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The New Silk Road

Afro-Eurasian Investment

Paul Kielstra
Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management, 2014
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Thanks to the economic slowdown in developed and emerging market economies, the search for yield has raised the investment profile of Africa’s “frontier markets.” But the region, though rich in natural and human resources, presents would-be investors with a long list of cautions. Historian and economist Paul Kielstra succinctly reviews the risks and rewards of investing in fast-growing African capital markets. getAbstract recommends this introduction to market analysts and to anyone considering investing in this region.

Take-Aways

  • Fewer opportunities in developed and emerging economies are drawing many investors to Africa’s “frontier markets,” economies in a pre-emerging market state.
  • Africa’s frontier markets promise good growth but also present greater risk, less liquidity and smaller market capitalizations.
  • Natural resources such as oil, gold and platinum top the list of Africa’s lures, but the continent also boasts an imminent “demographic dividend” via its growing labor force.

About the Author

Historian and economist Paul Kielstra is a contributing editor at the Economist Intelligence Unit.

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