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In a part of the world long held back by lack of infrastructure, the demand for telecommunications is increasing rapidly alongside the growth of the middle class. According to Frontier 100 member Brian Herlihy, Executive Director of SEACOM, “current ICT spending in Sub-Saharan Africa is approximately $70 billion today and it will nearly double by [...]
The Initiative for Global Development and Dalberg Global Development Advisors have released a new report, Business-to-Business Partnerships: Recommendations for Expansion Across Africa. As African countries experience rapid economic growth, companies are expanding their footprints across the region to gain market share and take advantage of high returns on investment. This report profiles successful partnerships and [...]
Frontier 100 members are gathering today in New York City for the Frontier 100 Forum. CEOs are meeting with business leaders to talk about leveraging partnerships for business expansion in Africa and with investors to discuss navigating the investment climate to capitalize on opportunities. At the Forum, IGD and Dalberg Global Development Advisors launched a [...]
Yesterday at the Frontier 100 Forum in Cape Town, South Africa, the Initiative for Global Development and Dalberg Global Advisors released the Frontier 100 report – Pioneers on the Frontier: Sub-Saharan Africa’s Multinational Corporations. More African companies than ever before are reaching across borders in pursuit of new markets and customers. This is the first report [...]
Business Action for Africa recently released their 2010 report, Business Partnerships for Development in Africa, produced with the CSR Initiative at the Harvard Kennedy School, examining how innovative business-led partnerships are addressing Africa’s development challenges. The report states that “sustaining economic growth is the most important contributor to poverty reduction across Sub-Saharan Africa” and highlights [...]
Sub-Saharan Africa faces unique challenges in harnessing the power of trade for development and poverty reduction. IGD collaborated with a group of businesses and NGO’s to offer a framework for promoting broad-based economic growth and trade with and within sub-Saharan Africa by aligning U.S. trade, investment and assistance policies. The organizations endorsing this paper believe [...]
IGD’s Business Case for Foreign Aid Reform demonstrates how foreign aid’s effectiveness is a critical concern to U.S. business. The Business Case argues that one of the best ways to boost growth and expand opportunity around the world is to improve the impact of U.S. foreign assistance. Our aid programs will have greater impact if [...]
