Posts Tagged ‘Consumers’

Africa Is Surely Just A Commodities Play, Right?

On June 25, my colleagues at Business Monitor International (BMI) hosted another Country Risk roundtable, dedicating 90 minutes to discussing the outlook for Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and whether the region will be able to decouple from the global economy. For those interested, the BMI Africa team kindly provided the presentation slides for the event.

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The View From Istanbul

Among other things, I’m just wrapping up a three-day working trip to Istanbul, where I participated in an investor’s conference focusing on the Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) region as well as met BMI clients to discuss views from the ground level. I figured I would take the opportunity while I’m waiting for my flight [Read more...]


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