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2019 KnowBe4 African
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1. FinTech, 5G key to continued FDI in Africa
(Africa)
... a slow-down in investment this year. EY's 2018 Africa Attractiveness survey noted a 43% decline in Africa's FDI projects for Technology, Media and Telecommunications (TMT) in 2017. Arthur Goldstuck, ...
Created on 14 January 2019
2. Is 2018 Africa's year for tech-driven FDI?
(Africa)
... Attractiveness report, released this week, said there were only about 75 Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) projects in TMT across Africa in 2017. Financial services FDI projects during the same period also ...
Created on 31 October 2018
3. Supporting Zimbabwe's devolution plans with devolved blockchain
(Opinion)
... cryptocurrency supported ecosystem that cuts across the primary, secondary and tertiary sectors of the economy. As this system will rely heavily on FDI, there will be need for the central government ...
Created on 18 October 2018
4. Africa: A hub for innovation
(SilverBridge)
With a population of more than 1.2 billion people, 54 countries, and foreign direct investment (FDI) totalling $59 billion in 2016, Africa presents organisations across industry sectors with ample business ...
Created on 21 September 2018
5. SA ICT firms add to Kenya's US$672 million FDI in 2017
(Africa)
Naspers, MTN and Intact Software were key contributors to the 71% rise in Kenya's FDI, according to a UN report. South African ICT companies Naspers, MTN and Intact Software Distribution made a ...
Created on 13 June 2018
6. 'Africa's manufacturing sector needs renaissance'
(Africa)
... production, exports and Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) have grown over the last decade. Between 2005 and 2014, manufacturing production within Africa more than doubled from US$73 billion to US$157 billion, ...
Created on 29 September 2017
7. NCC explains code of corporate governance for private companies
(Nigeria)
... of the activities of private companies are not guided, the sector could lose Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and thereafter stability. NCC executive commissioner of stakeholder management, Sunday Dare ...
Created on 16 August 2017
8. Nigeria steps up a gear on ICT transformation
(Nigeria)
... oil revenue in the international market. The Minister had earlier this week called on the Senate to preserve Nigeria's attractiveness to Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) by guarding against pronouncements ...
Created on 30 January 2017
9. 'ICT is the new oil in Nigeria'
(Nigeria)
... was meant to draw further foreign investors to the country, that US$35-billion of the said figure comes from Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). Further discussions centred on success, strategies and goals ...
Created on 23 November 2016
10. Small business will push bitcoin adoption in Africa
(Africa)
... survey Africa 2015, capital investment into Africa between 2013 and 2014 surged to US$128 billion, up 136% and FDI created 188,400 new African jobs, a 68% increase. Mashiloane said that with ±13% of ...
Created on 05 October 2016
11. 'Nigeria in early stages of domestic tech revolution' says Buhari
(Nigeria)
... willing to take a stake in one of the world's largest and fastest growing telecoms markets – a market which has attracted more than US$35 billion in FDI over the last decade and half. The Nigerian Communications ...
Created on 22 September 2016
12. 'Africa on course for growth despite economic slowdown'
(Africa)
... world, and Africa is one of only two regions globally achieving growth in Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) levels in 2015. This is according to EY's 2016 Africa attractiveness survey, Staying the course, ...
Created on 26 July 2016
13. Investors still keen on Econet, despite stock decline
(Zimbabwe)
... owned beer brewers) Delta and Afdis made the biggest contribution to total value traded, contributing 40%, 35% and 6% respectively," said the research note. However, despite investors showing interest ...
Created on 08 March 2016
14. OPINION: Telecommunications: a sector in the midst of transformation
(Opinion)
... (FDI) target, ranking first in the top 10 sectors by FDI projects. Yet, ensuring that telecommunications services deliver healthy margins remains challenging. Competition is rising as over-the-top ...
Created on 07 January 2016
15. 'African regulators regulating moving target'
(Africa)
... operators in Africa are foreign i.e. MTN, Airtel, Orange, Vodafone, Etisalat etc. also looking at the broader picture, all of these companies are key avenues for foreign direct investments (FDI) needed ...
Created on 05 January 2016
16. SWIFT's Innotribe Startup Challenge heads to Africa
(Africa)
... Smit, head of Sub-Sahara Africa, SWIFT, says: "The fact that Africa is rising is evident in various key economic indicators such as GDP growth, FDI and infrastructure investment growth. It is also corroborated ...
Created on 18 February 2015
17. IDC's Africa Top 10 ICT Predictions, 2015
(Africa)
... of market dynamics, competitiveness, and productivity in countries that they invest in, and their investments will continue to influence guidelines for ICT solutions and use, as will MNCs considering FDI, ...
Created on 10 December 2014
18. Technology key to unlocking further African economic growth
(Africa)
... developing-country average of 3.9%. Meanwhile, net foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows to the region grew 16% to a “near-record $43 billion in 2013, boosted by new oil and gas discoveries in many ...
Created on 09 April 2014
19. Nigerian telecom firms bemoan ‘negative publicity’
(Nigeria)
... of the continuous negative criticisms,” he said. The ALTON executive said the industry was also one of the highest and consistent contributors to foreign direct investment (FDI) in the country over the ...
Created on 17 January 2014
20. Libya to list mobile operator Libyana next year
(Libya)
... year," Faisal Gergarb, LPTIC chairman, said on the sidelines of the FDI Libya conference in London. "The time frame is Q2 next year ... that's the plan. It all depends on the local stock exchange, whether ...
Created on 18 September 2013