WestIsland.ca, Open for Global Business
The West Island is a major economic hub, supportive of innovation and growth. Diverse in culture and industry, it offers a progressive, technologically advanced environment with unique strategic advantages for internationally oriented businesses.
WestIsland.ca, Open for Global Business
The West Island is a major economic hub, supportive of innovation and growth. Diverse in culture and industry, it offers a progressive, technologically advanced environment with unique strategic advantages for internationally oriented businesses.
Nigeria, an economic giant with clay feet.
410 millions of people in 30 years, the first economy of Africa,
If Oil &Gas represents only 9 % of the GDP where does the wealth come from ?
200 multi-millionaires, 24 300 millionaires, why so much money accumulated in the country ?
How foreign compagnies operate in the country ?
Which scenarios for the medium term ?..
Canada wants to compete in the global economy, but never seems to get there.
The country has a highly educated population, a strong technology infrastructure, the people put in more hours per year of work than almost any other.
Is government regulation holding Canada back? Is the business culture and social culture risk and technology adverse?
Find out the facts in this report based on the World Economic Forum's Global Information Technology Report 2010-2011.
Mexico is one of the thirteen most attractive countries to invest in.
Mexico ranks 12th among the 25 most attractive countries for investors.
Mexico is a competitive country.
Mexico offers a favorable business enviroment.
MIA. Fernando AGUIRRE (MEX)
Impact investing can help solve major social and environmental problems in West Africa, leveraging new sources of capital in places that lack sufficient government resources and development aid to address development challenges. A recent report by the Rockefeller Foundation and JP Morgan (2010) suggests that impact investments are emerging as an alternative asset class that could grow to represent a global market of US$ 500 billiona in five to ten years. The implications for West Africa are exciting. Now is the time to deepen our understanding, increase awareness, and foster dialogue on impact investing in the region.
Impact investing—making investments to generate positive impact beyond financial return—is not new to West Africa. However, few investors in the region identify themselves as impact investors or are familiar with the concept in those terms. This lack of awareness, coupled with other substantive challenges, could slow the development of the impact investment industry in the region. This report is the first comprehensive analysis ever conducted on the impact investing industry in West Africa. It aims to: (1) map the landscape of impact investing supply and demand in West Africa; (2) identify the substantive challenges that hamper the growth of the industry and recommend solutions for overcoming them; and (3) serve as a starting point for regional dialogue and local network development activities among impact investors.
Nigeria, an economic giant with clay feet.
410 millions of people in 30 years, the first economy of Africa,
If Oil &Gas represents only 9 % of the GDP where does the wealth come from ?
200 multi-millionaires, 24 300 millionaires, why so much money accumulated in the country ?
How foreign compagnies operate in the country ?
Which scenarios for the medium term ?..
Canada wants to compete in the global economy, but never seems to get there.
The country has a highly educated population, a strong technology infrastructure, the people put in more hours per year of work than almost any other.
Is government regulation holding Canada back? Is the business culture and social culture risk and technology adverse?
Find out the facts in this report based on the World Economic Forum's Global Information Technology Report 2010-2011.
Mexico is one of the thirteen most attractive countries to invest in.
Mexico ranks 12th among the 25 most attractive countries for investors.
Mexico is a competitive country.
Mexico offers a favorable business enviroment.
MIA. Fernando AGUIRRE (MEX)
Impact investing can help solve major social and environmental problems in West Africa, leveraging new sources of capital in places that lack sufficient government resources and development aid to address development challenges. A recent report by the Rockefeller Foundation and JP Morgan (2010) suggests that impact investments are emerging as an alternative asset class that could grow to represent a global market of US$ 500 billiona in five to ten years. The implications for West Africa are exciting. Now is the time to deepen our understanding, increase awareness, and foster dialogue on impact investing in the region.
Impact investing—making investments to generate positive impact beyond financial return—is not new to West Africa. However, few investors in the region identify themselves as impact investors or are familiar with the concept in those terms. This lack of awareness, coupled with other substantive challenges, could slow the development of the impact investment industry in the region. This report is the first comprehensive analysis ever conducted on the impact investing industry in West Africa. It aims to: (1) map the landscape of impact investing supply and demand in West Africa; (2) identify the substantive challenges that hamper the growth of the industry and recommend solutions for overcoming them; and (3) serve as a starting point for regional dialogue and local network development activities among impact investors.
Transport and logistics infrastructure a key to sustaining Africa's growth Tristan Wiggill
A presentation done by Dr Andrew Shaw (Associate Director: PricewaterhouseCoopers), at the Transport Forum SIG: "Visiting the port of Walvis Bay and the Launch of the Namibian Logistics Hub Forum" on 5 December 2014 in Walvis Bay, hosted by WBCG. The topic of the presentation was: "Transport and logistics infrastructure a key to sustaining Africa's growth".
Over the last twenty years the centre of the global economy has shifted. Investors are targeting higher rates of return in developing economies while emerging markets have also become increasingly attractive to occupiers suffering the stagnation of more mature locations.
Rapid growth in the economies of China, Brazil and India has led to substantial migration of capital and business activities to other less mature environments. However a number of global shocks occurred during the latter half of 2014 and 2015, suggesting that frailties could be escalating to crisis point.
MARKET TREND OR MARKET BLIP?
Emerging market economies have certainly felt some significant headwinds over the past 12 months. This is posing threats to future economic growth prospects. not only for developing economies but also the developed world.
At present China is witnessing a significant economic slowdown, Russia is suffering from falls in oil prices and Brazil is being hit by both falling commodity prices and political dysfunction. A vicious cycle of secular stagnation appears to be developing. Slowing growth in industrial countries is now directly impacting emerging economies, which are exporting capital and thereby slowing growth in more developed locations.
KEY GLOBAL TRENDS
– Lower commodity prices
– Weakening global trade
– Financial turbulence in advanced markets
– Policy bottlenecks
– Structural downgrade in China
Following a brief period where focus was on nothing but a return to a global recovery following the downturn of 2008, GDP forecasts in 2015 are now being sharply revised downwards by the IMF. This underlines the significance of current global troubles and the impact they could have on the health of both developed and developing world economies. It is yet to be seen whether this is a trend to stay or a market blip, nevertheless growing uncertainty is certainly starting to be reflected in investor and business sentiment.
Bearing the african banking & financial institutions seminar presentation -...
Investing in africa
1. Question:
If you wanted to invest in one of the world’s
fastest growing regions with a variety of
diverse economies, rich natural resources, and
huge opportunities for growth, where would
you put your money?
3. According to McKinsey and Co.,
Africa is now growing much faster
than the OECD Nations
4. According to the World Bank, nine of the 15
countries in the world (60%) with the highest
rate of five-year economic growth are in Africa
5. Economics of Development
• Doug North
• Institutions matter!
• Africa is moving away from extractive
institutions
6. Africa is a major source of some of the
world's most utilized minerals and
precious metals, such as
gold, silver, copper, diamonds , iron and
coltan (used in computer chips and
electronics), as well as oil, natural gas
, uranium, bauxite, and so many…
9. 12 reasons to invest in Africa
• -Ground-floor
opportunity
• -Low correlation
• -Strong growth
expected
• -Profitable companies
• -Demand for
commodities
• -Increasingly less
violent
• -China's involvement in
the region
• -Infrastructure
spending
• -Low debt
• -Growing investment
from abroad
• -Attractive valuations
• -Young demographics
10.
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12. Angola
• One of world’s fastest growing economies:
averaging 17% growth since 2002
• Producing more than 2 million barrels of oil
per day
• Oil production accounts for 50% of Angola’s
GDP
• 4th largest producer of rough diamonds
13. Ethiopia
• Economy is growing 10x faster than the UK
• Broad-based economic expansion, with
services and industrial sectors growing at the
highest rates
• Liberalized free-market economy
14. Mozambique
• Rich resource endowments that are expected
to help to secure fiscal sustainability
• Strong performance in financial
services, transportation, communications, and
construction
15. Tanzania
• 6.8 and 7.1% growth rates (2012, 2013) beat
regional averages
• Services, industry, and construction propel
this performance
• Political stability/protection against
nationalization
16. Ghana
• Oil production and mining activities lead
industrial growth
• strong export performance of cocoa and gold
• GDP expected to rise by 9%
