Top 20 Fastest Growing African Cities
The African Development Bank reports in Tracking Africa’s Progress in Figures that Dar es Salaam, Tanzania’s largest city and the country’s trading hub, will...
Africa’s Emerging Nuclear Nations*
According to the World Nuclear Association, an umbrella group for individuals and organizations in the nuclear profession, the use of nuclear power to generate...
Africa’s Under-40 Millionaire Entrepreneurs
Africa’s millionaires are getting younger and younger, which is not surprising for a continent that has the world’s largest youth population. Close to 70...
Africa’s Equity Market Capitalization
Despite relatively low capitalization, Africa’s equity markets are building a notable presence in globally recognized indices used by investors and portfolio managers to measure...
Top-Performing African Stock Markets in 2013
Investors looking for opportunities in Africa’s capital markets can expect some of the highest returns in the world south of the Sahara. According to...
Stock Exchanges for Small and Medium Enterprises
SME BOURSECOUNTRYTARGET Botswana BSE Venture Capital Market Dedicated to startup ventures Egypt Nile Stock exchange (NILEX) Growing SMEs in the Middle East and North Africa Ghana Ghana Alternative Market (GAX) Start-ups and existing...
Africa’s Most Competitive Cities
CITYGLOBAL RANK/120AFRICA RANKSCORE/100CHANGE FROM 2012Johannesburg,South Africa 66 1 50.5 +3.5Cape Town, S.A.77247.4+ 4.8Durban, S.A.95342.9+2.9Cairo, Egypt106438.5+3.5Nairobi, Kenya112536.9+1.0Alexandria, Egypt117634.6+4.6Lagos, Nigeria119729.0+0.1Source: Economist Intelligence Unit
Top 25 African Countries for Innovation
Thirty-six African countries were among the 142 covered in the 2013 Global Innovation Index (GII 2013). The theme for this year's index was "The...
Countries WIth the Most Millionaires
RANK
COUNTRY
MILLIONAIRES 2012
1
South Africa
48,000
2
Egypt
23,000
3
Nigeria
15,900
4
Kenya
8,400
5
Tunisia
6,500
6
Angola
6,400
7
Tanzania
5,700
8
Libya
5,400
9
Morocco
4,900
10
Algeria
4,100
Source: New World Wealth
Cities WIth The Most Millionaires*
RANKCITYMILLIONAIRES 2012MILLIONAIRES 2020GROWTH1Johannesburg, South Africa23,40030,6003.4%2Cairo, Egypt12,30015,0002.4%3Lagos, Nigeria9,80015,8006.2%4Cape Town, South Africa9,00011,7003.3%5Nairobi, Kenya5,0008,1006.3%6Durban, South Africa2,7003,6003.7%7Casablanca, Morocco2,7003,8004.5%8Pretoria, South Africa2,5003,4003.5%9Luanda, Angola (pictured above)2,4003,8006.0%10Algiers, Algeria2,3003,5005.0%* Number of individuals with...
Latest
Sino-Africa Relations: An Elder’s View
I am sick and tired of being sick and tired of complaints that China is taking advantage of Africans even as it provides money...
