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McKinsey Institute researches what lies ahead for Africa

Many people are questioning whether Africa’s economic advances are running out of steam. Five years ago, growth was accelerating in almost all of the region’s diverse economies, but recently their paths have diverged. Som...

McKinsey research points to new macro fundamentals in Africa

Six years ago when the McKinsey Global Institute first looked in detail at Africa’s diverse economies, almost all of them were experiencing accelerating growth. The picture today is more mixed. McKinsey Global I...

Government spending on defence driving North African GDPs

Despite fiscal concerns and a lower oil price, defence budgets in North Africa and Middle East are forecast to reach spending highs of 2014 by 2019 at the latest, according to new analysis released today by IHS...

PwC advises urgent change in African oil industry around skills, tech,...

The decline in the global oil price has led to a reduced level of activity across the African continent and had an impact on countries that traditionally depend on oil and gas revenue. Despite the bleak landscape, the...

Latest ITU data shows digital divide still growing

New data released by ITU, the UN specialised agency for information and communication technology, show that 3.9 billion people remain cut-off from the vast resources available on the Internet, despite falling prices...

EIU VMware surveys cloud adoption in five verticals

An Economist Intelligence Unit global survey of 360 technologists and senior executives predicts that cloud’s importance in multiple industries will increase almost 400% in the next five years. This high rate of g...

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