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Top 500 African companies?
Good day mates
I heard a lot about Jeune Afrique's top 500 largest African companies ranking but couldn't find it. Does anybody know where I can find it for the years 2007 and 2008?
I only found out that SONATRACH from Algeria is the largest company in Africa and that's all really.
Also there is the top 200 banks in Africa rankings published by Jeune Afrique too. Does anybody know what the top 200 banks in Africa are for the years 2007 and 2008?
I hope it's freely available and one doesn't have to have a paid subscription to Jeune Afrique to obtain this list.
BTW, if there is a top 500 ranking of the largest African corporations/companies other than Jeune Afrique, I'd be glad to take a look at them. Kindly provide your source(s) with translations, if applicable.
I'm just curious why it's so hard to find such data.
Thanks in advance mates. Cheers!
I heard a lot about Jeune Afrique's top 500 largest African companies ranking but couldn't find it. Does anybody know where I can find it for the years 2007 and 2008?
I only found out that SONATRACH from Algeria is the largest company in Africa and that's all really.
Also there is the top 200 banks in Africa rankings published by Jeune Afrique too. Does anybody know what the top 200 banks in Africa are for the years 2007 and 2008?
I hope it's freely available and one doesn't have to have a paid subscription to Jeune Afrique to obtain this list.
BTW, if there is a top 500 ranking of the largest African corporations/companies other than Jeune Afrique, I'd be glad to take a look at them. Kindly provide your source(s) with translations, if applicable.
I'm just curious why it's so hard to find such data.
Thanks in advance mates. Cheers!
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If there is such a thread, maybe a moderator can merge that one with this?
mtn uganda is the largest company in East Africa according to the population and the percentage of people who use cell phones in Uganda.
MTN is the largest cell phone company in Uganda.mtn uganda is the largest company in East Africa according to the population and the percentage of people who use cell phones in Uganda.
Dear Ugandan friend, Although MTN is a formidable company in Africa ...when it is taken as a whole, the realty is different when you look at individual countries.mtn uganda is the largest company in East Africa according to the population and the percentage of people who use cell phones in Uganda.
MTN Uganda has 4 million http://wirelessfederation.com/news/14945-mtn-uganda-plans-an-investment-of-us133mn/
Safaricom has around 14 Million in Kenya's 18 Million subscribers.
Safaricom's IPO was the biggest IPO ever in the history of Africa and any company in the Southern Hemisphere ..it raked near $8 Billion(by the thens dollar)-Bigger than even most American companies could dream (remember that google raked $2.5 billion). Some of the money was an oversubscription.
So..please get the facts right.
Forbes's Top 10 of African companies:
1 - Strandard Bank Group (South Africa)
2 - Sasol (South Africa)
3 - First Rand (South Africa)
4 - MTN Group (South Africa)
5 - Impala Platinum Holdings (South Africa)
6 - Orascom Construction Inds (Egypt)
7 - Telcom (South Africa)
8 - Orascom Telecom (Egypt)
9 - Attijariwafa Bank (Morocco)
10 - Royal Caribbean (Liberia)
Source: http://www.forbes.com/2009/04/08/worlds-largest-companies-business-global-09-global_land.html
1 - Strandard Bank Group (South Africa)
2 - Sasol (South Africa)
3 - First Rand (South Africa)
4 - MTN Group (South Africa)
5 - Impala Platinum Holdings (South Africa)
6 - Orascom Construction Inds (Egypt)
7 - Telcom (South Africa)
8 - Orascom Telecom (Egypt)
9 - Attijariwafa Bank (Morocco)
10 - Royal Caribbean (Liberia)
Source: http://www.forbes.com/2009/04/08/worlds-largest-companies-business-global-09-global_land.html
What is a Jeune Afrique?
Africa Business Journal is the best at compiling this.
Top 20 below.
Rank Rank ABRI_Code Company name Country Region
2009 2008
1 1 SA-AGL Anglo American South Southern
Africa Africa
2 2 SA-SAB SABMiller South Southern
Africa Africa
3 6 SA-SOL Sasol Ltd South Southern
Africa Africa
4 4 SA-MTN MTN Group Ltd South Southern
Africa Africa
5 11 MO-ITAM Itissalat Al Morocco North Africa
Maghrib
6 10 SA-SBK Standard Bank Group South Southern
Ltd Africa Africa
7 5 SA-AMS Anglo American South Southern
Platinum Corp Africa Africa
8 13 SA-FSR FirstRand Ltd South Southern
Africa Africa
9 16 SA-ANG AngloGold Ashanti South Southern
Ltd Africa Africa
10 3 SA-RCH Richemont South Southern
Africa Africa
11 18 SA-TKG Telkom SA Ltd South Southern
Africa Africa
12 8 SA-IMP Impala Platinum South Southern
Holdings Ltd Africa Africa
13 17 SA-ASA Absa Group Ltd South Southern
Africa Africa
14 19 SA-GFI Gold Fields Ltd South Southern
Africa Africa
15 23 MO-BCM Attijariwafa Bank Morocco North Africa
16 21 SA-NPN Naspers Ltd South Southern
Africa Africa
17 14 SA-KIO Kumha Iron Ore Ltd South Southern
Africa Africa
18 31 MO-BCE BMCE Morocco North Africa
19 26 SA-SLM Sanlam Ltd South Southern
Africa Africa
20 30 MO-CGI CGI Morocco North Africa
Top 200 below.
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa5327/is_352/ai_n31563311/?tag=content;col1
Africa Business Journal is the best at compiling this.
Top 20 below.
Rank Rank ABRI_Code Company name Country Region
2009 2008
1 1 SA-AGL Anglo American South Southern
Africa Africa
2 2 SA-SAB SABMiller South Southern
Africa Africa
3 6 SA-SOL Sasol Ltd South Southern
Africa Africa
4 4 SA-MTN MTN Group Ltd South Southern
Africa Africa
5 11 MO-ITAM Itissalat Al Morocco North Africa
Maghrib
6 10 SA-SBK Standard Bank Group South Southern
Ltd Africa Africa
7 5 SA-AMS Anglo American South Southern
Platinum Corp Africa Africa
8 13 SA-FSR FirstRand Ltd South Southern
Africa Africa
9 16 SA-ANG AngloGold Ashanti South Southern
Ltd Africa Africa
10 3 SA-RCH Richemont South Southern
Africa Africa
11 18 SA-TKG Telkom SA Ltd South Southern
Africa Africa
12 8 SA-IMP Impala Platinum South Southern
Holdings Ltd Africa Africa
13 17 SA-ASA Absa Group Ltd South Southern
Africa Africa
14 19 SA-GFI Gold Fields Ltd South Southern
Africa Africa
15 23 MO-BCM Attijariwafa Bank Morocco North Africa
16 21 SA-NPN Naspers Ltd South Southern
Africa Africa
17 14 SA-KIO Kumha Iron Ore Ltd South Southern
Africa Africa
18 31 MO-BCE BMCE Morocco North Africa
19 26 SA-SLM Sanlam Ltd South Southern
Africa Africa
20 30 MO-CGI CGI Morocco North Africa
Top 200 below.
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa5327/is_352/ai_n31563311/?tag=content;col1
I saw Royal Caribbean at no. 10 as a Liberian Company and I thought Forbes had gone on crack. I did some research and saw its headquarters are in Miami but their ships sail under the Liberian and Norwegian flags.Forbes's Top 10 of African companies:
1 - Strandard Bank Group (South Africa)
2 - Sasol (South Africa)
3 - First Rand (South Africa)
4 - MTN Group (South Africa)
5 - Impala Platinum Holdings (South Africa)
6 - Orascom Construction Inds (Egypt)
7 - Telcom (South Africa)
8 - Orascom Telecom (Egypt)
9 - Attijariwafa Bank (Morocco)
10 - Royal Caribbean (Liberia)
Source: http://www.forbes.com/2009/04/08/worlds-largest-companies-business-global-09-global_land.html
They were sued in the nineties for dumping waste into the ocean and other environmental charges in 6 US Courts. That was then they threw in the argument that they were a Liberian company to absolve themselves of prosecution and signed a deal with the Liberian government to put the flags on the cruise ships.
This totally threw me off. Now that I get it, I'm just laughing.
SAB Miller and Anglo American are considered British companies in most rankings i have seen maybe because they transferred their primary listing to London.
true. Africa Business though uses a different logic. If you are listed on the local stock exchange of an African country and most of the business is from that country, since their calculations of market value is from the capitalization on the SE, they classify you from that country. Though I disagree with it, that's how they calculated it.SAB Miller and Anglo American are considered British companies in most rankings i have seen maybe because they transferred their primary listing to London.
You also see companies like Eco Bank Nigeria, Standard Bank Kenya listed as companies of the local vicinity when they are subsidiaries of companies from Togo and South Africa respectively.
Mennnnnnnnnnnnnnn....I never thought there wont be any Nigeria company there.
Its just Nigerian company advertising on CNN and sponsoring all African programs this days...
I guess Nigeria still have to move up, but come to think of it...Nigeria is trying to bring along is western countries and I guess this asnt been easy. Most of this countries listed are just doing things for their interest and not the neighbours....with a country like South Africa, by now...the southern countries should be on the list also.
Its just Nigerian company advertising on CNN and sponsoring all African programs this days...
I guess Nigeria still have to move up, but come to think of it...Nigeria is trying to bring along is western countries and I guess this asnt been easy. Most of this countries listed are just doing things for their interest and not the neighbours....with a country like South Africa, by now...the southern countries should be on the list also.
SA is probably the biggest African investor on the continent Standard Bank,MTN,Shoprite are the most prominent in that regard and there are others like Massmart with their Makro Stores ,Super Group and the whole lot. This is about scale and SA companies have it and its difficult for countries with 12 million people with low per capita income to make it on that list.With that said though SA is the biggest African investor on most of the continent.
guys why do u fieeeeewn according to the population of 4 million Mtn subscribers in uganda MTN is big, if it had 8 million like safari com it would be the biggest OK we consider % MTN Uganda is the biggestDear Ugandan friend, Although MTN is a formidable company in Africa ...when it is taken as a whole, the realty is different when you look at individual countries.
MTN Uganda has 4 million http://wirelessfederation.com/news/14945-mtn-uganda-plans-an-investment-of-us133mn/
Safaricom has around 14 Million in Kenya's 18 Million subscribers.
Safaricom's IPO was the biggest IPO ever in the history of Africa and any company in the Southern Hemisphere ..it raked near $8 Billion(by the thens dollar)-Bigger than even most American companies could dream (remember that google raked $2.5 billion). Some of the money was an oversubscription.
So..please get the facts right.
uganda we have five mobile telecommunications and Kenya has 3 or 2 , and yet they make huge profits look at Warid telecoms, its new but it alarmed the warid investor the way it caught up now its ranked the second according to customer care balance.in only a month warid had 800,000 subscribers which is great profit.so Mtn is big
and ugandans love to have many thing that's is Wat we call variety
Their Headquarters too...SAB Miller and Anglo American are considered British companies in most rankings i have seen maybe because they transferred their primary listing to London.
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