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10 Largest Foreign Direct Investment Deals by Private Equity Firms in Africa (1996-2012)
YEAR
VALUE
($ BILLION)
ACQUIRING ENTITY
HOME COUNTRY
ACQUIRED ENTITY
HOST COUNTRY
SECTOR
2011
$1.200
Investor Group*
Kuwait
Orascom Telecom Tunisie S.A.
Tunisia
Telephone communications except radiophone
2009
$1.277
Paulson & Co. Inc.
U.S.
AngloGold Ashanti Ltd.
S. Africa
Gold ores
2007
$3.502
Bain Capital...
Top Ten Cities for Economic Growth* (2012-2017)
RANK
CITY
COUNTRY
1
Accra
Ghana
2
Lusaka
Zambia
3
Luanda
Angola
4
Dar es Salaam
Tanzania
5
Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
6
Nairobi
Kenya
7
Kampala
Uganda
8
Johannesburg
South Africa
9
Kinshasa
Dem. Republic of Congo
10
Durban
South Africa
* Rankings are based on data for the following variables from 2009-2011
GDP per capita growth
...
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The construction of hotels, malls and mixed-use buildings is consistent with Africa’s rising middle class coupled with the lack of formal retail infrastructure. Africa’s...
Most Valued Brands in Sub-Saharan Africa
1. MTN – telecoms (South Africa)
2. Shell – oil & gas (The Netherlands)
3. Coca-Cola – soft drinks (U.S.A.)
4. Nike – sportswear (U.S.A.)
5. Toyota –...
African Stock Exchanges
EXCHANGE
LOCATION
KEY INDEXES
WEB SITE
Algiers Stock Exchange/Bourse d’Alger (DZASE, SGBV)
Algiers, Algeria
* General Index
www.sgbv.dz
Botswana Stock Exchange
(BSE)
Gaborone, Botswana
* Botswana Gaborone Index/
* Botswana Domestic Companies Index
www.bse.co.bw/
Cape Verde Stock Exchange/Bolsa...
Agricultural Growth Corridors
The concept of African Agricultural Growth Corridors was first proposed by the Norwegian fertilizer concern Yara International at the 2008 United Nations General Assembly...
Transport Corridors
A 2012 report by international consulting and research firm Frost & Sullivan, titled “Trade Corridors: Key Focus Area for Sub-Saharan African Governments,” says that...
Richest Women In Africa
NAME, TITLE, ORGANIZATION
COUNTRY
INDUSTRY SECTOR
Wendy Ackerman
South Africa
Retail
Folorunsho Alakija, 61
CEO, Famfa Ltd.
Nigeria
Oil, fashion
Wendy Appelbaum
Co-founder, Women’s Investment Portfolio Ltd. (Wipold)
South Africa
Insurance, real estate, investments
Hajia Bola Shagaya
CEO, Bolmus...
Richest Black Africans
NAME, TITLE, ORGANIZATION
COUNTRY
INDUSTRY SECTOR
Mike Adenuga Jnr.,
Chairman, Conoil & Globacom
Nigeria
Oil, telecommunications, banking
Abdeslam Ahizoune, Chairman/CEO, Maroc Telecom
Morocco
Telecommunications
Sheikh Mohammed Al-Amoudi
CEO, Derba; Svenska Petroleum Exploration
Ethiopia/Saudi Arabia
Oil, gold mines
Mrs....
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