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October 30, 2009 - Austin, TX - Bello & Manchau (B&M), the first political risk consultancy focused exclusively on Africa, announced Wednesday the publication of seven articles in several major African news publications, including the Nairobi-based Business Daily, the largest business daily in East Africa, and the Cairo-based Al-Masry Al-Youm, one of the largest private news dailies in the Middle East and Egypt.
Kenya/East Africa
Title: Consultants Bring Africa’s Risk Profile into Sharp Focus
Publication: Business Daily (Nairobi, Kenya)
Date: Monday, October 12, 2009
URL: http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/-/539552/671014/-/59a11b/-/
Excerpts from Business Daily Article:
“A consultancy firm [B&M] focusing on analyzing the risk of doing business in individual African countries has been launched, adding onto the information resource pool international investors need to make decisions on which part of the continent to invest in.”
“The launch comes at a time when Kenya's risk profile is rising, following revelations that rival ethnic groups are rearming themselves in anticipation of a fresh outbreak of violence in the up-coming 2012 general elections.”
Egypt/North Africa
From October 6-11, 2009, B&M received extensive coverage in the Egyptian press in regards to B&M’s inclusion of Gamal Mubarak in our “Top Ten African Leaders to Watch in 2010.”
Title (Translated): Gamal Mubarak on the List of Top Ten African Leaders to Watch in 2010
Publication: Masrawy (Egypt)
Date: Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Title (Translated): American Research Foundation: Gamal Mubarak, the Next President…
Publication: El-Bashayer (Egypt)
Date: Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Title (Translated): Gamal Mubarak Part of Top Ten African Leaders in 2010
Publication: Youm 7 (Weekly/Egypt)
Date: Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Title: Gamal Mubarak: Leader to Watch?
Publication: Bikya Masr (Egypt)
Date: Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Title (Translated): American Institution Puts Gamal Mubarak on its List of Top Ten African Leaders to Watch in 2010
Publication: Al-Masry Al-Youm (Cairo, Egypt/estimated circulation of 300,000-400,000)
Date: Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Title (Translated): U.S. Report: Gamal Mubarak to Succeed his Father
Publication: Moheet (Egypt)
Date: Sunday, October 11, 2009
B&M’s Top Ten African Leaders to Watch in 2010 report is available at www.bello-manchau.com
About Bello & Manchau, Inc. (B&M)
B&M is the first and only political risk consultancy focusing exclusively on Africa. B&M helps its clients navigate and manage the risks of doing business in Africa by closely monitoring and analyzing political, economic, security and social developments across the continent and forecasting the impact of these developments on a client’s bottom-line. B&M advises corporations (i.e. institutional investors), non-profits, multilateral organizations and governments.
About the Founders
Remi Bello and Melvin Manchau combine more than 20 years of experience with several top financial institutions, political and economic risk research firms and think tanks, including Bentley Associates, Lazard, Société Générale, Reuters, eStandardsForum and the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU). A Nigerian-American, Mr. Bello holds a BSC in Communications from the University of Texas at Austin and a Masters in International Economic Policy and African Studies from Columbia University. Mr. Manchau, a French citizen, holds a BSC in Computer Science and Information Systems from the Université René Descartes (Paris V) and a Masters in Finance from Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po).
Contact:
Mr. Remi Bello, Co-founder
Bello & Manchau (B&M)
512-743-6294
press ( @ ) bello-manchau dot com
www.bello-manchau.com
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