Podcast: Standard Bank analyst discusses modern retail in sub-Saharan Africa

Ishmael Mohamed, Sector Analyst in the Consumer team at Standard Bank compares the formal retail channel in sub-Saharan Africa to South Africa, and why the informal market continues to dominate. We also explore the outlook for retail in sub-Saharan Africa and why there’s potential for this region to adopt global e-commerce trends.

Standard Bank’s Consumer Sector team is pleased to present its third African Consumer Insights Report 2020. In this edition, our focus is on comparing the price of a typical South African basket of goods across the key consumer markets in sub-Saharan Africa. Read the full report here.

Standard Bank Group is the largest African bank by assets with a unique footprint across 20 African countries. Headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa, we are listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, with share code SBK, and the Namibian Stock Exchange, share code SNB. The group has more than 53,000 employees, approximately 1,200 branches and over 9,000 ATMs on the African continent, which enable it to deliver a complete range of services across personal and business banking, corporate and investment banking and wealth management.