabitants/km2. In terms of human development indicators, it has a life expectancy of 56.5 years (Women) and 54.6 years (Men). It achieved universal primary education with a 72.99% Primary enrolment rate in 2015 and overall literacy level of 34.5% as at 2018.
Broad Economic Overview: South Sudan’s economy is dependent on crude oil, subsistence agriculture and humanitarian assistance. About 98% of government revenue comes from oil. It depends on the neighbouring countries for most of its consumed goods, capital and services. South Sudan has abundant of many natural resources such as crude oil, iron ore, copper, chromium ore, zinc, tungsten, mica, silver, gold, diamonds, hardwoods, limestone etc. Most of the natural resources remain untapped. South Sudan has the third-largest oil reserves in Sub-Saharan Africa. Due to lack of infrastructure and the landlocked nature, South Sudan depends on Sudan to transport oil through Sudan’s pipeline to the oil terminal at Port Sudan facilities in Red Sea state in Sudan. Disputes with Sudan on how revenue from crude oil sales would be shared has hampered oil production and caused a dramatic reduction in revenue of South Sudan. Real GDP growth was an estimated 0.9% in 2019, a recovery from contraction of 1.9% in 2018 due to resumption of crude oil production following a peace agreement signed with regional leaders in 2018 with the aim of concluding its five-year civil war. South Sudan’s currency is the South Sudanese pound. The currency has witnessed massive depreciation since introduction.
Investment Opportunities: Attainment of peace and subduing security concerns (ongoing conflicts in the Blue Nile, Darfur, and South Kordofan states) are very key to enhancing investor confidence in South Sudan. Commitment to the peace agreement in 2018 will remain key for stability of oil production, private investment, foreign exchange flows, and public investment in the critical sectors of health, education, and agriculture. South Sudan’s national development strategy has prioritized the agriculture and construction sectors for development. Opportunities are available in the agricultural sector as South Sudan boasts of vast arable land of about 30 million hectares with less than 5% under cultivation. Infrastructure reconstruction is a priority as South Sudan’s infrastructure action plan states that transforming agriculture from its current subsistent state to an export contributor will require infrastructure investments amounting to USD 200M a year over the medium term. There is high demand to rebuild and construct over 2,500 km of roads with opportunities for private toll operators. There is potential not only in the oil sector, but in iron, diamond, copper, nickel, marble, and gold. In the energy sector, there are multiple power generation opportunities from Nile River.
Invest South Sudan – Recommended Contacts
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Job Title
Company Name
Business service Provided
Contact
Allan Wood
Global Head of Business Development
Jersey Finance
NGO
Aya Rainer
Researcher
JETRO London
Trade and Investment Promotion Agency;Regional Trade Organisation
Bhavna Seth Ranjan
Head-Market Facilitation Services
Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)
Business Intelligence
Bridget Shoo
Regional Director (Southern Africa)
Enterprise Singapore
Trade and Investment Promotion Agency
David Smith
Chief Executive
British African Business Alliance Ltd
Chamber of Commerce
Duncan Harris
President
Australia Africa Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Elise Donovan
Chief Executive Officer
BVI Finance
Financial Services
Frazer Lang
CEO
Scottish Africa Business Association
Trade Association
Ivy Ziqian Wang
Operations Manager
Australia Africa Chamber of Commerce
NA
John Paterson
Chairman
Scottish Africa Business Association
Regional Trade Organisation
Kiran Narayanant
General Manager
SME Chamber of India
Chamber of Commerce
Luis De Melo
Chairman
Global Chamber of Commerce for Portuguese Speaking Countries
Chamber of Commerce
Maham Saqib
ICCIA
NA
Mariam Adel
Economic researcher
jazan chamber of commerce
Analytics
May Yuen
Analyst
Africa South East Asia Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
McKenzie Penton
Director of Events & Business Development
Invest in the USA
Trade Association
Michael Mills
Climate Finance Adviser
UK Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS)
Government Official
Nara Pires
Communication Director
AFroChamber
Chamber of Commerce
Rupi Nandra
Commercial Benefits Specialist
FCDO
NA
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Marketing Services;Marketing and Public Relations Services;Stock Exchange;Offshore Trust and Corporate Services;Public Relations or Investment Relations or Communications;Investor - Institutional;Investor - Corporate;Dealmaker;Trade Finance;Real Estate Services;Company Executive;Import/Export;Founder
Consultant - General;Business Intelligence;Software or Technology Services
Ochol Micheal
Managing Director
South Sudan Agricultural Exporting & Investment Company
Marketing Services;Marketing and Public Relations Services;Financial Services;Trade and Investment Promotion Agency;Regional Trade Organisation;Trade Association;Software or Technology Services;Research Analyst;Business Accelerator or Incubator;Agriculturalist/Farmer;Entrepreneur;Sales
odoo Samuel Odoo
marketing officer
myriad insurance group
NA
oliver james
Centre for Emergency and Development Support -CEDS