Africa at the cusp of Broadband Revolution

By Santosh Anchan, Portfolio Management Group, TechMahindra.

Introduction - Arrival of Under Sea Cable link

Over the last decade, the African region has been the world's fastest growing region in terms of mobile penetration. Whilst fixed line penetration has stagnated at 4% in Africa, mobile has grown at an astonishing rate to 45% with North Africa leading at 73%. However same is not true for broadband and it lags behind considerably....Read More

Power Projects Boost Regional Economy in West Africa

Electrification projects in West Africa are driving the region's economic development, resulting in growing demand for equipment and services from suppliers around the world. This is according to John Thomson, Managing Director of Exhibition Management Services, organisers of the West African Mining and Power Exhibition (WAMPEX), the region's foremost power and energy exhibition. WAMPEX takes place in Accra, Ghana from 6 to 8 June 2012......Read More

India-Africa Forum 2011

Exploring Indian investment opportunities into Africa

I recently attended the India-Africa Forum 2011, an event from the Financial Times Limited in association with the Frontier Advisory held in Mumbai recently. It was interesting to have noted an overwhelming buzz in the conference room with participation from various C-suite executives evaluating their business propositions for Africa. I summarize below the discussions for the benefits of our readers......Read More