In a speech two years ago the Indian politician Rahul Gandhi compared India with a beehive, a land buzzing of opportunities and potential that altogether form a huge economic power. Just coming back from his business trip to India, MERAR’s CEO Petko Karamotchev corroborates India’s enchanting energy and business spirit and adds that ...
MERAR Meets Make in India
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Shifting Economic Climate in the Middle East: The Rising Attractiveness of the Non-Oil Sector
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Petrol prices are going down affecting the Energy sector worldwide. The potential impact of the market downturn is a hot topic in the MENA region, where the Oil & Gas segment constitutes a significant portion of its GDP. Rather than a growth threat, the oil price drop is however often seen as a stimulus for enhancement ...
Thanks to our partners at Sokoni Group, we are pleased to make available for free download the expert analysis “Africa Market Outlooks – 5 Trends to watch in 2013".
The report provides an overview of the recent economic and political developments that directly affect the investment climate in Ethiopia, Kenya, South Sudan, and Cameroon. It contains ...
“The benefits of investing in Africa are beginning to outweigh the risks. At a time when growth is stalling in America, Europe and Japan, and some of the major emerging markets are slowing down, Africa presents compelling, yet selective, sector investment opportunities.”
In the past, Africa has been seen as a continent with no financial ...
Why to Split the Pie? Equity Investment Stages, Sources, Advantages and Disadvantages
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Naturally, entrepreneurs who have put their hearts, minds and souls into developing a business idea are reluctant to share their venture with others. However, equity investment might be the only way to materialize your business plans. Since owing 100% of nothing is a way less than having a smaller bit of a successfully running company ...
Ethiopia: Africa’s Lion Economy Averaging 10.6% GDP Growth per Year
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Interested in investing in Africa? While South Africa has been continuously attracting media and investment attention, the business community seems to be neglecting other promising investment destinations within the continent.
With the current article we’d like to highlight an African emerging market that is becoming one of the fastest growing world economies, Ethiopia.
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How to Recognize and Avoid Securities Investment Fraud?
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Providing relevant information that will help our customers to better protect themselves from investment-related risks is one of Merar’s priority tasks. In our blog archive you can find plenty of articles on the scam threads entrepreneurs are facing when looking for funding. Since investors who seek opportunities are also objects of scam attacks and ...
We often deliberate on the internal business climate and the ample opportunities the Chinese market offers to foreign investors. But it’s worth turning the perspective the other way round and analysing the behaviour of the world’s second biggest economy as an investor itself.
In 2010, after three decades of extraordinary growth, China surpassed ...
Investors: How Much Do You Really Know about Investing in Facebook?
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Some of you might remember, back in November 2011, we had an investment project posted on Merar, dealing with Facebook shares acquisition. An ex-member of their company, paid predominantly in shares rather than paychecks, has decided to open his own firm, through which he sold Facebook shares. The amount he was asking for was $57 ...
The Economic Impact of the 2012 Olympic Games
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As a host of this year’s Olympic Games London was the world’s hottest spot over the last month. Being in charge of such an important and massive event that brings together athletes, visitors, politicians and media from all parts of the world is definitely a prestigious role a city should be proud of ...