B&M’s Regional and Geographic Clusters
The regional and geographic clusters are groups of B&M analysts devoted to covering specific (or any combination of) African regions of interest to our clients, spanning multiple sectors and industries.
B&M’s eight geographic clusters provide clients with timely analysis on political, economic, security, and social developments affecting African cities, states, countries, and regions, and forecast the impact of these developments on a client’s bottom-line.
For example, B&M currently monitors and forecasts risks threatening the multiple municipalities, provinces, states, countries, and regions represented in a renowned fund consisting 50 African securities.
The Coverage
In addition to industry-specific coverage, we conduct our research on a continental (i.e. the African Union + Morocco), sub-regional (i.e. North, West, East, Central and Southern Africa), national, provincial, and municipal level. We cover all 53 African countries individually and several African inter-governmental economic and political unions, such as the Arab Maghreb Union (AMU) and the Southern African Development Community (SADC).
The Applications for Business and Investment
Our analysts help clients incorporate political risk management into their plans for business and investment in African cities, states, countries, and regions, especially at the point of entry and expansion.
Our flexible research template and pioneering 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 prevalent in regions of interest to our clients.
Our analysts also advise NGOs, non-profits, foreign aid donors, multilateral organizations and foreign governments (municipal, provincial and national). And they help clients assess and manage the political risks of engaging institutions operating at the municipal, provincial, country, and regional levels in Africa, including city and state governments.
The Regional and Geographic Research Clusters
Regional Coverage
B&M’s regional and geographic clusters can measure and forecast risks in any combination of African countries and regions pertinent to an investor’s business plans, including, but not limited to:
The Arab Maghreb Union (AMU)
The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA)
The Community of Sahel-Saharan States (CEN-SAD)
The East African Community (EAC)
The Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS)
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)
The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD)/East Africa
The Southern African Development Community (SADC)
Country Coverage
B&M’s regional and geographic clusters cover all 53 African countries, and monitor individual or any combination of municipalities, provinces, and industries within one or more countries. |
