INTO AFRICA | - Part 9

INTO AFRICA April Edition: Africa’s Unshaken Fundamentals

LAGOS, Nigeria, Capital Markets in Africa — Over the past few years, discussion about Africa’s development, prosperity, growth and potential was becoming more optimistic, so Africa seems to have conquered the myth of negative perception. The gained optimism has led to many buzzwords such as Africa rising; Africa the last frontier, Lion on the move etc. As a result, Africa is not hard to sell to investors and many investment pitches highlight the common reason…

INTO AFRICA: African Economic Outlook in 2016

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LAGOS, Nigeria, Capital Markets in Africa — In 2015, Africa experienced its slowest economic growth rate since the 1998 global financial crisis. The Sub-Saharan Africa real GDP growth fell from 5.0 percent in 2014 to 3.75 percent in 2015 (IMF’s estimates). The downside risks in 2015 (low commodity prices, a slowing in China’s growth and uncertainty in the level of USA’s real growth rate) are expected to spill-over to 2016 but with reduced impact. As…

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