In the world of emerging and frontier markets, there is rarely a dull moment. But while countries like Venezuela or Argentina continue grabbing headlines, one country in southern Africa is starting to creep ever so slowly into the limelight – and it’s not Mozambique.
Angola’s new President João Lourenço – locally referred to as J-LO – has had a busy first 100 days in office. Under the mantle of high popularity, he has been implementing core changes that are putting the country onto a different, necessary, and most likely difficult, path. Is all of this leading the country towards an IMF programme? It would be music to investors' ears if it were.
Feb 23, 2018
Ghana’s woes have been featured a lot in the press over the last years. One could summarise it as a country which, having found oil, was soon confronted with the demons that might come with such sudden access to wealth. The government’s overspending, and increasing borrowing on the back of future oil revenues, pushed the country towards the edge of insolvency when the commodity cycle turned.…
Oct 2, 2017
Analysing and investing in Frontier Emerging Markets usually comes with its fair share of challenges; often, these are centred on availability or quality of data, news, language barriers, and finally, accessibility. Gabon is a great example of how these challenges can distort the real opportunities before us, and progress made on key initiatives.
Mar 22, 2017
October has seen the first two corporate Eurobond issuances from Nigeria for the year. While the market has been waiting anxiously to see the sovereign issue their highly anticipated Eurobond, two corporate issuers managed to beat it to the finish line.
Oct 20, 2016
