Explore Definitive Financial and Economic Intelligence on Africa
Africa is a continent as vast in size and opportunity as its 54 countries are disparate. Therefore, your challenge is where to go and where to look for information of excellence. Fortunately your need has been addressed with African Financial & Economic Data (AFED).
AFED is a comprehensive, consolidated and above all clear service providing interested parties in African countries with the detailed financial and economic information they need to make good political, financial, strategic and investment decisions.
All data is updated daily and available under 3 packages:
Gain Valuable Insights about any African Countries
Whether you are interested in South Africa, Algeria or Rwanda, the Country Profile series provides in-depth coverage of the African country of your choice.
Efficiently Evaluate and Track Africa's Economies
Whether you are interested in African Agriculture, Education or Telecommunication, the Sector Focus package provides in-depth coverage of the sector of your choice.
NEWS
The Innovative Platform Revolutionising Book Publishing In Nigeria
cdegiorgiIt is true what is said of necessity, of it being the mother of invention. No one would agree more with that proverb than an innovator and start-up founder like Okechukwu Ofili, whose frustration with …
Africa Investment Summit Closes with Major Announcements
cdegiorgiJohannesburg, South Africa; New York, London, Lagos, Nairobi, Cairo, USA; 19 September 2017: Africa investor (Ai), a leading international investment and communications group, today announced that the 11th Ai CEO Institutional Investment Summit was successfully concluded …
Mining issues in Africa: Private sector stakeholders share their views
cdegiorgiThe Africa Mining Day, organised by the Singapore Mining Club, gathered six high profile figures to talk about mining exploration and production in Africa on 12 September 2017. The talk, mediated by Geoff McNamara, partner …
Agriculture: Private equity investors can help Africa to feed itself
cdegiorgiThe agriculture sector employs more people in Africa than any other industry and it also accounts for almost half of the continent’s GDP. Yet inefficiencies in the sector have held back production in the sub-Saharan African …
African countries need to rethink how they trade with each other
cdegiorgiIf Africa wants to change how to trade with the rest of the world, it needs to start by rethinking how it trades with itself. Without urgent improvement, Africa risks remaining a supplier of solely …
Startup snapshot: Moroccan platform aiming to ‘Uberise’ healthcare
cdegiorgiDabaDoc is a Morocco-based startup that allows users in the country, as well as Tunisia, Algeria, Nigeria and South Africa, to book appointments with medical professionals – from doctors to dentists. Patients can use DabaDoc for …
Africa: Overcoming the challenges for manufacturing
cdegiorgiDuring the period of relative stability since the start of this century, Africa has experienced rapid growth and has indeed outperformed global growth trends. As a result, its gross domestic product (GDP) has significantly increased and …
Sustainability: Financing green energy infrastructure in Africa
cdegiorgiAfrica urgently needs a massive roll-out of modern energy services to meet the basic human needs of its rapidly growing population and to power industrialisation and urbanisation. At the same time, the world needs Africa …
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African Financial & Economic Data (AFED) database has been collated from multiple local and international sources. Every week new updates are added and our data expert Ilze Gouws analyses how a few important releases impact on the current African economy.
"Mozambique’s economy grew by 3.3% in real terms in 2016, exactly half the 6.6% growth registered in 2015."
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TXF Cape Town 2017: Export & Project Finance
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African Real Estate & Infrastructure Summit 2017
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AfricaCom 2017
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SuperReturn Africa 2017
December 4 - December 6