Posts Tagged ‘Consumers’
Thu Jun 17, 2010 17:37 BST |
Riskwatchdog recently attended a Bloomberg Africa focus day where several speakers discussed the potential offered by the African consumer in a challenge to the often-held view that the continent is a pure resource play.
My colleagues in the Africa team at BMI are equally excited by the prospects for private consumption growth over the coming [Read more...]
Tags: Africa, Consumers, consumption, economies, GDP per capita, incomes, investment
Posted in: Africa, General
Fri Jun 26, 2009 18:14 BST |
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.
As [Read more...]
Tags: Africa, Commodities, conference, Consumers, decoupling, naira, Nigeria
Posted in: Africa, Commodities, Currencies, Equities, Financials, General
Fri May 15, 2009 17:24 BST |
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...]
Tags: banking sector, Consumers, Economic Outlook, investment, Istanbul, recession, Turkey
Posted in: Emerging Europe, Financials, General, Middle East