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Winds of Change in Sub Saharan Africa
- June 6, 2018
- Posted by: infomineo-admin
- Category: Africa, Blog Category, Economics
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Winds of change have been blowing impetuously in some Sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries in the last months. Although change is always quite welcome when it comes during a gloomy period, it often goes hand-in-hand with a degree of uncertainty that requires action to be measured and possibly mitigated. The low period of discussion started in
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African Smart Cities: a solution to the booming urbanization process in the continent?
- May 25, 2018
- Posted by: infomineo-admin
- Category: Africa, Blog Category, Central Africa, East Africa, North Africa, Southern Africa, Technology & Telecommunication, West Africa
Africa is undergoing impressive urban growth. The continent who was alongside with Asia one of the least urbanized in the world back in 2014, is now demonstrating fast urbanization rates[1] and is envisioned to reach a 2.4 billion population within the next decades favoring cities over rural areas[2]. By 2030, it is expected that 6 -
How the Global 500 are organizing themselves in the Middle East and Africa
- May 25, 2018
- Posted by: infomineo-admin
- Category: Africa, Blog Category, Business Strategy, Central Africa, East Africa, Middle East, North Africa, Southern Africa, West Africa, Worldwide
Highlights from this year’s Organizing for Growth Report For over 25 years the American Fortune magazine publishes an annual list of the top Global 500 companies ranked by revenue. The companies that made the list in 2017 generated a combined revenue of 27.7 trillion USD — roughly 37% of global GDP –, earned profits of
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Inflation in the MEA region: A Fragile Ecosystem
- May 2, 2018
- Posted by: infomineo-admin
- Category: Africa, Blog Category, Economics
Since the global financial crisis of 2007-2008, inflation has been on the watch in most economies. Its importance has been amplified as countries, investors and non-investors must understand inflation and its causes due to the fact that it can affect the price you pay of everything, from your daily cup of coffee to a share
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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
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