Why are they no McDonalds restaurants in Africa?

Question

Apart from South Africa

Answer 1

do they eat meat?

Answer 2

you dont need them food is great in south africa....

Answer 3

They are you know

Answer 4

I think most of the governments there don't accept it. I know macdonalds tried to have a franchise in Angola and the government didn't accept it. Remember that many african presidents are dictators, they enjoy seeing their people living under extreme poverty.

Dont listen to the people that are saying that the people in Africa are too poor. Come on, Africa is full of millionaires and is not like macdonalds would open a macdonalds in all parts of Africa. They would open where the middle class live and they would definetely gain profit, but as i said, the government won't accept it.

p.s. If Africa is that poor i wonder why coca-cola is all over africa, why telephone companies such as Unitel has moved to Africa, why Chevron is there.. people are very ignorantt.. start reading and then have an opinion

Answer 5

African countries are dirt poor, violent, and poor. The majority of the population live on less than $1.00 per day.

I could imagine one in Algeria, Morocco, Egypt, or maybe Nigeria. But Zimbabwe, Somalia, Ethiopia? Those people are DIRT poor and famished.

Answer 6

Because the countries are too corrupt.

Too many things would go wrong.

People dont have enough money to buy the food.

Who would train the workers?

There are millions of reasons why there is no Mcdonalds in Africa..

Answer 7

there are certainly a few in Egypt.

ps question girl... are you frickin serious?????

Answer 8

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonald%27...

Answer 9

Because no one can afford it, except from in South Africa. They should put some in Egypt, they're quite rich.

Answer 10

because mcdonald burgers are made from beef,few africans can afford cattle and i dont think they would like goat burger

Answer 11

isnt it something you should no? because they dont have enough money! u need to watch news more often if you didnt no that!

Answer 12

Are you serious? Ok apart from south Africa the wars in the north are enough to make people not wanna go to work and get hacked with a machite. thats not all countrys in the northern part but id imagine other than that, they either do have some with a different menu or they just havent got there yet.

Answer 13

They do have Mc Donalds in Africa they have like 5 and they have cigarettes and condoms and all other things humans shouldnt have but companies sell them.

In western countries people let go of their religious and traditional ties, its easy for people to eat as they want and engage in almost any activity. In Africa they have these ties, so it is very hard for global companies to impose new ones.

Answer 14

Who told you India was a poor country? There are certainly many poor people - as there are in many countries but the economy is booming unlike many of the western countries.

Answer 15

There ARE MCDonald's restaurants in Africa.

Egypt (open/opening) and South Africa for sure, as you alluded to above.

They are the official restaurant of the FIFA World Cup in 2010, whatever that means, considering no elite athlete would be eating McDonald's.

As for why they aren't in countries like Ethiopia (no food, literally no money, and war torn), the Congo (uh, do we really need to ask why they aren't there?), and the like, consider the economic and political stabilitiy of the countries, the general lack of purchasing power as a whole for society, and the fact that most everyone there spends their time surviving, not spending money they do not have frivolously.

India is very poor, yes, in terms of number of people in poverty. But has a lot of people who have money too. Those kinds of countries in Africa have none, and will not have an emerging working class and middle class for decades, if ever at all.

Answer 16

To poor, cant even afford the dollar menu!!!

Answer 17

There are more important things to spend their money on than shite junk food.

McDonalds food versus real food is what you buy when you've got money to throw away.

Answer 18

umm b/c a they are poor b b/c they dont have anymoney so no food so y would u feed them s*** food ??? and b/c they don't need it duhhhh

Answer 19

there are some restaurants in africa and the whole country is not poor like that

Answer 20

They're afraid of clowns.

And that Burger King King guy scares everyone, so no Burger Kings either.

Answer 21

Some places are just to poor to have McDonalds in other places beside south africa and even if they do manage to get one there elsewhere people will be just to poor to order any.

Answer 22

Because Africans have better (and wiser) eating habits than the idiots who choose to shorten their larderous lives by scoffing the garbage which McDonalds dish out.

Answer 23

because the majority of Africa is too poor.

Answer 24

Many people in Africa are too poor to buy McDonald's and there aren't any people to train the workers in Africa