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The Africa Continental Free Trade Area: Benefits, Costs and Implications
- April 11, 2018
- Posted by: infomineo-admin
- Category: Africa, Blog Category, East Africa, North Africa, Southern Africa, West Africa
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African leaders from 44 African nations gathered at the African Union Summit from March 17th to 21st 2018 in Kigali, Rwanda, and signed the Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) treaty to create the world’s largest single market. The agreement will be the largest trade agreement in history since the creation of the World Trade Organization. -
Could 3D printing revolutionize manufacturing in Africa and the Middle East?
- February 23, 2018
- Posted by: Mona Abisourour
- Category: Africa, Blog Category, Middle East, Technology & Telecommunication
Additive manufacturing, or 3D printing, is a truly disrupting phenomenon whose market, technologies, knowledge, and field of applications are witnessing an exponential growth along the last 10 years. Counted among the main technologies leading the 4th Industrial Revolution, Additive Manufacturing is currently transforming industrial production: At a company level, in the sense of redesigning the -
Seven Benefits of Outsourcing Research
- February 19, 2018
- Posted by: Mona Abisourour
- Category: Blog Category, Business Strategy
Outsourcing was not identified as a business strategy until 1989 and since then it has become a very common practice in many businesses. Typically, companies consider an outsourcing strategy for their support functions that are out of the company’s areas of expertise. Many of Infomineo's prospective clients that require ongoing access to research come to -
An outsourcing solution to accessing talent in Africa and the Middle East
- February 14, 2018
- Posted by: Mona Abisourour
- Category: Africa, Blog Category, Business Strategy, Middle East
Back in 2009, I began working on a first assignment as a consultant in Morocco. For the past 8 years, I have not left the region, working in countries as diverse as Morocco, Egypt, Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. From many discussions with business people in the region only -
Outsourcing your Research & Knowledge Functions
- February 14, 2018
- Posted by: Mona Abisourour
- Category: Blog Category, Business Strategy
Research Outsourcing Need-Assessment Process Outsourcing has emerged as a common approach to cutting down internal costs and driving core business growth by delegating non-core organizational activities to external partners who can handle them more effectively and efficiently. However, despite it's proven ability to lower costs and streamline internal processes, a large number of companies remain -
An Effective Approach to Conducting Data Research
- February 7, 2018
- Posted by: Mona Abisourour
- Category: Blog Category, Business Strategy
If you do data research, you need to read this article! In my previous life, I was a consultant. I was focused on strategy work and therefore relied heavily on data to come up with fact-based recommendations for my clients. As a consultant, I also had first-hand exposure to the shift of companies run from
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Developments and Trends of Africa’s Oil & Gas Industry
- January 17, 2018
- Posted by: Mona Abisourour
- Category: Africa
PwC South Africa released the seventh edition of its annual Africa oil and gas review, reporting on the activity and developments of the industry on the continent. The review outlines the main challenges faced by the oil & gas businesses, identifies hurdles to their growth, analyses the companies’ strategic focus in overcoming those challenges, and
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Mapping Research & Knowledge Support in International Consulting Firms
- January 9, 2018
- Posted by: Mona Abisourour
- Category: Africa, Middle East, Worldwide
Knowledge and research functions are crucial within a consulting business model and with their growing footprint internationally, strategy consulting firms are placing much thought into how they are organizing these function within their organization. In response to the high demand for quality research, knowledge and research functions are taking on more of an analytical role within
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The Egyptian Devaluation – One Year Later
- January 2, 2018
- Posted by: Mona Abisourour
- Category: Africa, Blog Category
Over one year ago, on November 3rd, 2016, the Central Bank of Egypt floated the Egyptian pound in an attempt to stabilize the economy which had been set back by a shortage of foreign currency inflows and political instability. Among the key goals behind the floatation was to meet one of the key demands of the -
Digitalization to Spur African Growth
- December 18, 2017
- Posted by: Mona Abisourour
- Category: Africa, Blog Category, Technology & Telecommunication
Digitalization, a term commonly confused with digitization, is currently a burgeoning phenomenon and the rise of the fourth industrial revolution has a lot to do with that. According to Gartner’s IT Glossary, digitalization is the use of digital technologies to change a business model and provide new revenue and value-producing opportunities [1], whereas, digitization is the