Investing in South Sudan

Investment Opportunities: Achieving peace and resolving security issues (ongoing conflicts in Blue Nile, Darfur, and South Kordofan states) are critical to building investor confidence in South Sudan. Commitment to the peace agreement in 2018 will remain essential for stable oil production, private investment, foreign exchange flows, and public investment in the critical health, education, and agriculture sectors. South Sudan's national development strategy has prioritized the development of the agriculture and construction sectors. The agricultural sector offers opportunities, as Southern Sudan has vast arable land of approximately 30 million hectares, of which less than 5 percent is cultivated. Rebuilding infrastructure is a priority, as the Southern Sudan Infrastructure Action Plan indicates that transforming agriculture from its current subsistence state to an export contributing sector will require infrastructure investments of US$200 million per year over the medium term. There is a strong 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 also in iron, diamonds, copper, nickel, marble and gold. In the energy sector, there are many opportunities for power generation from the Nile.