Chapter | Financial Services from The Report: Ras Al Khaimah 2013
Bolstered by burgeoning cement and ceramics industries that draw on the natural resources of the Hajar Mountains, Ras Al Khaimah has one of the GCC’s more diversified economies. Continued investment in infrastructure is enabling further economic growth and encouraging foreign investment.
Long viewed as a bastion of stability in the Central African region, thanks in part to large hydrocarbon revenues that have helped it maintain one of the highest levels of per capita income in the region, Gabon has been able to leverage its diplomatic clout throughout sub-Saharan Africa.
Articles & Analysis | Underwriting expansion: Increasing provision of insurance services is a key development goal from The Report: Ghana 2013
Six of the world’s 10 fastest-growing economies over the past decade were in sub-Saharan Africa, including Ghana. The nation’s growth is the result of commodity-fuelled expansion, which has been helping underwrite a surge in the country’s financial services sector, and the insurance market is no exception. While penetration is still modest by...