Africa’s Electrifying Future

Emerging and frontier markets are a focal point of this year’s World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, which takes place […]

By MarketAngel | 05 Feb 15 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Africa’s Failure to Industrialize: Bad Luck or Bad Policy?

On Thursday, November 20 the United Nations celebrated the 25th Africa Industrialization Day. But perhaps “celebrate” is not exactly the […]

By Aidualc | 07 Jan 15 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Food for Thought, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Chocolate Eaters Drive Record Cocoa-Output Deficit

By Luzi Ann Javier, Marvin G. Perez and Isis Almeida  Dec 17, 2013 5:23 PM ET Global cocoa supplies are headed […]

By Aidualc | 23 Jan 14 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Commodities, Finding Oxstones, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Dambisa Moyo: Search For Alpha Leads To Frontier Markets In Africa

Summary:  Frontier markets like Rwanda are actually offering higher equity market returns than developed and emerging markets. Dambisa Moyo: Search […]

By Brian Andreosky | 21 May 13 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Finding Oxstones, The Big Picture, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Made in Africa

By Sharon Kahn, From Chazen Global Insights, Consider the roundabout travels of the lowly cashew. Africa grows a lot of […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 10 May 13 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Commodities, Finding Oxstones, Food for Thought, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Water Could Be The World’s Next Biggest Market

In Uganda, a beer brewer is paying communities to protect wetlands in a bid to secure a steady supply of […]

By MarketAngel | 06 Feb 13 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Commodities, Eastern Europe, Finding Oxstones, Private Equity | Comments (0)

Nigeria’s Foreign Direct Investment Hits U.S.$9 Billion

(All Africa)- The total value of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) that came into Nigeria in 2011 was $8.9 billion with […]

By M Guliyev | 19 Jul 12 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Regions, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Africa: Investing in the Cradle of Civilization, Part 3: Ghana’s Golden Opportunties

By Mark Mobius, mobius.blog.franklintempleton, This year could prove an interesting one for Africa’s west coastal country, Ghana. Presidential and parliamentary […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 24 May 12 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Commodities, Stocks | Comments (0)

Africa: Investing in the Cradle of Civilization: Part 2

By Mark Mobius, From mobius.blog.franklintempleton, Africa is well known for its wealth of natural resources, which includes oil and gas, […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 15 May 12 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

The 15 Countries With The Highest Inflation Rates

Like death and taxes, no one escapes the ravages of inflation.   These days, it’s the talk of folks from Caracas […]

By Aidualc | 10 May 11 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Eastern Europe, Investment Wisdom, Latin America, North America, Regions, Statistics | Comments (0)