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Jan 15, 2024
Nestlé Invests Further $100 Million in Vietnam to Expand Coffee Production
Nestlé has a strong presence in Vietnam to make products to sell to the Vietnamese consumer, but particularly with coffee, export is also th

Jan 15, 2024
LEGO to Open Its $1.3 Billion Factory in Vietnam This Year
LEGO is investing heavily to expand its Mexico plant as well as its operations in Vietnam. What makes this one special is the proximity to c

Jan 15, 2024
South Africa’s First Rand Seeks Growth in Africa Through Acquisitions
FirstRand is a major banking group in South Africa and its incoming CEO is keen to look outside of South Africa for growth. The domestic eco

Jan 15, 2024
Foreign Airlines Lobby Nigeria to Release Trapped Dollars
Nigeria's currency issues seem to be neverending and only getting worse. Foreign airlines striking would have a devastating effect on an eco

Jan 15, 2024
NBA Africa’s Dreams Turn Into Nightmares and Regrets
The NBA's foray into Africa has largely been a failure with investors losing most of the capital already invested. It entered Africa too agg

Jan 15, 2024
Africa Miners Take Note of $182 Million Saudi Earmark for Exploration
The capital allocated is to discover and mine mineral resources in Saudi Arabia, but African miners should take note. Saudi is flush with ca

Jan 15, 2024
Laredo Demonstrates How Border Towns Can Gain From Nearshoring
Much of the future investing targeting nearshoring, particularly from institutional real estate investors, will occur on the American side o

Jan 15, 2024
Fitch is Cautiously Optimistic About Latin American Real Estate in 2024
GDP growth is expected to be less than what was experienced in 2023 (2.8%), and considerably less than in 2022 (4.0%). Fitch expects the...

Jan 15, 2024
Brazil's Demographic Headwinds: Too Few Young People and Too Many Retirees
Latin America's demographic woes are caused by high rates of young people immigrating to wealthy countries seeking economic advantages, and

Jan 13, 2024
Marcos Taps Real Estate CEO to Oversee New Philippines Economic Agency
The new agency is aimed at coordinating economic and investment policies and will be headed by Frederick Go, CEO of Robinsons Land Corp. Mr.

Jan 13, 2024
South Korea Invests $14 Million in Logistics Center in Vietnam
The South Korean Ministry of Ocean and Fisheries announced the investment in the logistics center which aims to help South Korean small- and

Jan 13, 2024
The Philippines and American Navies Jointly Patrol South China Sea
Last week the two navies patrolled the South China Seas over two days. The Americans sent an aircraft carrier, a cruiser, and two destroyers

Jan 13, 2024
Western Cape Industrial Sector Shines in South Africa
Not much is going right in South Africa but the Western Cape is bucking the trend boasting solid residential and industrial real estate tren

Jan 13, 2024
Total Hires Former Benin PM to Secure Land for Oil Pipeline in East Africa
The pipeline will permit Uganda to develop its oilfields which are mainly operated by the French company TotalEnergies. Projected project co

Jan 13, 2024
Landlocked Ethiopia Signs Deal to Secure Sea Access
Under the deal, Somaliland would lease 20 kilometers of sea access to Ethiopia’s navy under a 50-year concession. In exchange, Ethiopia reco

Jan 13, 2024
DC Removes Uganda From AGOA For Failure to Promote LGBTQ+ Agenda
Most of Washington DC’s engagement with Africa is aimed at promoting historically radical gender, sexual, and social norms onto Africans and

Jan 13, 2024
Panama Canal’s Problems Are Design Defects Not Neverending Droughts
The restrictions imposed have been blamed on droughts and are the strictest since 1989 when the nation was closed during invasions to depose

Jan 13, 2024
Mexico Has Doubled Gasoline Production Under AMLO
Pemex produced 300,000 barrels of gasoline a month in 2018. In 2023 it closed with an average of 655,000 per month. This puts Mexi

Jan 13, 2024
Colombia’s Peso Unlikely to Depreciate to 5,000 Again in 2024
The political risk of Gustavo Petro taking power caused the peso to collapse in 2022 when it rose to over 5,000 pesos for every dollar. The

Jan 10, 2024
Lobito Corridor and Sonangol Could Create New Opportunities For Efficient Cobalt Mining
Access to charging stations is not the only factor limiting the widespread adoption of electric vehicles in the United States. Experts...
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