Afribiz: Business & Investment in Africa

Mobile messaging, including SMS, is a significant sub-sector in the mobile market. John White from Portio Research in London shares some insights into this global market and Africa.

Listen to some tips on managing your intellectual property globally. Bill Northcote, an attorney with Shibley Righton in Canada joins us.

Each geographic location has specific competitive advantages for establishing businesses. As a part of our ongoing series, we take a look at the Western Cape province in South Africa, which is home to Cape Town. Nils Flaatten, Managing Director of Wesgro, shares why the Western Cape is a key launchpad into the African markets.

Nigeria heads for parliamentary, presidential, and governor elections, which have been delayed a few days, this month. Many see the outcomes of the elections as crucial to sustain the economic growth path for Nigeria, which has largely been strong. Nwakegi Eyisi, an Afribiz economist, shares why the Nigerian market has remained a favorite for investment and business even with hiccups at times.

Resource-rich Africa is in the spotlight as the world demand continues to grow as markets like China increase consumption. Walter de Wet, Head of Commodities Research at Standard Bank, joins us to give insights on the direction of the commodities market.

ICT is one of the few infrastructure areas in which Africa has made tremendous progress in the last several years. As infrastructure continues to roll out and technology options enter the continent, as well as those developed on the continent increase, the landscape for opportunities and trends change. To keep up us up-to-date, Spiwe Chireka, a Senior Industry Analyst at Frost and Sullivan in South Africa shares her perspective.

This is a re-broadcast of the show run on 2/8/2011. Randolph Oosthuizen, Senior Researcher at African Alliance Securities, provides a review of stock market performance on African exchanges in 2010.

As a part of our annual economic and business review of each African country and region, Nwakego Eyisi shares insights into South Africa's economic and business landscape in 2011.

As a part of our annual economic and business review of each African country and region, Nwakego Eyisi shares insights into Kenya's economic and business landscape in 2011.

Africa has experienced a boom in international broadband with an expected 20 terabits/second capacity in 2012. But, this is not the only important infrastructure pillar. There is terrestial backhaul. Join us as we explore the progress of fiber networks on the continent. Kerem Arsal, a senior analyst at Pyramid Research, joins us.

Join Lauri Elliott for an outlook on Zambia's economy and business environment for 2011.

As a part of our annual economic and business review of each African country and region, Nwakego Eyisi shares insights into Ghana's economic and business landscape in 2011.

This begins our annual series on the business and economic landscape in Africa. This episode focuses on the Africa region, which will follow with country-specific episodes.

There has been alot of change in the last decade as global population shifts occur. These shifts permeate every aspects of society - governance, security, economics, business and culture. From a business perspective, we would like to know what trends will impact the way we do business and this episode takes a look at forecasts for Africa in 2050 the context of business. Dr. Barry Hughes at the Pardee Center for Future Studies at the University of Denver join us.

We start out the year by looking at how to consider stock investments as a global individual investor. This is our opening episode for the 2011 AfriStock Info Series. Tim Hanson, an analyst at the Motley Fool, joins us.