15 Mar 2024 Our Thinking Africa Political and Country Risk Investor Services African private equity in 2024: risks and opportunities From coup contagion to potential loan defaults – we look at the top issues across Africa that private equity investors should monitor closely this year.
14 Feb 2024 Our Thinking EMEA Africa Key takeaways from African Mining Indaba 2024 Listen to Control Risks’ experts as they discuss the main issues and takeaways from Investing in African Mining Indaba 2024.
22 Jan 2024 Our Thinking Africa United States of America Political and Country Risk Revisiting AGOA – US-Africa ties at critical juncture While the AGOA Forum is an annual event, the focus was on the future of the legislation after its current iteration expires in 2025. To be an effective tool for influence, however, AGOA needs greater uptake
19 Dec 2023 Our Thinking Africa Political and Country Risk Africa – ten key issues to watch in 2024 Our Africa team considers the key trends and issues likely to shape the political environment in 2024. We also include “wild cards” – unlikely events with a high impact that could catch organisations by surprise.
18 Sep 2023 Our Thinking The Africa Risk-Reward Index 2023 Podcast Join Patricia Rodrigues, Tristan Gueret, Rose Mumanya and Jacques Nel as they discuss some of the key insights from the 2023 Africa Risk-Reward Index, produced jointly by Control Risks and Oxford Economics Africa.
18 Sep 2023 Our Thinking Africa ESG and Sustainable Business Leveraging technology and innovation to address climate change risks Corporate leaders will need to develop a data-driven approach to managing these risks and technology will play a pivotal role.
01 Sep 2023 Our Thinking Africa Investor Services Eric Humphrey-Smith Josephine Azoulay Freyda Owino Hard infrastructure investment in Africa still dragging its feet Africa is facing a dire infrastructure funding gap, one that traditional partners are unable to fill. Heightened debt service obligations for governments and limited bilateral support have meant that attention is turning to private market investors and project finance teams to help fill the infrastructure gap.
15 Aug 2023 Our Thinking Africa Organisational Resilience Cyber and Digital Security Risk Management Growing convergence of physical and cyber threats on the African continent Africa’s technology boom is happening at a time of global technology revolution. Most critically for the convergence of physical and cyber risks. This sets the scene for a greatly increased physical risk and impact emanating from these devices and the physical and operational systems they connected to.
28 Jul 2023 Our Thinking Africa Seerist Core Russia-Africa: Friendships with limits For Russia, the summit is one of the most important diplomatic gatherings of the year. A chance for Moscow to show that despite Western sanctions, it is not isolated, and it can maintain successful international co-operation with alternative partners.
13 Jul 2023 Our Thinking Africa Political and Country Risk Security Consulting Seerist Core Kenyan president to slowly warm up to Congo amid domestic and international pressures Kenya and Congo have shown mutual desire to deepen their trade and security ties. Amid growing scepticism regarding the performance of the Kenyan-led peacekeeping force in eastern Congo, we assess how relations are likely to evolve in the coming years.