On this week’s Business Monitor Podcast we are joined by Lisa Lewin, Head of Africa Analysis, to hear about her ‘on the ground’ impressions after returning from a trip to Kenya. A burgeoning middle class and growing trade integration among East African nations suggest that several sectors stand to benefit from the highly attractive economic… [Read more]
The Brazilian consumer sector is one of the most dynamic in the world, with growing incomes and a strong consumer culture driving up spending and delivering impressive revenue growth for the country’s retailers. The market is also relatively immature, with tremendous potential for expansion in underdeveloped parts of the country. Given this it is no… [Read more]
Your correspondent has just returned from an 18-day odyssey through China, with the aim of having an adventure, but also with an eye for economic developments. China did not disappoint on either front. Anecdotal observations should always be taken with a large grain of salt when it comes to confirming economic assumptions, and this is… [Read more]
