In 2020, the highest-value merger and acquisition (M&A) deals carried out in Africa and the Middle East occurred in the energy, mining and utilities industry. The value of deals carried out in this sector amounted to just under 40 billion U.S. dollars. This was followed by the financial services industry, wherein M&A deals worth approximately 28.7 billion U.S. dollars were completed. The third place ranking is completed by the industrials and chemicals industry, with just over eight billion U.S. dollars in M&A transactions.
Value of merger and acquisition deals in Africa and the Middle East in 2020, by industry
(in billion U.S. dollars)
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Acuris Global, & ValueWalk. (January 5, 2021). Value of merger and acquisition deals in Africa and the Middle East in 2020, by industry (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 30, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/387706/distribution-of-merger-and-acquisition-deals-africa-and-middle-east-by-industry/
Acuris Global, und ValueWalk. "Value of merger and acquisition deals in Africa and the Middle East in 2020, by industry (in billion U.S. dollars)." Chart. January 5, 2021. Statista. Accessed December 30, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/387706/distribution-of-merger-and-acquisition-deals-africa-and-middle-east-by-industry/
Acuris Global, ValueWalk. (2021). Value of merger and acquisition deals in Africa and the Middle East in 2020, by industry (in billion U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 30, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/387706/distribution-of-merger-and-acquisition-deals-africa-and-middle-east-by-industry/
Acuris Global, and ValueWalk. "Value of Merger and Acquisition Deals in Africa and The Middle East in 2020, by Industry (in Billion U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 5 Jan 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/387706/distribution-of-merger-and-acquisition-deals-africa-and-middle-east-by-industry/
Acuris Global & ValueWalk, Value of merger and acquisition deals in Africa and the Middle East in 2020, by industry (in billion U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/387706/distribution-of-merger-and-acquisition-deals-africa-and-middle-east-by-industry/ (last visited December 30, 2024)
Value of merger and acquisition deals in Africa and the Middle East in 2020, by industry (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph], Acuris Global, & ValueWalk, January 5, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/387706/distribution-of-merger-and-acquisition-deals-africa-and-middle-east-by-industry/
