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We just launched another branding & marketing agency.
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If culture influences how people think, behave, communicate, consume and identify themselves, can a brand truly build a global identity without understanding the cultural environments in which it operates?
If you were the CMO of a global brand entering Nigeria tomorrow, what would you investigate first?
A. Consumer behaviour
B. Competition
C. Pricing
D. Distribution
E. Culture
F. All of the above
The biggest mistake African brands can make when expanding:
Assuming what made them successful at home will automatically make them successful elsewhere.
Your product may travel.
Your brand may travel.
But your strategy needs to travel intelligently.
African founders:
What's the hardest part of expanding into another market?
Awareness?
Trust?
Distribution?
Competition?
Localisation?
Before taking an African brand global, ask:
Is the positioning clear?
Does the product solve a problem beyond the home market?
What needs localisation?
Who are the competitors?
Local success is not automatically global readiness.
African identity isn't the problem.
Unclear positioning is.
A brand doesn't need to hide where it comes from to compete globally.
It needs to understand:
- What is distinctive about us?
- Why should the world care?
- How do we communicate that clearly?
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What happens when a global brand with a strong identity enters markets with very different consumer behaviours?
Letβs look at KitKat.
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Global brands don't always need a completely new strategy for Africa.
Sometimes they need a better understanding of the market they're bringing the strategy into.