{"id":10104,"date":"2012-04-20T04:21:23","date_gmt":"2012-04-20T02:21:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/04\/africas-scarce-infrastructure-breeds-self-reliant-companies\/"},"modified":"2012-04-20T04:21:23","modified_gmt":"2012-04-20T02:21:23","slug":"africas-scarce-infrastructure-breeds-self-reliant-companies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/africas-scarce-infrastructure-breeds-self-reliant-companies\/","title":{"rendered":"Africa&#8217;s scarce infrastructure breeds &quot;self-reliant&quot; companies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>(For more news from the Reuters Africa Investment Summit, click<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/summit\/AfricaInvestment12\">here<\/a>)<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>* Outdated infrastructure remains huge challenge to business<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>* Companies forced to build roads, power\/waste plants<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>* Infrastructure backlog needs $22 billion a year -AfDB<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>By Tiisetso Motsoeneng<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>JOHANNESBURG, April 18 (Reuters) &#8211; Companies betting on<br \/>\nAfrica&#8217;s growing affluence are being forced to come up with<br \/>\nclever ways of doing business to get around the continent&#8217;s<br \/>\ndilapidated roads, shaky power supply and inept ports.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If there isn&#8217;t a well developed distribution network in<br \/>\nplace, many companies would take some of that obligation to get<br \/>\nthe product onto the market themselves,&#8221; John van Wyk, Africa<br \/>\nco-head of private equity firm Actis, told the Reuters Africa<br \/>\nInvestment Summit this week.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>SABMiller not only runs a brewery in South Sudan but<br \/>\nthe world&#8217;s No.2 beer producer also operates its own solar power<br \/>\nand waste-water treatment plants after decades of civil war left<br \/>\nthe world&#8217;s newest nation with virtually no infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When we first got there in 2009 there was about 4<br \/>\nkilometres of tarred roads,&#8221; Mark Bowman, Africa regional head<br \/>\nof SABMiller told the Reuters Africa Investment Summit<br \/>\nthis week. &#8220;We tend to be very self-reliant when it comes to<br \/>\nAfrica. 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