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)

Happiest and saddest countries 2013

The Prosperity Index Everywhere you look in this world there are signs of instability, destruction, hopelessness. Syria is in civil […]

By MarketAngel | 10 Dec 13 | Posted in Food for Thought, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Smallest Stock Exchanges Can Only Go Up

by Thomas Kostigen, Market Watch, The world’s smallest stock exchange opened last week in Cambodia and joins a growing cadre […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 06 Aug 11 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Investment Wisdom, Stocks | 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)

In Africa, can Brazil be the anti-China?

By David Lewis, Reuters, NIMBA-BUCHANAN RAILWAY, Liberia (Reuters) – In the muggy forest of central Liberia, a gang of workers […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 26 Feb 11 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Commodities, Finding Oxstones, Latin America, Private Equity, Real Estate | Comments (0)