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- 29 Aug 2014
Nigeria, Other Emerging Markets Lead Smartphone Market
Latest report on global smartphone shipments places Nigeria and other emerging markets as leaders in the sub-sector, accounting for over 50 per cent of the total market shares. The International Data…
- 1 Dec 2013
Internet Driving Real Estate Market in Emerging Markets- Lamudi
In October 2013 Lamudi the leading real estate classifieds player in emerging markets, launched operations across 13 countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America. Now, the company already registered…
- 9 Sept 2013
SMEs, Emerging Market Fuel M2M’s $10Bn Market
Machine-to-machine (M2M) is often portrayed as a nascent industry sector. However, operators are already generating strong revenue in this sector, amounting to $10 billion worldwide in 2013, and…
- 14 Jan 2013
Exset, Digital Telemedia Partner for Emerging Markets
Exset, pioneers of TV ecosystems for emerging markets, and Digital Telemedia (DTM) have announced their co-operation with Digital Telemedia becoming a Digital Monetisation System (DMS) technology…
- 23 Apr 2015
Emerging Markets: Game-Changing Developments in Property Market
From customisable designs to pioneering smart home technology, the emerging markets are breaking new ground when it comes to property development. As the real estate sectors in Asia, Africa and Latin…
- 24 Feb 2014
Smartphone Prices On Downward Trend, Emerging Markets Come Into Growth Spotlight
Emerging markets have become the center of attention when talking about present and future smartphone growth. According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone…
- 23 Jul 2018
IFC, Citibank Provide $1.2B to Support Trade in Emerging Markets
IFC and Citi announced yesterday the signing of a $1.2 billion risk-sharing facility to help stimulate the growth of trade in emerging markets and to support economic development. This initiative…
- 15 Jul 2019
IFC, Citibank Provide $1.2 Billion to Support Trade in Emerging Markets
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, and Citi announced the signing of a $1.2 billion risk-sharing facility to help stimulate the growth of trade in emerging markets and to support economic…
- 13 Oct 2016
Incident Emergency Management Market Will Worth $114.01Bn by 2021- Report
A new market research report published by MarketsandMarkets shows the incident and emergency management market size is expected to grow from USD 88.58 Billion in 2016 to USD 114.01 Billion by…
- 6 Feb 2014
Exchange Rate Fingered in Emerging Markets IT Spending Slowdown
IT spending will be inhibited by the economic slowdown in emerging markets in 2014, in addition to an inevitable deceleration in the growth of smartphones and tablets, according to the new…
- 20 May 2026
Telcos in Nigeria, other Emerging Markets Squeezed by Diesel Crisis
The blockade of the Strait of Hormuz caused by the US and Israel’s war with Iran is placing fresh pressure on emerging market telecom operators, many of which remain heavily reliant on diesel…
- 12 Aug 2018
Mines Secures $13M Series A to Grow Digital Credit Platform for Emerging Markets
Mines, a fintech startup re-inventing credit in emerging markets, has closed a Series A round of $13M led by The Rise Fund, a global fund managed by TPG Growth. Also participating are Velocity…
- 3 Aug 2016
Facebook to Allow Emerging Market Companies Sell Through its Pages
Facebook is to let small businesses in emerging markets sell to customers for free directly through their Facebook pages, the social media company said on Wednesday, marking a new effort to build up…
- 31 Mar 2016
Lamudi Releases Annual Research Report On Emerging Real Estate Markets
House-hunting is moving online in the emerging markets as property-seekers embrace the internet as a tool for finding their dream home, according to a new report from global real estate portal Lamudi…
- 2 Jun 2020
FBN Holdings Divests From FBN Insurance, Sells Shares to Sanlam Emerging Markets
The Boards of FBN Holdings Plc (“FBNH”) and Sanlam Emerging Markets (Proprietary) Limited (Sanlam) wish to announce that they have completed the sale of FBN Holdings Plc’s 65% shares in FBN Insurance…
- 10 Sept 2017
IFC Finds Banks Cut Services in Emerging Markets
International banks are cutting back on the networks they maintain in developing countries, an unintended consequence of global regulatory reforms that could make it harder for businesses to grow and…
- 24 Oct 2019
Standard Chartered, IFC Create $1B Facility to Boost Trade Finance in Emerging Markets
Standard Chartered and International Financial Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, have established a US$1.0 billion facility to boost trade finance in emerging markets, helping to…
- 5 Oct 2016
IFC Launches Platform to Mobilize $5Bn for Investments in Emerging Markets
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, has launched an innovative program that aims to raise $5 billion from global institutional investors to modernize infrastructure in emerging markets over the…
- 20 Aug 2013
Ovum Asks Emerging Markets to Embrace Prepaid Base, Simplify Tariffs
Operators need to “embrace the prepaid user base for mobile broadband” and offer simplified data access pricing in order to benefit from an emerging market smartphone base that will hit almost 50 per…
- 10 Nov 2016
Juniper Says Mobile Financial Services will Surge in Emerging Markets
The total transaction value of mobile financial services in emerging markets (including domestic money transfers, deposits on loans, insurance products, and savings accounts) will approach $500…
- 27 Feb 2023
IFC, BNP Paribas Launch SRT Transaction to Support Trade Finance in Emerging Markets
IFC and BNP Paribas (BNPP), the European Union's largest bank as measured by assets and a key player in international banking, announced a landmark Synthetic Significant Risk Transfer (Synthetic SRT)…
- 18 Jul 2017
Internet Society Extends IETF Fellowship to Emerging Markets
The Internet Society is inviting applicants from the emerging markets to partake in its Fellowship to the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) 2017. The Fellowship programme allows technologists,…
- 21 Jan 2020
YouTube Appoints Alex Okosi as Managing Director of Emerging Markets, EMEA
YouTube has announced theappointment of Alex Okosi as managing director of Emerging Markets for YouTube in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). Alex will be responsible for running YouTube’s…
- 30 Mar 2015
IFC Commits $200m to Invest in Emerging Markets
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, has committed up to $200 million to the IFC Financial Institutions Growth Fund (FIG Fund). The FIG Fund’s mandate is to make equity investments alongside IFC in…
- 2 Mar 2014
Android Dominating OS Space With Strong Emerging Markets Presence
A new mobile phone forecast from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, has revealed that Android will maintain its reign as the leading operating system.…
- 29 Nov 2016
Year 2020 Most Powerful Men in Tech & Concerns for Emerging Market
The world still celebrate people like Bill Gates, Steve jobs because they visualized a beautiful future for humanity, bought and invested into it, and made it happen thereby making the world a better…
- 18 Aug 2008
Nokia Launches Devices, Solution for Emerging Markets
Nokia has launched 4 new devices that it says accelerates the company's leadership in emerging markets. These include the Nokia 5000, Nokia 2680 slide, Nokia 7070 prism and the Nokia 1680 classic.…
- 1 Jul 2020
IFC, Citi Create $800 Million Facility to Boost Trade Finance in Emerging Markets
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, and Citi have established an $800 million facility to facilitate trade finance in emerging markets, supporting trade flows in developing countries and helping…
- 2 Jul 2018
Emerging market currencies pressured, but Naira stable
by Hussein Sayed The Naira has entered the trading week on a firm footing despite a stabilizing Dollar and global trade tensions pressuring emerging market currencies. There is a suspicion that the…
- 23 Mar 2016
Lamudi Says Rising Internet Use Boosts Emerging Markets Business Climate
The internet is increasingly integrated in everyday life in emerging countries, yet the rate of web connectivity in these regions still lags significantly behind more developed markets. On a global…