Africa Remains Ripe For Private Equity
For investors open to new approaches, continental Africa remains one of the most attractive investment strategies. According to a new…
Gabon: Election Aftermath
Gabon’s Post-Election Aftermath The current focus in Gabon continues to be the aftermath of the presidential elections that were held…
African Development Bank Facilitates More Digital Payments
In line with its agriculture transformation agenda for the continent, the African Development Bank (AfDB) is launching a new digital…
In Gabon, Agri-Business Leads The Way For Olam
Looking at the field of agriculture and the industries around it, Olam International stands out as the leading global integrated…
Ethiopia’s “Favorable” Growth Outlook
Country’s Rating Supported Ethiopia’s government bond rating, according to Moody’s Investor Service, is being supported by what the agency says is a…
Emerging Markets Will Rebound From “Brexit”
Our [Standard Chartered] big theme for 2016 is retreat, regroup, rebound. We expected emerging markets to come under pressure early in…
Transforming Trade in Africa
For a continent as big and diverse as Africa, regional integration is a mammoth task. But the longer African nations…
Middle East, Africa, Less Vulnerable to EM Debt: Moody’s
Emerging market economies are becoming increasingly vulnerable to external shocks after a decade-long build-up of debt, with the Middle East…
Angola Forecast Cut Amid Low Oil
Frontier Friday: Angola Growth Halved, Revenues Shortened OPEC-member Angola appears to be heading for a very rough patch of economic…
Pursue Opportunities in Emerging Markets: SLI
With 2016 officially half over, global equity funds are reflecting a story of mixed performance. Some groups are up, while…
Ashmore: Emerging Markets Now a “Global Trade”
Emerging Markets: The Big Global Trade The big “global trade” of the moment is the emerging markets. In a published…
Shorter Settlement for JSE
On Monday, July 11th, the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) formally completed its move to a shorter settlement cycle in which…
