Mark McNamee, FSG’s Practice Leader for Europe, and Athanasia Kokkinogeni, Western Europe Analyst, were featured in the Harvard Business Review for their article titled, Not Enough Companies Are Ready for Brexit, No Matter What Happens Next. In the eyes of businesses,…
The recent terrorist attack in Kenya’s capital has done little to dent multinationals’ interest in Kenya – SSA’s fastest-growing large market. The local currency, the shilling, and local stock prices have remained resilient, and multinationals continue to expand their presence,…
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FSG’s Practice Leader for SSA, William Attwell, and Director for Global Management Insights, Anna Rosenberg, discuss how multinationals can accelerate sales to the public sector in SSA. They examine the capabilities companies need to develop to gain more visibility on…
Digital technologies are transforming the way customers in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) live, work, and transact, offering multinationals (MNCs) new and innovative ways to market and sell their products and services. However, a recent spate of policy interventions by SSA governments…
Undeniably, the risk for businesses regarding Brexit has increased in December, as the deadline of March 2019 UK’s departure from the EU is looming. As a response to the recent political developments, the UK pound has weakened, and sentiment has…
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November 16, 2018 - This post was written by Mark McNamee, Martin Belchev, and Athanasia Kokkinogeni. The European populism wave of 2016/7 came to an end with positive outcomes in the French, Dutch, and German elections. Nevertheless, European populism hasn’t…
In another twist in the saga surrounding the influence of shady business figures on former President Jacob Zuma’s administration, South Africa’s finance minister, Nhlanhla Nene, abruptly resigned on October 9. Speculation that Nene could be ousted had been growing ever…