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With the highly competitive Kuwaiti telecoms market becoming increasingly saturated, the country’s three mobile operators are jostling for position. Central to all of their strategies is a greater focus on mobile data services.

The Omani government is moving forward with plans to raise prices for natural gas in an effort to recalibrate the supply-and-demand equation, with local demand for the feedstock rising rapidly on the back of industrial expansion and domestic supplies limited.

A pesar del rápido desarrollo económico en el Perú, el mercado de las compañías de seguros se mantiene relativamente pequeño en comparación con otros países de América Latina. Según un estudio reciente llevado a cabo por Fitch Ratings, la tasa de penetración de las compañías de seguros en Perú (medido como el porcentaje de las primas totales sobre el PBI) es 1-1.5%. Esta cifra se encuentra muy por debajo de Brasil y Chile (4%) y por debajo del 2% correspondiente a Colombia y Bolivia.

The Philippines is looking to encourage the development of organic farming, seen as a niche agriculture sector ripe with opportunity for the country. With the proper support, organic farming could work to boost high-value agricultural exports as well as incomes in the agriculture sector, which currently employs more than 30% of the nation’s labour force.

South Africa has unveiled a blueprint for economic recovery, with increased funding to support industry, job creation and a much-needed boost for infrastructure, although marginal rises in inflation and exogenous instability may hamper the ability of the government to provide any immediate palliatives.

It is no secret that China has been increasing its economic links with Africa at an exponential rate in recent years, with hydrocarbons-rich countries such as Nigeria among the chief beneficiaries. The previous decade has seen Abuja concluding multibillion-dollar deals with Beijing-based conglomerates across a variety of sectors. While the relationship does have its critics, China’s role in both trade and investment in Nigeria has become increasingly central – and not only in the oil sector.