Taking Stock of Africa's Markets and Investments
With its huge economic potential, Africa is regarded by many as the last great untapped market. However, these prospects will only be realised if the continent's governments make it easier to invest in business. The latest issue of Africa in Fact looks at markets and investment, covering topics such as struggling stock exchanges in Angola, Kenya, Libya, Morocco and Rwanda; alternative funding and diaspora bonds; and constraints on investment in mining.
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Libya:
Stock Market After Qaddafi
Africa In Fact, 1 October 2015
Like so much else in Libya, Tripoli's fledgling stock exchange came to a standstill after the country plunged into civil war in the summer of 2014. Read more »
An aerial view shows the Nairobi city center in Kenya.
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Angola:
Why Luanda Has No Stock Exchange
Africa In Fact, 1 October 2015
Angola is Africa's fifth largest economy, its second producer of crude oil, a magnet for foreign direct investment and the custodian of one of the continent's biggest sovereign… Read more »
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Kenya:
New Tax Send Stock Market Plummeting
Africa In Fact, 1 October 2015
Since Kenya reintroduced a 5% capital gains tax (CGT) in January, its stock market has plummeted. Read more »
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Nigeria:
Will New Code Clean Up Financial Corruption?
Africa In Fact, 1 October 2015
The Nigerian Stock Exchange won plaudits last November for launching a new set of rules designed to curb corporate misdeeds and reform a market weakened by years of corruption and… Read more »
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Morocco:
Slow Times in Casablanca
Africa In Fact, 1 October 2015
A lack of reform is constraining trading on Africa’s oldest bourse. Read more »
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Rwanda:
The Hype Around Kigali's Stock Exchange
Africa In Fact, 1 October 2015
Rwanda has acquired a reputation of a rags-to-riches nation. Read more »
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Ethiopia:
Inside Ethiopia's Commodities Pit
Africa In Fact, 1 October 2015
In a small, tidy office on the top floor of the Ethiopian Commodity Exchange building in Addis Ababa, communications manager Tewodros Assefa draws two diagrams on a large glass… Read more »
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Africa:
Investment Deficit Hinders Mining Development
Africa In Fact, 1 October 2015
Africa's mining sector has proven to be something of a mixed blessing. Read more »
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Africa:
Battling the Resource Curse
Africa In Fact, 1 October 2015
Oil company buildings can be seen for miles in the oilfields of South Sudan: vast structures glittering with light and promise in an area of mud huts with no electricity. Or, as… Read more »
