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Frontier 100 Fall Forum – Impact of Infrastructure

Wednesday, October 20th, 2010

Frontier 100 will host an invitation-only forum, October 26-27 in New York City, bringing together Frontier 100 members, representatives from multinational corporations and prominent investors to improve perceptions of African markets. Expansion of infrastructure in Africa has had significant impact; the World Bank attributes over half of Africa’s recent improved growth performance to investments in [...]

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Frontier 100 Fall Forum – Transformational Power of Agriculture

Thursday, October 14th, 2010

Frontier 100 will host an invitation-only forum, October 26-27 in New York City, bringing together Frontier 100 members, representatives from multinational corporations and prominent investors to improve perceptions of African markets. Discussions at the World Food Prize and Borlaug Dialogue this week in Iowa are focusing on the transformational potential of agriculture in Africa. Investment [...]

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Frontier 100 Fall Forum – Investing in Africa

Thursday, October 7th, 2010

Frontier 100 will host an invitation-only forum, October 26-27 in New York City, bringing together Frontier 100 members, representatives from multinational corporations and prominent investors to improve perceptions of African markets. The rate of return on foreign investment in Africa is now higher than in any other developing region. Walmart’s recent proposed purchase of South [...]

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African Investment Climate Summit

Monday, October 4th, 2010

Several IGD Frontier 100 CEOs will contribute their regional expertise and success stories to Africa investor’s Investment Climate Summit in Washington, D.C. on October 8, 2010.  Improving investor perceptions of Africa is a key objective of Frontier 100 and a focus of our Fall Forum to be held later this month. The Africa investor Investment [...]

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Frontier 100 Fall Forum – Welcoming New CEOs

Thursday, September 30th, 2010

Frontier 100 will host an invitation-only forum October 26-27 in New York City bringing together Frontier 100 members, representatives from multinational corporations and prominent investors to improve perceptions of African markets. Frontier 100 has added six new African CEOs this summer, four of which will attend the Fall Forum in New York. Each CEO brings [...]

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Business Leaders in Action: Brian Herlihy

Monday, September 13th, 2010

Improving communications infrastructure for millions is not a CSR project for SEACOM, but rather, the company’s core business. In July 2009, SEACOM launched a submarine fiber optic cable system connecting south and east Africa with networks in India and Europe. This investment is transforming access and connectivity to mobile phones and internet for millions who [...]

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A Fresh Look at Africa

Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010

Neville Isdell, IGD Leadership Council member and former Chairman & CEO of Coca-Cola, identified Africa as the “single best place to invest” in an interview with Erin Burnett of CNBC’s Street Signs on Monday.  He discussed how Africa’s image has evolved and the continent is now seen as a region with high returns for investors. [...]

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