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September 25, 2015
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Energy and infrastructure are the two sectors with the highest potential to attract and support Spanish investment in Africa, according to Enrique Manzanares, former Economic and Commercial Counsel at the Embassy of Spain in Johannesbourg (South Africa). Manzanares offered his insights as part of the presentation of the book Africans Investing in Africa at the NCID.

Focusing on the energy sector, he sees an especially the promising future in the natural gas extraction following significant discoveries in Mozambique, Tanzania, Kenya and Namibia. In terms of demonstrated in...

September 22, 2015
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“To invest in this continent you need to understand it as a localâ€, Terence McNamee, deputy director of the Brenthurst Foundation, said at the presentation of the book ‘Africans Investing in Africa’, an event organised by NCID.

The book was originally conceptualized in 2011, thanks to a collaboration between the  Brenthurst Foundation (South Africa) and the Tony Elumelu Foundation (Nigeria) and was published this year.

“At the time [2011], ...

September 08, 2015
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Doctoral student at the University of Navarre, Héctor Cárcel, delivered a seminar with NCID on the use of econometric techniques that study time series data and its applicability in analyzing macroeconomic variables in countries that belong to economic unions, as well as monetary or commercial unions.

“Our analysis is like the first x-ray after breaking a bone, that allows us to see when problems and success can possibly occur in country unions. With this first level of analysis political agents and economic leaders of said organizations can have a sound basis to form their pr...

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