Analyst firms should be rated by their understanding of Africa, writes Johan Jacobs, a former Gartner and META Group analyst. I read a recent comment from Walter Isaacson, CEO at Aspen Institute where his #BigIdeas2015 is “The Coming Micropayment Disruption”. Interesting perspective but this is not new as we have been doing this in Africa…
Update: The 2018 Analyst Firm Awards are available here. 9 December 2014 – London, UK. Long-time industry leaders Gartner and Forrester Research have been joined by HfS Research as the top firms in Influencer Relations’ Analyst Firm Awards. The awards honour 18 IT and telecommunications industry analyst firms that have delivered outstanding value to their…
The Analyst Equity blog had visitors from exactly 100 countries over the last six months. 42% of visitors are in the United States and a further 42% come from seven other counties, all of which have notable communities of analyst relations professionals: (Australia, Canada, France, Germany, India, the Netherlands and the UK). What’s fascinating are the 92…
Clearing up after the financial storm after the last weeks, we see a rather different world economy. After the stock and currency revaluations, only 36 of the 100 firms with the largest market capitalisation have headquarters in the US. In Europe there are 48. Despite (or perhaps because of) the huge volume of US dollars…
The reality of the credit crisis and the potential for an economic downturn is a hugely important dynamic in our market. Lighthouse is proposing holding a seminar in May to share and discuss various aspects of the situation and tactics that will help minimise the potential AR impact. What should your new AR Modus Operandii…
Analyst firms find that the Arab world can be a very effective route into Africa more broadly — if analysts can respond to the different customer demand across those countries. Initially, of course, the money has been in more market research work. However, Lighthouse’s feel is that there’s an opportunity for analysts to also ramp…
The last twelve months have been an especially exciting time for technology across the Arab world. There is increasing, and unsatisfied, demand for analyst insight and opinion, especially in the Gulf states. That has created the opportunity for a few research and analysis houses to set up in the region, probably the most credible being…
In a rare move consolidating market and investment research, a preeminent regional analyst house has been acquired by a leading investment bank. Arab Advisors Group, the analyst firm focussed on North Africa and the Middle East, has been acquired by one of the region’s leading investment banks, Arab Jordan Investment Bank. AJIB is a pioneer…