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- Frontier Markets Post-pandemic (Capital Group)
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- Global Emerging Markets: Country Allocation Review, H1 2021 (Federated Hermes)
- Quarterly Frontier Markets Recap 1Q21 (FitchRatings)
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- Emerging Markets: Politics and Elections in 2021 (Wellington Management)
- South Africa SONA 2021: Ramaphosa Pledges Economic Reforms (Business Times)
- Global Emerging Markets: Country Allocation Review 2021 (Federated Hermes)
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- ETFs Add to African Access (S&P Global)
- Into Africa: India Vies With China for Post-pandemic Clout (Nikkei Asian Review)
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- Africa’s Consumer Market Potential: Trends, Drivers, Opportunities and Strategies (Brookings Institution)
- Frontier Markets: 2019 Outlook (FIS Group)
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- Africa Enjoys Oil Boom as Drilling Spreads Across Continent (Bloomberg)
- Macro Forum Insights and Perspectives (Actis)
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- South Africa’s Key Economic Sectors (Brand South Africa)
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- Key Findings: Credit Suisse Emerging Markets Consumer Survey
- Fortune Magazine: Seven Emerging Markets to Invest in Now
- Income Ideas From Emerging Markets (Institutional Investor)
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- Best Consumer Stocks for Emerging Market Investors (Morningstar)
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- Volkswagen Hit By Falling Emerging Market Sales (FT)
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- Mining’s Iron Grip on the South African Economy (Reuters)
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- Mark Mobius’s Emerging Markets Outlook (WSJ)
- Nigeria’s Forte Oil Plc and EcoBank Transnational Inc (ETI) Added to MSCI’s Frontier Market Index (AllAfrica.com)
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- Quarterly Frontier Markets Recap – 2Q22 (Fitch)
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- At 34.4%, South Africa Officially Has the Highest Unemployment Rate in the World (BusinessReport)
- Africa Rising: The Hopeful Continent (Wellington Management)
- Private Equity in Africa: Trends and Opportunities in 2021 (White & Case)
- Brazil and South Africa: Two Continental Giants with Feet of Clay (PGIM Fixed Income)
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- Steinhoff: You Cannot Fool the Market … At Least Not All the Time! (BusinessReport)
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- Three Keys to a New South Africa (Project Syndicate)
- 3 Emerging Market Risks Companies Should Watch for in 2018 (Harvard Business Review)
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