Monday, January 10, 2011

Angola like Brazil?

The Economy of Angola is one of the fastest-growing economies in the world,[3] and the Economist said that for 2001 to 2010, Annual average GDP growth for Angola was 11.1 percent, with an average growth GDP growth of 20 percent between 2005 and 2007, whereas China was10.5 (01-10), Wikipedia

Sunday, January 2, 2011

The Case For Investing In Africa

Mombasa, Kenya
The continent is now growing much more rapidly than the OECD nations. It may well be on the cusp of a reversal of fortunes. This post is written Paul Collier, of Forbes

McKinsey Quarterly 

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Tuesday, December 28, 2010

A Diamond in the Ruff

Did you know that in Africa there is a country with a lower unemployment rate than that in the USA?
In the USA it is only getting worse; 9.5% in 2009 and 9.8% in 2010 but in

Sunday, December 26, 2010

Emerging Market Mauritius


Since independence in 1968, Mauritius has developed from a low-income, agriculturally based economy to a middle-income diversified economy with growing industrial, financial, and tourist sectors. For most of the period, annual growth has been in the order

Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Kenya At A Tipping Point

Kenya may be at a “tipping point”, the theme of the third Kenya Economic Update which has a special focus on the transformative impact of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) and Mobile money. Over the last decade, ICT has outperformed

Monday, December 20, 2010

The Next Eleven

The Next Eleven (or N-11) are eleven countries—Bangladesh, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, South Korea, Turkey, and Vietnam—identified by


Sunday, December 19, 2010

A Game Changer in West Africa

Ghana’ s economy is expected to grow more than 13% in 2011 versus 5.4% in 2010 mainly because the country just started exporting oil that is estimated to be 3 billion