About Money Watch Africa

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July 5, 2016

Why US Investor Michael Milken Is Bullish on Sub-Saharan Africa

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AFK Insider - "Human capital is the world’s best investment, which is why Africa — with its youthful demographic — is such an attractiv...
May 27, 2016

10 Things the IMF Wants You to Know About Africa's Economy

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World Economic Forum - "It’s tough for everyone: the world’s growth this year also been revised downward to 3.2%, from 3.4%. Weak recov...
April 20, 2016

The Economist: Making Africa Work

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The Economist - "...Afro-pessimists should remember two things about commodity busts. They don’t last for ever. And they don’t hurt ev...
April 5, 2016

Do You Know How Diversified Africa's Exports Are?

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World Economic Forum - Do you know how diversified Africa's exports are?  The World Economic Forum has posted an insightful map showing ...
March 9, 2016

Yahoo Finance: Lower Oil and Higher Gold Could be Great for African Investments

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Yahoo Finance - "Falling crude prices and the rallying gold market could mean bad news for some but good news for many investors in Afr...
February 15, 2016

The Fed and the Dollar Shock

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Financial Times - "The dismal performance of asset prices continued last week, despite a rebound on Friday. There are many different fo...

Goldman Sachs Abandons Five of Six 'Top Trade' Calls for 2016

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Bloomberg - "Goldman Sachs to clients: whoops. Just six weeks into 2016, the New York-based bank has abandoned five of six recommended ...
January 28, 2016

Sustainable and Responsible Investing In Sub Saharan Africa - Does Responsible Investing Outperform In Africa?

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A new paper by Investec Securities analyses the performance of HIGH ESG stocks versus LOW ESG stocks. The results might surprise you....
January 22, 2016

The ‘Africa Rising’ Story is No Fairytale

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Moneyweb Today  -   " Despite global economic headwinds, characterised by a commodity price collapse, the ‘Africa rising’ narrative i...
December 21, 2015

Larry Seruma’s Interview with Chuck Jaffe on the Money Life Show

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Please listen to Larry’s interview with Chuck Jaffe on the Money Life Show. Larry provides his thoughts on investing in Africa. A few key...
December 11, 2015

Oil Continues to Spiral

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Over the past week, we continue to see volatility in the markets ahead of next week’s announcement by Janet Yellen regarding Fed policy. As...
December 9, 2015

Bloomberg: Four reasons Africa will weather China's slowdown

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Bloomberg - The Forum on China-Africa Cooperation in Johannesburg on Dec. 4-5 will mark the growing importance of relations between the Mid...
November 10, 2015

Bloomberg: Where's the Growth? Africa

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Bloomberg - Here's a nice way to stump your companions: Ask them what part of the world has had the fastest economic growth over the l...
October 27, 2015

AP - Mega beer merger bets on the rise of African drinkers

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LONDON (AP) — Charles Kwara and his friends sit around an earthenware pot, sipping a frothy gray drink through long straws as laughter fil...
October 22, 2015

U.S. News & World Report: Why Africa Is Becoming More Accessible for Investors

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Africa offers a young demographic, a growing consumer class and opportunities to build infrastructure. U.S. News & World Report - ...
October 9, 2015

Emerging Markets Beginning to Move

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Emerging markets outperformed US markets for the second week in a row and gained some steam over the prior week’s out performance. The MSCI...
September 28, 2015

CNBC: Bob Diamond - Africa is best place to invest right now

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CNBC  - Investors looking to place their money outside of the U.S. should look no further than sub-Saharan Africa, Atlas Merchant Capital C...
September 18, 2015

Fed Rate Hikes - A Back Half 2016 Story, In Our View

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After substantial discussion on the Street and volatility across global markets, the Fed chose to ignore the noise and announced th...

BloombergView: Africa Starts to Emerge

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BloombergView - I come bearing good news about Africa. The continent is finally starting to emerge. Pessimism about Africa is so pervasiv...