Pub date: 02 Mar 2012 Africa / Algeria Agribusiness Industry Report
BMI View: With annual food imports amounting to an estimated US$3.3bn, or 15% of the country's overall import bill, Algeria is one of the largest importers of agricultural goods in Africa. Besides t... Read More
Pub date: 24 Feb 2012 Africa / Algeria Autos Industry Report
Figures released by the Association des Concessionaires Automobiles d'Algerie (ACAA) in January 2012 show that 280,803 new cars were sold in Algeria in 2011 (excluding sales figures from the local BM... Read More
Pub date: 15 Dec 2011 Africa / Algeria Infrastructure Industry Report
Growth in Algeria’s construction industry will bounce back in 2011 demonstrating the resilience of the sector. Continued revenue from the country’s extensive oil and gas resources has helped to power... 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: 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: 10 Feb 2012 Africa / Algeria Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare Industry Report
BMI View: Algeria’s attractiveness to foreign drugmakers remains tarnished by the heightened political and security risks, despite its relatively attractive demographic and socio-economic profile. Ad... Read More
Pub date: 15 Jul 2011 Africa / Algeria Power Industry Report
The newly published Algeria Power Report from BMI forecasts that the country’s power consumption will increase from an estimated 33TWh in 2010 to 48TWh by the end of the forecast period, assuming 3.... Read More
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: 16 Feb 2012 Africa / Angola Infrastructure Industry Report
BMI View: A severe infrastructure deficit and the number of projects currently underway in Angola - particularly in the transportation and the housing sectors – give us optimism about sustained growt... 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: 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: 02 Mar 2012 Africa / Botswana Mining Industry Report
Diamonds To Remain Mainstay Of Mining Sector For Now In line with the Botswanan government's plans to diversify away from diamond revenues, there has been a swathe of new mining projects announced i... 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: 17 Feb 2012 Africa / Cameroon Infrastructure Industry Report
BMI View: The broader economic situation in Cameroon is stable and generally positive. Growth is forecast to accelerate slightly over 2011 while inflation is set to remain below 3%. Cameroon is centr... 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: 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: 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: 24 Feb 2012 Africa / Cote d`Ivoire Infrastructure Industry Report
BMI View: While we continue to expect lacklustre growth in Côte d’Ivoire’s infrastructure market in 2011, we see increasing likelihood of growth returning to the positive territory from 2012. A combi... 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 02 Mar 2012 Africa / Egypt Agribusiness Industry Report
BMI View: Even though Egypt food inflation has moderated since 2011's popular uprising, we still see food prices as a very sensitive political issue. Thus, we expect massive imports in most of the ag... 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: 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: 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: 24 Feb 2012 Africa / Egypt Defence & Security Industry Report
Egypt is heading into what can arguably be considered the most critical stage of its post-Mubarak democratic transition, as parliamentary elections are set to get underway in late November. Neverthel... 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: 02 Mar 2012 Africa / Egypt Freight Transport Industry Report
Through 2012 the key factor affecting the wider Egyptian economy, and the freight transport sector, is political uncertainty. After the collapse of the Mubarak regime in early 2011 there are still ma... 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 17 Feb 2012 Africa / Egypt Petrochemicals Industry Report
Political uncertainties following the overthrow of Hosni Mubarak’s regime in early 2011 have not upset progress on the expansion of the Egyptian petrochemicals industry, according to BMI’s latest Egy... Read More
Pub date: 17 Feb 2012 Africa / Egypt Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare Industry Report
BMI View: While Egypt’s healthcare and pharmaceuticals industry outlook continues to be dominated by macroeconomic themes, such as currency depreciation and political risk stemming from the upcoming ... 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: 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: 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: 24 Feb 2012 Africa / Egypt Shipping Industry Report
BMI View : As we go into 2012 the key factor affecting the wider Egyptian economy, and the ports and shipping sector, is political uncertainty. After the collapse of the Mubarak regime in early 2011 ... 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: 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: 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 / 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: 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: 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: 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: 16 Feb 2012 Africa / Ghana Infrastructure Industry Report
BMI View: Ghana has a nascent oil and gas sector and we believe that infrastructure sector growth will be driven by the demand for auxiliary infrastructure. This is fully in line with BMI's view that... Read More
Pub date: 02 Mar 2012 Africa / Ghana Mining Industry Report
The revision to our Ghana mining growth forecasts in Q212 reflects the release of new data from the World Bureau of Metal Statistics (WBMS), as well as news of further expansion within the gold and ... 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: 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: 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: 02 Mar 2012 Africa / Kenya Commercial Banking Industry Report
BMI View: 2012 will be a year of two halves for Kenyan banks. The first six months will prove challenging due to high inflation and interest rates and tight domestic liquidity. However, conditions s... Read More
Pub date: 03 Feb 2012 Africa / Kenya Freight Transport Industry Report
Things appear to be looking up for the Kenyan freight industry over the medium term as the country seems to have grasped the importance of investment in order to forge ahead and fulfil its potential.... 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: 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: 17 Feb 2012 Africa / Kenya Power Industry Report
BMI View: Kenya's power sector continues to introduce a more diversified energy-generation capability. Although Hydropower generation remains vulnerable to drought and variations in rainfall, additio... 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: 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: 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
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: 03 Feb 2012 Africa / Libya Infrastructure Industry Report
2011 was a momentous year for Libya. A 10-month civil war sparked by the Arab Spring in February saw Libyan dictator Muammar Qadhafi’s regime toppled and the leader himself later killed in October. T... 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 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: 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: 03 Feb 2012 Africa / Morocco Infrastructure Industry Report
The year 2010 saw Morocco’s construction sector enter a new phase of growth after its recent slowdown. Although bad weather and flooding muted growth in early-2010, a strong pipeline of projects, mul... 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: 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: 03 Nov 2011 Africa / Morocco Tourism Industry Report
Tourist Arrivals Still Rising In 2010, just under 9.3mn tourists visited Morocco, an increase of 11% year on year (y-o-y), according to figures from the Ministry of Tourism. This result was slightly... 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: 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: 01 Jan 2012 Global / Middle East Agribusiness Multinational Companies Industry Directory
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Pub date: 01 Jan 2012 Global / Middle East Freight Transport Multinational Companies Industry Directory
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Pub date: 01 Jan 2012 Global / Middle East Petrochemicals Multinational Companies Industry Directory
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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: 02 Mar 2012 Africa / Nigeria Agribusiness Industry Report
BMI View: While growth output is strong for most of the commodities we analyse in this report, agriculture in Nigeria suffers from insufficient investment and developmental mismanagement. The Minist... 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: 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: 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: 25 Nov 2011 Africa / Nigeria Freight Transport Industry Report
The Nigerian freight transport sector, in particular the port and rail freight sectors, is due for rapid growth over the medium term as the country booms on the back of high oil prices and increased ... 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 Dec 2011 Africa / Nigeria Insurance Industry Report
Key Insights On Nigeria’s Insurance Sector An optimistic interpretation of the latest developments within and prospects for Nigeria’s insurance sector would emphasise actual and potential for growth... 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: 12 Dec 2011 Africa / Nigeria Petrochemicals Industry Report
The Nigerian petrochemicals industry will be primarily focused on utilising gas resources for fertiliser production, although a promised injection of Saudi investment could see Nigeria host sub-Sahar... 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: 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