Author Archive | Charles Robertson

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Latin American lessons for Africa

By Charles Robertson on '22 March 2017' in Business Focus, Mining & Minerals, Zambia

We think Chile since the 1960s and Peru since the 1970s offer useful lessons for sub-Saharan African commodity exporters such as Zambia.

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Profit-making idea: Egypt is a Trump trade

By Charles Robertson on '9 March 2017' in Business Focus, Egypt, Profit-making idea

The country is a structural reform story that is attracting investors.

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How’s that fight against corruption going then?

By Charles Robertson on '25 January 2017' in Business Focus

Africa has winners and losers.

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Ivory Coast – Africa’s best macro story?

By Charles Robertson on '19 January 2017' in Foreign investment

Outlining the risks and opportunities in an economy which the IMF estimates is on course to double every decade.

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Beware of pundits talking about seismic political shifts

By Charles Robertson on '12 November 2016' in Oil & Gas

Politics has not changed as much as it appears, writes Charles Robertson.

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The future of Kenya’s business environment is looking increasingly bright as the national economy continues to grow at an enviable pace.

Why east Africa is ripe for industrialisation

By Charles Robertson on '20 October 2016' in Business Focus, Manufacturing

'In the coming five years, we think sub-Saharan Africa will compete with south Asia.'

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Why is Ghana 25 times more successful than Nigeria at attracting tourism revenues?

By Charles Robertson on '14 September 2016' in Business Focus, Tourism & Leisure

Tourism should be an easy win for emerging and frontier market economies.

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Egypt joins Nigeria on the reform path again

By Charles Robertson on '27 July 2016' in Banking & Financial Services, Egypt, Foreign investment

Two of Africa's three biggest economies are making themselves investable again after an overly-long period where foreign exchange policy deterred investors.

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Zimbabwe – in crisis, again

By Charles Robertson on '12 July 2016' in Business Focus, Zimbabwe

The underlying problem is that hyperinflation wiped out private sector savings, and the government failed to grow its own savings during the boom-time.

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Ethiopia: Eggs, omelettes and IPOs

By Charles Robertson on '12 April 2016' in Business Focus, Ethiopia, Infrastructure, Private equity

Ethiopia breaks a lot of Washington Consensus eggs to produce a surprisingly impressive growth omelette.

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Lagos is Nigeria's most densely populated state.

Charles Robertson on why there is much to like in Nigeria

By Charles Robertson on '11 February 2016' in Foreign investment, Nigeria, Oil & Gas

We have always maintained that Nigeria’s future does not lie with oil, and are encouraged by the high quality government team that is pushing hard for diversification.

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