Introductory Note:-

The African Gate to the Gulf Cooperation Council, seek out to bridge the gap for cooperation between African countries and the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) in the following areas

1. Economic cooperation.
2. Trade exchange.
3. Investment and Development.
4. Developing relations with investors and businessmen or institutions between the two sides.
5. Assisting African countries in increasing their exports to the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council.
6. Organizing businessmen and investors forums between the two sides
7. Providing consultations and all services, that can possibly help in developing cooperation and relations between the two sides.

Our fields of work:-

1. The Africa Gate to the Gulf Cooperation Council member countries is a holding company, which mainly focuses in the following activities:
• Developing relations between the member states of the African Union and the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council in the fields of development, investment, consultancy and cooperation.
• International Trade.
• All activities of exploration, extraction, exploitation, processing, studies, and oil and mining research
• Performing all mining, oil and gas operations, directly or indirectly.
• Acquisition of all holdings, in Africa and all the companies outside, regardless of their legal nature or purpose, by acquiring shares, underwriting, contributing, or otherwise.
• General import and export business
• In general, all commercial, financial, real estate and industrial transactions related directly or indirectly to the purpose of the aforementioned company or any similar or related purpose.
• The company facilitates the process of obtaining the necessary licenses from the competent authorities in the countries of the African continent
• Providing cooperation opportunities with all African authorities and businessmen from African Union and Gulf Cooperation Council countries
• Coordination of mediation between economic institutions
• Consultancy, assistance, and training in general, conducting studies, reviews, analyses or services in all fields, especially finance, private or public business economics, trade, education and the environment.
• Organizing the commercial administration, Organizing meetings, seminars, conferences, exhibitions and economic events.
• Strengthening and expanding the capacity of major African companies and member states of the Gulf Cooperation Council
• Economic and cultural diversification on the continent and around the world.
• Training and creating training opportunities and scholarships for African students and executives within the framework of joint cooperation.
• All health services.
• All multi-sector activities related to development, Transportation in all its forms.
• Establishing and operating all industrial units.
• Engineering and implementation of all building construction and civil engineering, in general, all public works companies or others, and in particular, the acquisition, operation, manufacture or representation of all construction-related products, materials and processes.
• Commercial, industrial and financial mediation, Representation of trademarks and patents.
• Public mediation on behalf of all persons and companies interested in African markets and member states of the Gulf Cooperation Council.
• All agricultural activities, including implementation, operation, production and development of all activities related to the food industry (agriculture, livestock, poultry and horticulture).
• Marketing of tropical products, olive oil and its derivatives
• Representing any hotel brand in the member states of the Gulf Cooperation Council, with local partnership, as well as in all member states of the African Union individually or otherwise.
• Importing and exporting electrical appliances and components, telephones, computers, televisions, and electronic surveillance devices.
• Establishing all subsidiary companies in the member states of the African Union and the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council with local representation.
• Commercial representation of trademarks.
2. The company works in direct integration and coordination with the strategic centre concerned with African affairs registered in the Republic of Guinea Conakry and has powers to work in all countries of the African continent, which are (55) countries, which is chaired by and works Counsellor/ ABDELMOUNEM BOUSSAFITA to develop African relations with all countries of the world in various fields.
3. Whereas the Gulf Cooperation Council, which was established in May 1981 and includes six member countries (the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - the State of the United Arab Emirates - Qatar - Kuwait - the Sultanate of Oman - the Kingdom of Bahrain), the Council is considered one of the most important political and economic blocs, where the gross domestic product of its community is estimated About (1500) trillion dollars, and it produces about one-fifth of the oil in the world (18 million barrels per day), and the population of the GCC countries is estimated at about 55 million people, and the GCC countries are considered strategic ,important, economic and commercial canters and very close to the African continent. Of its imports, as the total bilateral trade between the GCC countries and Africa, amounted to about 71 billion dollars in the year 2019, of which 47 billion dollars is the value of the exports of the GCC countries to Africa and 24.5 billion is the value of Africa’s exports to the GCC countries. A great desire for the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council to strongly enter the African market, after the remarkable development in African administrations in terms of developmental policies and laws and the will of leaders in many countries, foremost of which is the Federal Republic of Nigeria as a response to the requirements of economic competition and transparency to seize more fruitful opportunities.
4. The continent of Africa, which consists of 55 countries and whose population is estimated at 1.5 billion, with a total GDP of about 750 billion dollars. The most developed African countries for the year 2019 were classified according to a report from the International Monetary Fund. They are considered one of the most attractive continents in the world for investment due to their enormous natural resources and strategic location, so they are considered one of the most important destinations for Gulf investment during the coming period. What encourages this is the great openness of African countries to the world in various fields of cooperation, which made it a destination for attracting the investments of many developed countries (China - Germany - Russia - France - Spain and others) and in this regard, Nigeria finds it at the forefront of the African countries targeted in investment, especially as it has witnessed a very large development and noticeable in the banking sector, which is considered the lever of the economy and transparent trade exchange, as well as studies and forecasts indicate the rise and development of a number of African countries in the coming period, which encourages attracting more investors, individuals and institutions from around the world, in addition to the need for other countries for companies and investments in the fields of reconstruction ( Libya - South Sudan - the Democratic Republic of the Congo - Somalia).

Our Vision:-

Flying high on the economic and trade relations between Africa and the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council.

Our Goal:-

Based on our website and the full support of the Gulf Cooperation Council’s Africa portal for the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council from the strategic centre specializing in African affairs in terms of extensive relations and experience, it is fully prepared to put all its efforts, expertise and experience in serving the areas of cooperation between all African countries and the Gulf Cooperation Council countries. So, in fact, our institutions need an equally active local partner.