Africa makes the grade for richest U.S. university investors

By Tosin Sulaiman JOHANNESBURG, July 7 (Reuters) – America’s wealthiest universities are venturing into Africa’s fast-growing frontier markets in search of outsized […]

Africa investor (Ai) Weekly Commentary – 24 June 2013

By Staff Reporter | June 24, 2013 A fortnight is a long time for the companies on the Ai40 Index. Two […]

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 […]

Africa investor Weekly Commentary – 20 May 2013

http://www.ainewswire.com/?p=1260 By Staff Reporter | May 20, 2013 The Ai40 Index took a slight dip this week. It lost 0.85 points, […]

The Next Big Breakout Economies

By Sharon Kahn , From Chazen Global Insights, When most of us think of “breakout nations,” the BRIC juggernauts come […]

Made in Africa

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

Best Stock Pickers Trawl Frontier Markets as U.S. Funds Lose

By Michael Patterson, Bloomberg, Stock pickers focused on the least- developed markets are trouncing their benchmark index and producing annual […]

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 […]

The Next Frontier

By Mark Mobius, Mobius Blog, Frank Templeton, In a recent interview, I was asked whether I was becoming a “frontiersman” […]

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, […]