Pub date: 11 May 2012 Africa / Angola Autos Industry Report
The end of the second phase of the Vehicle Restitution Programme in December 2011 has dampened BMI's optimism towards new vehicle sales in Angola in 2012 and prompted us to slightly revise down our ... Read More
Pub date: 11 May 2012 Africa / Ghana Autos Industry Report
The Ghana Automotives Report has been researched at source, and features latest-available data covering production, sales, imports and exports; company rankings and competitive landscapes for multinat... Read More
Pub date: 11 May 2012 Africa / Cameroon Mining Industry Report
Central Africa's mining sector is set to follow much of the continent by developing its substantial mineral wealth. As yet, the region is still far from achieving its full potential, but these recent... Read More
Pub date: 11 May 2012 Africa / Angola Mining Industry Report
Overview We forecast that Angola's Mining industry will grow by 3.1% year-on-year (y-o-y) in 2012 in real terms. Growth is expected to remain stable thereafter with diamonds providing the main thrus... Read More
Pub date: 11 May 2012 Africa / Egypt Real Estate Industry Report
The Egypt Real Estate report examines the Commercial Office, Retail and Industrial segments in the context of a market, which in spite of its long-term potential, continues to be susceptible to insta... Read More
Pub date: 04 May 2012 Africa / Cameroon Oil & Gas Industry Report
BMI View: With declining production and few new projects expected to come on-stream in the next decade, Cameroon's upstream oil outlook seems rather unsteady. Meanwhile, a more efficient usage of as... Read More
Pub date: 04 May 2012 Africa / Angola Oil & Gas Industry Report
BMI View: With several new projects such as Pazflor (220,000b/d) and PSVM (150,000b/d) expected to come on-stream in the next few years, we see Angolan oil output rising substantially in the coming ... Read More
Pub date: 04 May 2012 Africa / South Africa Oil & Gas Industry Report
BMI View: With only limited conventional domestic reserves available, South Africa has learned to make efficient use of its natural resources. Synthetic oil production adds nearly 200,000b/d to the c... Read More
Pub date: 04 May 2012 Africa / Tunisia Telecommunications Industry Report
BMI's North Africa telecoms market report contains analysis and forecasts for the mobile, fixed-line and internet sectors in four North African states: Algeria, Libya, Morocco and Tunisia. The teleco... Read More
Pub date: 04 May 2012 Africa / Gabon Oil & Gas Industry Report
BMI View: Gabon must tempt new investment in exploration and production or face a decline in output as fields mature. We expect oil volumes to fall from 241,000b/d in 2012 to 234,000b/d by 2016. The ... Read More
Pub date: 04 May 2012 Africa / Equatorial Guinea Oil & Gas Industry Report
BMI View: Crude output will rise slightly in the short term as output from Noble Energy's new Aseng and Alen projects comes onstream, offsetting declines in production from Equatorial Guinea's flagsh... Read More
Pub date: 04 May 2012 Africa / Nigeria Power Industry Report
BMI View: Plenty of work is needed if Nigeria is to extend market coverage and boost capacity, which is needed in order to ensure power shortages become a thing of the past. There are numerous opport... Read More
Pub date: 04 May 2012 Africa / Kenya Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare Industry Report
BMI View: The Kenyan government's focus on non-communicable disease awareness, prevention and treatment will increase the demand for chronic disease treatments in the country. To maximise returns on ... Read More
Pub date: 04 May 2012 Africa / Egypt Power Industry Report
BMI View: In spite of substantial renewables potential, particularly in solar and wind sectors, Egypt looks set to remain over-dependent on gas- and oil-fired generation until it can proceed with pla... Read More
Pub date: 04 May 2012 Africa / Nigeria Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare Industry Report
BMI View: The Nigerian pharmaceutical market continues to be seen as a risky proposition to multinationals. While the country's oil revenues are significant, income distribution remains extremely un... Read More
Pub date: 03 May 2012 Africa / Egypt Oil & Gas Industry Report
BMI View: On the one hand, Egypt is a significant LNG exporter and its Nile Delta and Western Desert prospects have attracted independents and majors alike. On the other, the country has failed to av... Read More
Pub date: 03 May 2012 Africa / Algeria Oil & Gas Industry Report
BMI View: Despite significant potential for exploration, we believe that unless new basins (or large fields in existing basins) are discovered, reserves could very well peak this decade. Furthermore,... Read More
Pub date: 03 May 2012 Africa / Libya Oil & Gas Industry Report
BMI View: Oil and gas output will bounce back strongly in 2012 with production set to reach pre-war levels by mid-year. Over the longer term, volumes are likely to increase beyond pre-war levels as n... Read More
Pub date: 03 May 2012 Global / Africa Mining Industry Report
West Africa's mining sector is set to grow rapidly as investment pours into the region's phenomenal mineral wealth. Much of this growth will be focused on iron ore and gold as the region has untapped... Read More
Pub date: 03 May 2012 Middle East / Oman Commercial Banking Industry Report
BMI View: Oman's banking sector looks set to be a regional outperformer in 2012, driven by strong government spending and the introduction of Islamic finance. We are forecasting an expansion in the ... Read More
Pub date: 02 May 2012 Africa / Uganda Defence & Security Industry Report
Uganda's defence expenditure is estimated to have risen 19.74% y-o-y in 2010, accounting for 12.9% of government spending. BMI expects growth in the region of 2.33% in 2011, reflecting Uganda's milit... Read More
Pub date: 02 May 2012 Africa / Nigeria Autos Industry Report
BMI sees significant improvements in three significant areas of the Nigerian auto industry within the forecast period: vehicle production, vehicle imports and car ownership. To this end, we see: slig... Read More
Pub date: 30 Apr 2012 Global / Africa Telecommunications Industry Report
BMI's inaugural report on the telecommunications markets of East Africa contains five-year forecasts for the fixed-line telephony, mobile subscriber and internet sectors of six countries: Burundi, Et... Read More
Pub date: 30 Apr 2012 Global / Africa Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare Industry Report
BMI calculates that pharmaceutical expenditure in Sudan and South Sudan at final consumer prices reached SDG1.50bn (US$565mn) in 2011, equivalent to US$13.0 a person. The value of Sudan's pharmaceut... Read More
Pub date: 27 Apr 2012 Africa / Ghana Oil & Gas Industry Report
BMI View: Ghana's nascent oil and gas industry is set to undergo a transformation over the next few years as the Jubilee and Greater Tweneboa projects ramp up to full production. Appraisal of other o... Read More
Pub date: 27 Apr 2012 Africa / Zimbabwe Mining Industry Report
Zimbabwe's mining sector is set for rapid development as the country dramatically recovers from two decades of declining output. Zimbabwe is richly endowed with deposits of chrome, gold, nickel and ... Read More
Pub date: 27 Apr 2012 Africa / Kenya Insurance Industry Report
Key Insights And Key Risks Writing in March 2012, we remain of the view that Kenya's insurance sector is dynamic and resilient. Although the insurance companies are small organisations by most stand... Read More
Pub date: 27 Apr 2012 Africa / Egypt Insurance Industry Report
Key Insights And Key Risks Thanks, in part, to the political unrest that has swept Egypt since early 2011, the insurance sector has moved from an era of growth to one of stagnation. Prior to late 20... Read More
Pub date: 26 Apr 2012 Africa / Nigeria Telecommunications Industry Report
BMI's Q212 update on Nigeria's telecommunications market is based on 2011 regulatory data from the Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) and market data from the mobile market leader MTN Nigeria. ... Read More
Pub date: 26 Apr 2012 Africa / South Africa Autos Industry Report
BMI is expecting significant growth in the South African auto industry over the rest of 2012. We see sales running around 19.9% growth, and within this, car sales operating at 23.57% growth - bringin... Read More
Pub date: 26 Apr 2012 Africa / Sudan Oil & Gas Industry Report
BMI View: We forecast that Soudan and South Sudan's combined oil output will fall dramatically in 2012 to just 160,000b/d, down from an estimated 420,000b/d in 2011. If a settlement is reached quickl... Read More
Pub date: 26 Apr 2012 Africa / South Africa Freight Transport Industry Report
BMI's projections for volume growth in South Africa's freight transport sector in 2012 are relatively bearish, sitting around the 1% mark for rail freight and throughput at the country's largest port... Read More
Pub date: 26 Apr 2012 Africa / South Africa Insurance Industry Report
Key Insights And Key Risks The latest results, in relation to 2011, published by South Africa's life companies highlight their strengths and competitive advantages in a global context. Most have ben... Read More
Pub date: 26 Apr 2012 Africa / Nigeria Oil & Gas Industry Report
BMI View: With several projects added or coming on stream in the next few years, such as Usan (180,000b/d) and Egina (150,000b/d-200,000b/d), we see Nigerian oil output rising substantially over our... Read More
Pub date: 25 Apr 2012 Africa / Egypt Autos Industry Report
Egypt's autos industry remains in the doldrums, with demand for new vehicles remaining depressed owing to a combination of economic and political strife. Sales fell during the revolution that saw fo... Read More
Pub date: 25 Apr 2012 Africa / South Africa Food & Drink Industry Report
We are relatively positive on private consumption in South Africa, forecasting real growth of 3.3% in 2012, following an estimated 4.8% expansion in 2011. Although our figures suggest a notable slowd... Read More
Pub date: 20 Apr 2012 Africa / Egypt Food & Drink Industry Report
Egyptian food consumption values are expected to grow at a double-digit annual rates in both absolute and per-capita terms to 2016. Drivers of this trend will be a recovering economy, although elevat... Read More
Pub date: 20 Apr 2012 Africa / Ghana Agribusiness Industry Report
BMI View: The cocoa sector will remain Ghana's most important agriculture sector over the coming years. High prices in previous years have prompted several government problems to increase output, and... Read More
Pub date: 19 Apr 2012 Africa / Sudan Defence & Security Industry Report
Despite the euphoria in South Sudan over independence and international recognition in mid-2011, relations between Juba and Khartoum remain testy, with unresolved issues including final borders, con... Read More
Pub date: 19 Apr 2012 Africa / Kenya Shipping Industry Report
The news surrounding the Kenyan shipping sector over the past quarter once again centres on the woes and travails of Mombasa's modernisation. The port authority is trying to bring the facility up to ... Read More
Pub date: 19 Apr 2012 Africa / South Africa Shipping Industry Report
BMI View: Moderately Good Year With some qualifications, the South African ports and shipping industry should have a moderately good year in 2012. In terms of the wider South African economy, the cu... Read More
Pub date: 19 Apr 2012 Africa / Zimbabwe Telecommunications Industry Report
One of the major themes in this quarter's update to BMI's telecommunications market for Southern Africa is the increasing investment into the build-out of data networks. This is mainly driven by econ... Read More
Pub date: 19 Apr 2012 Africa / Tanzania Agribusiness Industry Report
BMI View: The sugar and coffee sectors are expected to outperform in 2011/12 owing to increased investment from the Tanzanian government and foreign corporates. The government has announced plans to... Read More
Pub date: 13 Apr 2012 Africa / Egypt Tourism Industry Report
Tourism Overview Latest figures for the first 11 months of 2011 (excluding unavailable data for October) show negative growth in tourist arrivals of just under 34% year-on-year (y-o-y). The damaging... Read More
Pub date: 13 Apr 2012 Africa / Ghana Food & Drink Industry Report
The latest data on real GDP growth reinforce our view that Ghana is at the beginning of a multi-year economic boom fuelled by the burgeoning oil and gas sector. Indeed, we expect it to be a major eco... Read More
Pub date: 13 Apr 2012 Africa / South Africa Retail Industry Report
We forecast that South Africa's retail sales will grow by 47.4% from ZAR683.91bn (US$82.68bn) in 2012 to ZAR1.01trn (US$121.90bn) in 2016. Key factors behind this expansion will be underlying econom... Read More
Pub date: 13 Apr 2012 Africa / South Africa Tourism Industry Report
Tourism Overview Latest figures for the first 11 months of 2011 show modest growth of 2.7% year-on-year (y-o-y) in tourist arrivals. Growth in the number of visitors from Europe was poor at -4.4% (m... Read More
Pub date: 13 Apr 2012 Africa / South Africa Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare Industry Report
BMI View: South Africa is one of the most developed markets in the region from a business environment and regulatory standpoint. However, vast income disparity within the population has created a two... Read More
Pub date: 13 Apr 2012 Africa / South Africa Power Industry Report
BMI View: Following a downgrade in Q1 2012 to account for macroeconomic headwinds, this quarter we largely maintain our forecasts for the South African electricity sector. We note, however, that risk... Read More
Pub date: 12 Apr 2012 Africa / Egypt Information Technology Industry Report
BMI View: Egypt's IT market is forecast to increase to US$1.7bn in 2012, up by around 8%, with our projection remaining unchanged from Q112. Consumer and business IT spending are projected to report ... Read More
Pub date: 12 Apr 2012 Africa / Egypt Retail Industry Report
BMI's Q212 Egypt Retail Report forecasts that the country's retail sales will grow from an expected EGP194.21bn (US$35.76bn) in 2012 to EGP332.41bn (US$61.21bn) by 2016, with long-term political sta... Read More
Pub date: 12 Apr 2012 Africa / Egypt Consumer Electronics Industry Report
Egypt's consumer electronics market for computing devices, mobile handsets and video, audio and gaming products is projected at around US$3.7bn in 2012. This is expected to increase to US$5.6 by 201... Read More
Pub date: 05 Apr 2012 Africa / Ghana Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare Industry Report
BMI View: While Ghana's business environment is superior to that of almost all of its neighbours in West and Central Africa, its domestic market is relatively small and it still struggles to attract ... Read More
Pub date: 05 Apr 2012 Africa / Morocco Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare Industry Report
BMI View: Morocco's pharmaceutical and healthcare market developments this year will be shaped by the delayed rollout of the national health insurance scheme. On the one hand, the programme is expect... Read More
Pub date: 04 Apr 2012 Africa / Nigeria Food & Drink Industry Report
Growth in the consumer sector has consistently been a bright spot in Nigeria's economy, with many of the fastest-growing industries focused on catering to the country's rapidly growing private consum... Read More
Pub date: 04 Apr 2012 Africa / Morocco Mining Industry Report
Growth in Morocco's mining sector will remain steady over our 2012-2016 forecast period and is set to average 3.1% y-o-y. Aided by significant investment by state-owed miner Office Cherifien de Phos... Read More
Pub date: 04 Apr 2012 Africa / South Africa Metals Industry Report
South African metals production is faced with the twin challenges of rising input costs and an increasingly difficult market over 2012, a situation that will only be alleviated by modest depreciation... Read More
Pub date: 04 Apr 2012 Africa / South Africa Infrastructure Industry Report
BMI View: South Africa's severe hangover from pre-World Cup excesses continues to weigh heavily on the growth outlook for the construction sector. Despite the governments continued pledges towards a ... Read More
Pub date: 03 Apr 2012 Africa / Morocco Agribusiness Industry Report
BMI View: We remain positive about Morocco's agricultural sector and do not believe recent FTAs signed with the EU (and in signing with Canada) will discourage domestic production. In fact, domestic ... Read More
Pub date: 03 Apr 2012 Africa / Cameroon Agribusiness Industry Report
BMI View: Cameroon should enjoy a decent 2011/12 agricultural year on the back of positive production growth for most agriculture commodities. Coffee is predicted to show the strongest growth trajec... Read More
Pub date: 03 Apr 2012 Africa / Egypt Telecommunications Industry Report
Egypt's telecommunications market recorded mixed results in 2011 largely due to the political and, consequently, economic crisis that started in February 2011. While the mobile and internet sectors ... Read More
Pub date: 03 Apr 2012 Africa / Mozambique Agribusiness Industry Report
BMI View: Three weather systems - tropical storm Chandra, subtropical depression Dando and, most recently, tropical cyclone Funso - are estimated to have destroyed 100,000 hectares of agricultural la... Read More
Pub date: 30 Mar 2012 Africa / Egypt Metals Industry Report
2011 will be a lost year for Egyptian metals production, with the civil unrest and political uncertainty undermining performance in the second half of the year, according to BMI's latest Egypt Metals... Read More
Pub date: 30 Mar 2012 Africa / Egypt Infrastructure Industry Report
While the 4.1% year-on-year (y-o-y) real growth we estimate took place within Egypt's construction sector in 2011 can be viewed as relatively positive, it does not reflect the underlying problems fac... Read More
Pub date: 30 Mar 2012 Africa / Ghana Telecommunications Industry Report
In this quarter's update on Ghana's telecoms market, we have incorporated the YE11 data from the National Communications Authority (NCA) latest operational and financial data published by some of the... Read More
Pub date: 30 Mar 2012 Africa / Morocco Autos Industry Report
With some reservations, 2012 looks likely to be a continuation in good trading for Morocco's auto industry, which has been enjoying steady growth from 2009. This is reliant on a scenario in which the... Read More
Pub date: 28 Mar 2012 Africa / Egypt Commercial Banking Industry Report
BMI View: The outlook on the Egyptian banking sector in 2012 remains subdued in light of a weak macroeconomic backdrop, risks of a currency devaluation, and elevated provisioning for loan losses. Net... Read More
Pub date: 27 Mar 2012 Africa / Namibia Mining Industry Report
Executive Summary In Q212, we are sticking with our mid-term forecasts for Namibia's mining sector. We project the industry to grow by 4.0% in 2012 in real terms, following an estimated 23.3% increa... Read More
Pub date: 27 Mar 2012 Africa / Zambia Mining Industry Report
Zambia's mining sector is set to continue the recovery seen over the last decade. The country had declining copper output throughout the 1990s but a mixture of low taxes, privatisation and elevated ... Read More
Pub date: 23 Mar 2012 Africa / Mozambique Mining Industry Report
We maintain our medium-term forecasts for Mozambique's mining sector as a number of major projects remain on course to enter the fray over the next few years. We expect the value of the country's min... Read More
Pub date: 22 Mar 2012 Africa / South Africa Petrochemicals Industry Report
The operating environment of South African petrochemicals will become increasingly hostile over the medium-term due to a slackening in exports, according to BMI's latest South Africa Petrochemicals ... Read More
Pub date: 22 Mar 2012 Africa / Tanzania Infrastructure Industry Report
Kenya BMI View: Kenya's booming construction industry has faced significant headwinds, as rampant inflation - due to a weak shilling, among other factors - has seen building costs soar. Moreover, wi... Read More
Pub date: 21 Mar 2012 Africa / Zimbabwe Infrastructure Industry Report
BMI View: Botswana's construction industry is in line for robust average annual growth of 5% between 2012 and 2016, as economic diversification, strong mining sector investment and growing per capita... Read More
Pub date: 16 Mar 2012 Africa / Congo, Dem. Rep. Mining Industry Report
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)'s vast mineral resources will continue to attract greater international interest, given the country's huge untapped and high-grade reserves and an improving... Read More
Pub date: 16 Mar 2012 Africa / South Africa Defence & Security Industry Report
South Africa's defence force remains the most advanced on the continent and operates with a consistent focus on training and redevelopment, despite the defence budget remaining flat year on year (at ... Read More
Pub date: 16 Mar 2012 Africa / Uganda Agribusiness Industry Report
Uganda BMI View: We hold a positive outlook for the coffee sector, which has developed in recent years on the back of government support and as high global prices encouraged investment into new tree... Read More
Pub date: 16 Mar 2012 Africa / Zimbabwe Agribusiness Industry Report
Angola BMI View: There have been only minor changes in South West Africa since our last update, including some investment in the Angolan sugar sector. Food security, always of prime concern in the r... Read More
Pub date: 16 Mar 2012 Africa / Tanzania Power Industry Report
BMI View: Sudan's power sector is benefiting from large-scale investment in new infrastructure. China has emerged as one of the biggest players in the sector, having already played a major role in ... Read More
Pub date: 16 Mar 2012 Africa / Zimbabwe Power Industry Report
BMI View: With power demand in the MEA region expected to see a sharp increase over the coming decades, the markets in this region will continue to focus on filling the existing power deficit. This p... Read More
Pub date: 16 Mar 2012 Africa / Senegal Telecommunications Industry Report
BMI's Q2 2012 report on the telecommunications markets of West and Central Africa contains the latest five-year forecasts for the fixed-line telephony, mobile subscriber and internet sectors of seven... Read More
Pub date: 16 Mar 2012 Africa / Libya Defence & Security Industry Report
Libya emerged, for all intents and purposes, as a new country following the death of its former leader Colonel Muammar Qadhafi on October 20 2011. However, the end of the Qadhafi regime is yet to bri... Read More
Pub date: 16 Mar 2012 Africa / Nigeria Infrastructure Industry Report
BMI View: Investment continues to flow into the Nigerian construction sector as low inflation bolsters growth levels. Revised figures suggest that year-on -year (y-o-y) growth will be 9.5% for 2012, ... Read More
Pub date: 16 Mar 2012 Africa / Ghana Infrastructure Industry Report
Ghana BMI View: Ghana has a nascent oil and gas sector which, as it grows, will drive demand for auxiliary infrastructure. This is fully in line with BMI's view that mining in frontier markets will ... Read More
Pub date: 16 Mar 2012 Africa / Algeria Petrochemicals Industry Report
We maintain our view that the Algerian economy will experience moderate rates of real GDP expansion with growth rates of 4.7% and 3.6% in 2012 and 2013 respectively. This is an improvement on the 2.9... Read More
Pub date: 14 Mar 2012 Africa / Uganda Telecommunications Industry Report
BMI tempered its forecasts for Uganda''s mobile market following lower than expected figures from operators and the regulator. Nevertheless, we continue to forecast very strong growth for the market ... Read More
Pub date: 14 Mar 2012 Africa / Uganda Autos Industry Report
Kenya Data from the Kenya Motor Industry Association (KMI) show that while the total new vehicle market grew 10% year-on-year (y-o-y) in 2011, the Japanese earthquake and tsunami had the biggest imp... Read More
Pub date: 13 Mar 2012 Africa / Kenya Telecommunications Industry Report
BMI's Q212 update to the Kenya Telecommunications market report incorporates market data from the Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) relating to the end of September 2011. It also contains ana... Read More
Pub date: 12 Mar 2012 Global / Africa Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare Industry Report
Angola BMI View: Angola's pharmaceutical and healthcare market is characterised by a weak regulatory framework, a lack of intellectual property (IP) protection, an abundance of fake drugs, a degree ... Read More
Pub date: 12 Mar 2012 Africa / Gabon Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare Industry Report
BMI View: The better regulated markets of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), South Africa and Israel will remain the most rewarding and least risky for drugmakers operating in the Middle East and Af... Read More
Pub date: 12 Mar 2012 Africa / Zimbabwe Autos Industry Report
Signs of significant slowdown in the key global autos markets in 2012 are beginning to emerge. Our core scenario envisages the US and Japan as a significant outperformers in the mature autos markets ... Read More
Pub date: 12 Mar 2012 Africa / Ghana Autos Industry Report
BMI Highlights Its Favourite Opportunities In Sub-Saharan Africa Vehicle ownership in Sub-Saharan Africa is typically lower than the global average, and the region therefore offers plenty of opportu... Read More
Pub date: 12 Mar 2012 Africa / Uganda Food & Drink Industry Report
Kenya The dynamics of a stronger currency, tight monetary policy and improved weather conditions suggest that domestic demand conditions should remain reasonably healthy in 2012. While the lagged im... Read More
Pub date: 12 Mar 2012 Africa / Tunisia Food & Drink Industry Report
Algeria Food consumption is expected to rise steadily over the next five years. The authorities are also aiming to improve government spending, while simultaneously improving the business environmen... Read More
Pub date: 09 Mar 2012 Africa / Nigeria Commercial Banking Industry Report
BMI View: The banking sector continues to show signs that it is on the mend, and we expect 2012 to be strongly positive for the industry. The reforms and restructuring that characterised much of 2011... Read More
Pub date: 09 Mar 2012 Africa / South Africa Mining Industry Report
The past decade of stagnation and decline in South Africa's mining sector is set to end as several projects across South Africa's vast mineral wealth come online in the next five years. We expect Sou... Read More
Pub date: 09 Mar 2012 Africa / Tanzania Telecommunications Industry Report
BMI's Q212 Tanzania telecoms market report contains analysis and forecasts for the mobile, fixed and internet sectors, using market data from the Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority (TCRA), ... Read More
Pub date: 09 Mar 2012 Africa / South Africa Information Technology Industry Report
Market Overview BMI View: South African IT spending to increase at to about US$20bn in 2016, at a US dollar 2012- 2016 CAGR of 13%, faster than real GDP growth. Major infrastructure and transport pr... Read More
Pub date: 09 Mar 2012 Africa / South Africa Commercial Banking Industry Report
BMI View: We retain our view that South Africa's banking sector will see slow but steady growth over the coming year. Longer-term, we are more upbeat given the potential stemming from the wider regio... Read More
Pub date: 09 Mar 2012 Africa / South Africa Consumer Electronics Industry Report
South Africa's consumer electronics devices market, defined as the addressable market for computing devices, mobile handsets and video, audio and gaming products, is projected at US$9.4bn in 2012. Th... Read More
Pub date: 09 Mar 2012 Africa / Kenya Tourism Industry Report
Tourist Arrivals Grow Strongly In 2011 The swift action by Kenyan military forces in cracking down on al-Shabaab terrorist activity in southwestern Somalia during recent months should hopefully mean... Read More