What Macroeconomics Really Say About a Country
VENTURES AFRICA – Economic Indicators and filters have become increasingly important because of their role in shaping all sorts of decisions especially when choices and trade-offs need to be made. As...
View ArticleTop Seven Cities for Doing Business in Africa
VENTURES AFRICA – It’s pretty hard to miss the buzz that has been on about the African economy, with large markets and a huge consumer market-base, Africa has become one of major hub of business in the...
View ArticleTourism and Mining Are The Most Targeted by White-collar Crime In South Africa
VENTURES AFRICA – Although fraud and corruption have become endemic in the global economy, the odds are not always stacked in the favour of the criminals. Some encouraging trends indicate that while...
View ArticleWhat’s At Stake As The English Premier League Signs $7bn TV Deal
VENTURES AFRICA – The Premier League has announced a 70 percent rise in its new British television rights deal set to kick off in 2016 and run till 2019. The deal will see broadcast rights holders pay...
View ArticleNigeria Remains West Africa Most Attractive Market, Despite a Poor 2014
VENTURES AFRICA – Nigeria, Africa’s largest economy, remains West Africa’s most attractive market despite having to contend with a multitude of challenges that resulted in a poor economic showing last...
View ArticleMarket Atlas Launches First Africa-focused Currency Indices
VENTURES AFRICA – Market Atlas, LLC (MA) has launched a pair of benchmark indexes, measuring the performance of a basket of African currencies against the U.S Dollar and the United Kingdom Pound...
View ArticleFive Surprises from South Africa You Should Watch Out for
VENTURES AFRICA – The extreme volatility with which the global equity markets started this year is likely to continue, according to Terence Craig, Chief Investment Office (CIO) at the Cape Town-based...
View ArticleCommodity Concerns: Who May Be Concerned?
VENTURES AFRICA – The sustained low oil price environment has raised concerns about the sustainability of development (and consequently debt and credit levels) in sub-Saharan Africa. Africa’s top two...
View ArticleArab Companies Urged to Grace Egypt Investment Summit in their Hundreds
VENTURES AFRICA – It has emerged that the Gulf Arab states are urging hundreds of their firms to grace an international investment summit to be held in Egypt later this week. This is in a bid to make...
View ArticleThe South Africa economy sees marginal signs of a rebound
VENTURES AFRICA – After ending last year with huge economic losses, South Africa is showing signs of a rebound. The Central Bank’s business cycle indicator rose 0.3 percent month-on-month in January....
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