Sub-Saharan Africa: Sustainability Risk Discussion

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Africa is a rising star - one of the most desirable investment destinations in the world. At the same time, the economic growth among the countries in Africa is uneven, and many obstacles must be overcome to unleash the full potential of opportunities. To achieve long-term sustainable investment results and progress towards Sustainable Development goals, risks to this development must be isolated, analyzed, and mitigated. This paper introduces the concept of Sustainability Risk, identifies a set of major risk components for Sub-Saharan Africa, and builds an integral measure to quantify the degree of remoteness of the forty-six Sub-Saharan Africa countries from the total set of threats considered. The countries are separated into distinct groups with similar characteristics in terms of Sustainability Risk, and an analysis for potential decision-making, based on the visualization of the countries' position in relation to the major sustainability threats, is performed for each group. The research identifies risks with maximum impacts.