Emerging and frontier markets are a focal point of this year’s World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, which takes place […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Made in Africa
By Sharon Kahn, From Chazen Global Insights, Consider the roundabout travels of the lowly cashew. Africa grows a lot of […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]