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Key Trends Affecting Investment in Africa

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Key Trends Affecting Investment in Africa

Thanks to our partners at Sokoni Group, we are pleased to make available for free download the expert analysis “Africa Market Outlooks – 5 Trends to watch in 2013".

The report provides an overview of the recent economic and political developments that directly affect the investment climate in Ethiopia, Kenya, South Sudan, and Cameroon. It contains ...

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Africa, A New Beginning?

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Africa, A New Beginning?

“The benefits of investing in Africa are beginning to outweigh the risks. At a time when growth is stalling in America, Europe and Japan, and some of the major emerging markets are slowing down, Africa presents compelling, yet selective, sector investment opportunities.” 

In the past, Africa has been seen as a continent with no financial ...

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Ethiopia: Africa’s Lion Economy Averaging 10.6% GDP Growth per Year

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Ethiopia: Africa’s Lion Economy Averaging 10.6% GDP Growth per Year

Interested in investing in Africa? While South Africa has been continuously attracting media and investment attention, the business community seems to be neglecting other promising investment destinations within the continent.

With the current article we’d like to highlight an African emerging market that is becoming one of the fastest growing world economies, Ethiopia.

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Deloitte VC Industry Survey Supports Merar’s Smart Choice of Geographical Focus (Part 1)

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Doing business in emerging markets is no longer just an option. It is a must, given the lackluster expectations of western VC firms about growth in their home markets. Merar, with its emerging-market focus, is serving this wave of investor interest that will keep washing around the world in the coming decades.

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Agro-investment in Africa - Impact on land and livelihoods in Mozambique and Tanzania

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The current article is part of a publication by Noragric, the Department of International Environment and Development Studies at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences, on the social impact of investments in Agriculture. The research fosuses on two case studies, namely Mozambique and Tanzania, and explores in details the problem of 'land grabbing' resulting from ...

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