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Imperial Holdings: shopping around
With South Africa’s sluggish growth prospects confirmed in Wednesday’s budget, you would think investors would be happy with an acquisition-hungry company delivering revenues up 22 per cent. Imperial...
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Raven Russia: sticking to plan A
Picture: Raven Russia Nobody ever said doing business in Russia would be easy, let alone for a London-listed company in the property sector. But when your management, finances and business model are...
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Door-to-door delivery, Middle East style
If there’s one thing that works across the Arab world, it’s delivery. From Cairo to Dubai, a fleet of men on scooters, bicycles and foot will deliver pretty much anything to your door, from a Big Mac...
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Bulgarian freight: a sale with potential
The privatisation of Bulgaria’s rail freight business offers interesting opportunities both for potential investors and the country’s transport sector. While BDZ Tovarni Prevozi (officially translated...
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China rail: back on track
With slowdown fears prompting calls in China for another investment push, rail spending is back in favour. A government report has put some numbers on spending in 2012, and rail stocks have jumped...
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DHL: keen on Africa’s SMEs
Travel anywhere in Africa, and three brands are ubiquitous: Manchester United, Coca Cola and DHL. But the latter of the three – already present in 52 African markets – is not ubiquitous enough, it...
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Romania: reluctant state sell-offs restart with CFR Marfa
Slowly but surely, Romania is limbering up for its next sell-off of state-owned companies. Under IMF duress, the country may be about to shed some of its weighty burden of strategically important but...
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Russia’s post office: can’t keep up
Ecommerce is booming in Russia as more people hook up to the internet. But a corresponding surge in parcel volumes is straining the the old fashioned postal services to the limit and last week cost the...
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Prince of logistics: ex-Blackwater chief looks to China-Africa
China is not known for its moral scruples or sensitivity when it comes to investing in dangerous countries. It may help to build schools, hospitals and railways as a quid pro quo for getting access,...
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Guest post: Dubai – the UAE’s hedge against oil
By Philippe Dauba-Pantanacce, Standard Chartered The news that Dubai has overtaken London Heathrow as the world’s busiest international airport is a timely reminder that not all Middle East economies...
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