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29 Jan 2012
by Reuters

(Reuters) - Global institutional investors plan to boost their asset allocation in African markets over the next five years, and are shifting to long-term investment strategies from more speculative, short-term bets, a survey showed.

Africa's frontier markets -- the smallest, less developed and less liquid among emerging economies -- will offer the best overall prospects for investment growth in the next decade, said 51 percent of the 158 investors polled by Invest AD and the Econom read more...

 

27 Jan 2012
by Invest AD and the Economic Intelligence Unit

Even well informed observers have written
off Africa as riven by war, corruption and
poverty, but since the emergence of China
and India as economic growth engines,
many are now asking whether this
continent of one billion people can also
achieve its own “economic read more...


 
13 Dec 2011
by The Economist

The hopeful continent (The ECONOMIST)
Africa rising
After decades of slow growth, Africa has a real chance to follow in the footsteps of Asia
Dec 3rd 2011 | from the print edition

THE shops are stacked six feet high with goods, the streets outside are jammed with cust read more...


 
12 Dec 2011
by Sebastian Bräuer (NZZ Online)

Africa, a must have in your portfolio.


 
30 Aug 2011
by Gwyneth Roberts HedgeNews Africa

Sustainable Capital focuses on corporate governance risks across continent.


 
15 Jul 2011
by Gaetan Herinckx

- African companies with majority/controlling shareholders represent 71% of the top 100 companies by market cap
- Management incentives, capital allocation and transfer pricing are key governance challenges when looking at subsidiaries of multinational companies. For instance, management fee a read more...