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Top Ten African Economies For Investment

tape — Sun, 26 Jun 2011 12:11:17 +0000

The top-10 African economies selected by the international investor community in 2011 :

1. South Africa
2. Nigeria
3. Kenya
4. Ghana
5. Angola
6. Tanzania
7. Rwanda
8. Botswana
9. Uganda
10. Mozambique

‘Angola is still growing its economy at a massive speed ..A distinct lack of certain products and services is growing instead of declining and makes Angola a frontier market of the first order. You should also watch stock exchange developments, construction, green sector and professional services…..‘Nigeria has a huge population with a huge potential for growth…Ghana is an emerging market, with a stable government. ..Rwanda is now one of Africa’s major success stories and is growing in leaps and bounds… Nairobi’s as the regional hub for East Africa is becoming more important with the integration of the East Africa Community.. Kenya is taking advantage of Southern Sudan’s likelihood of joining the East African Community by creating a port in Lamu.

Source|Africa Business Panel |

Nokia Press Release on Pivot 25 Conference in Nairobi (siku-moja.blogspot.com)
Africans Teach High Schoolers to Change Communities with Social Media (readwriteweb.com)
Coca-Cola poised to pump USD 62 million into Kenya (siku-moja.blogspot.com)

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Ethiopia-Human Ressource Paradise

tape — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 15:01:45 +0000

According to an article by the Economist[Nyse:PSO;LSE:PSON] Ethiopian well run universities are churning out graduates that will find it very hard to get a job in a labor market with very high [70% ]unemployment rates.

What does it mean for the mid-size companies in Ivory Coast , the start-ups in Kenya & Nigeria, the corporation in South Africa and even state-owned companies operating in Africa ?
It means that a well educated unemployed or underemployed work force[ coming out of institutions such as University of Arba Minch] is waiting for audacious Human resource managers from companies [operating in well to do African economies] to hire and put them to good use.
Knowledge-based products and services producing companies have for major cost their labor and not equipment,inventory or commodities. A cheaper knowledge work force is the ultimate goal to reach as far as the HR & accounting department are concerned.
If I was the Head manager of a company[ I am now but ..], I would seek to see how to benefit from the well trained and cheap labor living just an Ethiopian Airlinesflight away.

Word on the street: No job prospects (money.cnn.com)
U.S. Job Seekers Exceed Openings by Record Ratio (nytimes.com)

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Post tags: Africa, Business and Economy, Company, Cote d'Ivoire, Economy, Growth, Human resources, Investment, Kenya, Labour economics, South Africa, Trends, unemployment, Youth

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The Next Big Thing in African Banking Industry

tape — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 23:15:27 +0000

Mortgage products are being aggressively rolled out in an attempt to capitalise on pent-up demand for financial services. In Uganda and Kenya Standard Bank’s home loan services are accessible through their subsidiary, Stanbic. Barclays Kenya and Standard Chartered are also active across the region. The latter now offers mortgage products in Ghana, Uganda, Tanzania, Zimbabwe and Botswana.

“The loan books are 80-85 percent commercial, versus 10-15 percent on the retail side…the only place where banks will actually maintain a good net interest margin and make good money is with the consumer.”

Some facts: Ghana home loans increased from $2.4m in 2002 to $44.1m in June 2008

Kenya, Ghana and Nigeria are all setting up a regulatory framework for the establishment and management of credit bureaux

Source:TIA

African Board (omegascorpi.com)

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Post tags: Africa, Botswana, Business and Economy, Economy, Ghana, Government, Growth, Investment, Kenya, Nigeria, Real estate, Real Estate Investment, Real estate opportunities, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe

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Economic News Round up [Click On Title]

tape — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 13:56:51 +0000

-Safaricom signed a Share Purchase Agreement to acquire ownership of Packet Stream Data Networks Limited.Packet Stream Data Networks Limited is a wholly-owned Kenyan company licensed to provide various data communication services including fixed WiMAX access services. Read more

-ZAIN Kenya said it expects more subscribers to use its data services owing to reduced costs.Read more

The chief executive officers of Intercontinental Bank Plc, Mr. Erastus Akingbola; Sebastine Adigwe of AfriBankPlc; Okey Nwosu of Finbank Plc; Mrs Cecilia Ibru of Oceanic Bank Plc and Barth Ebong of Union Bank Plc were asked to step down from their respective position and are being replaced.Read more

The city of Kigali is gearing up for the public offer of city bonds amounting to Rwf300 billion ($526.3 million), to be raised in eight years, with annual coupon interest between 11% and 12%.Read more

The truth about mobile banking in Africa (guardian.co.uk)
Safaricom launches solar-powered mobile phone (textually.org)

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Span Image:Let’s Imagine

tape — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 20:02:59 +0000

[Click on the post title to read the article in full]

SpanImage is a outdoor advertisting provider.Their services include instore advertising,instore promotion,corporrate communication and stage ambience during events througout a network of malls,supermarkets,cinemas and buses in the kenyan market. They make use of the latest digital screen to increase interactivity,excitement and communication with the public.The variety of screens,LCD,video wall,living surface,ensure that they can access all type of space.

Their clientele include,Orange Kenya,Coca Cola kenya,Standard Chatered Kenya,Nokia Kenya,Postapay,Kenyan Airways,the Kenyan Power and Lighting,YU neworks.

Contact

http://www.spanimage.co.ke/

Call: 254-020-311572
254-020-311573
254-0720-253-1547

E-mail: info@spanimage.co.ke

See the extensive network of locations here,

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Post tags: Ads Dollars, Adverting, Advertising budget, digital signage, Economy, Indoor Adverting, information delivery system’, Investment, Kenya, Malls, market rates, Mombasa, Outdoor, Span image, Supermarkets, what to do in Nairobi

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Cote d’Ivoire telecom TV Ad

tape — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 11:39:22 +0000

Cote d’Ivoire Telecom from Herve Remion on Vimeo.

Cote d’ivoire telecom provides fixed line telecommunication in the ivorian market.They do not have a direct competitor yet.

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Post tags: Africa, Cote d'Ivoire, Cote d'ivoire telecom, Growth, Investment, Ivory Coast, market size, Potential, Telecommunication

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Best Stock market in the world

tape — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 19:43:45 +0000

GSE All Share Index

+63.35% (all figures are year-to-date as of Oct. 31, in local currencies)

The best-performing stock market in the world, this small, illiquid exchange dominated by mining, commodities, and banking companies is up nearly two-thirds (after gaining 32% last year)
[Businessweek]

Publications and Downloads by the Ghana Stock Exchange

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Smart Energy City

tape — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 14:14:49 +0000

A $3,8-billion investment … to be built 70 km west of the Libyan capital Tripoli on the Mediterranean Sea.
The energy city would provide business infrastructure for oil and gas producers, refiners, and companies involved in shipping, energy trading and support services.[Engineering News]

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Post tags: Africa, Arab Money, Billion investment, Energy, Energy Trading, Gas, Investment, Natural gas, Oil, Producers, refiners, Shipping

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Glimmer of hope

tape — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 21:54:02 +0000

“…sub-Saharan Africa will experience growth of over 6 per cent…As Roelof Horne, portfolio manager at Investec Asset Management, points out, Africa’s outgrowth of world markets predates the start of the commodity bull cycle in 2004 by three years – the continent’s extractive industries have benefited from the commodity cycle, but its economies are not totally dependent on it…” [Financial Times]

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Half year Results for companies listed on BRVM

tape — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 17:25:31 +0000

Abidjan-

[Omegascorpi]You can download and read the half year activity report, for the following companies listed on the Bourse Regionale Des Valeurs d’Abidjan:

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