A new project to build a Chinese backed Tech City near Tangier on a new 2000 hectare site which will house 300,000 people and host multiple industrial zones all creating thousands of jobs was recently unveiled in Tangier, Morocco. The… Read More ›
Country Investment Analysis
The Quest for a Black Unicorn: Investing in Lagos Start-ups
The Nigerian tech scene is on a roll, Lagos the financial and commercial centre of the country has become the epicentre of a nascent tech industry now boasting of hundreds of new ventures all competing to meet the demands of a young… Read More ›
Why you should invest in Somalia
Investing in Somalia might seem like a particularly crazy idea, after all the country is a byword for state failure and chaos. Civil war, piracy and terrorism have bedevilled the country for nearly 30 years and over time it has… Read More ›
Friends or foe: China – North Korea Relations
Political relations between North Korea and China have recently fallen to a new low as the North Korean military tested a hydrogen bomb with without informing their close neighbours Beijing. Although the world often views two countries as close allies,… Read More ›
China’s big four banks: expansion abroad, trouble at home
At the end of 2014 China’s biggest bank the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) held an astonishing US$ 3.3 trillion in assets, while the second largest, China Construction Bank Corporation weighed in with a hefty US$ 2.6 trillion…. Read More ›
The Top Ten Articles of 2015
2015 has been a fantastic year for the site, covering everything from China’s new Silk Road strategy to many different Frontier Markets in Asia and Africa. Below I list and review the ten most read articles published this year. Enjoy… Read More ›
Ethiopia: Africa’s Economic Powerhouse?
Can Ethiopia make the leap from a high performing frontier market dependent on commodity exports to a middle income country with a sizeable industrial sector and in the process become one of Africa’s biggest economies? The government hopes the answer… Read More ›
Frontier Stock Exchanges: A quick guide to the Casablanca Bourse
Casablanca is Morocco’s financial and industrial capital so naturally is host to the North African nation’s stock exchange. The Casablanca bourse is Africa’s third largest after Lagos and Johannesburg and also the third oldest. The good news for foreign investors… Read More ›
A Snapshot of Sany Heavy Industry
Sany Heavy Industry exemplifies many Chinese corporates – relatively anonymous, yet a massive global presence in a sector (6th largest firm in the world) that China is reknowned for its strength in. The Changsha based venture focuses on the production… Read More ›
Investing in Kiev Real Estate – a unique opportunity
The Ukraine is not a hot place to invest in right now, the uncertainty of war and an economy beset by the problems of corruption and embezzlement, not to mention the simmering conflict with separatists in the East all paint… Read More ›
