Africa Risk Advisory Group (ARAG)
Background
Spurred by a recent continent-wide wave of advancements in democracy and the regulatory environment, between 2001 and 2008, Africa grew by an average of 5.9% in GDP, improving by an impressive 5.2% in 2008 alone.
Accordingly, Africa has doubled its FDI intake from 2003 to 2007.
Overall, the ongoing global financial crisis has had a relatively low impact on African financial markets, leading foreign investors to increasingly consider diversifying into investments in Africa.
However, the political environment in Africa remains relatively unstable and thus intimidating to potential investors, especially those seeking to break into the continent for the first time.
What We Do
B&M’s Africa Risk Advisory Group (ARAG) provides timely strategic analysis of continent-wide political, economic, social and security developments and forecasts their impact on a client’s investment, operation and business development objectives.
We help clients incorporate political risk management into their business and investment plans transcending multiple African regions, especially at the point of entry and expansion.
Our flexible research model and unique AfriRisk Index©, the first comparative country risk index modeled to distinctively monitor, measure, and forecast political, economic, social, and security risks unique to Africa, can be adapted to track categories of risks common across the continent and pertinent to a client’s business plans, including the risk of expropriations, corruption and cross-border conflict.
ARAG advises NGOs, non-profits, foreign aid donors, multilateral organizations and foreign governments (municipal, provincial and national), and helps them (an other clients) assess and manage the political risks of engaging institutions operating at the continental level, including the African Union (AU) and the African Development Bank (ADB).
For more information, please contact B&M’s Africa Risk Advisory Group (ARAG) directly at arag@bmconsultancy.net
Africa Risk Advisory Group Analysts
ARAG analysts are skilled experts on general African politics, history and business, possessing the requisite multinational language skills.
They monitor all developments affecting a client’s operations across Africa, including those occurring within and outside the continent.
Lastly, ARAG is supported by field research analysts and on-the-ground monitors based in several African countries, strategically positioned to help our clients navigate and manage the day-to-day political, security and social risks of doing business on the ground in Africa.
ARAG analysts double as members of B&M’s various other advisory groups and country clusters, which focus their research at the municipal, provincial, sub-regional, and industry level to provide clients with insightful comparative analysis across multiple regions and sectors.
Coverage Area
All 53 African countries (the African Union + Morocco)
Common Research Topics
Assessing the regulatory challenges of investing across several countries and regions.
Measuring the likelihood of a political instability spreading across multiple countries and regions.
For more information, please contact B&M’s Africa Risk Advisory Group (ARAG) directly at arag@bmconsultancy.net. |
