EMEA in Focus

COVID-19 in Africa -- What to expect for oil and gas as the pandemic eases

Join Control Risks experts Barnaby Fletcher, Mikolaj Judson and Oulimata Soumaré for a close look at the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on Africa’s oil producers. Traditional producers like Nigeria, Angola and Algeria are expected to see some of the deepest recessions this year, but the critical question is what the longer term effects will be, both for the oil and gas industry and for economies across the region. Barnaby Fletcher leads our analyst team for East and Southern Africa, Mikolaj Judson is an analyst based in our Lagos office and Oulimata Soumaré is a researcher based in our Dakar office.

 

Special Report -- The ransomware landscape

Join Federico Saleri for a discussion about the increasing threat of ransomware attacks and the unprecedented alignment of threat actors’ capability and intent. Federico Saleri is a Consultant and a member of the Online Solutions team, Joseph Buckley is the Senior Analyst leading Control Risks’ cyber threat intelligence analysis activities in London, Felix Manig is an Associate Analyst in Control Risks’ global cyber threat intelligence team in London and Mark Fawcett is is a Senior Consultant in Control Risks’ cyber security team and is responsible for running the cyber incident response services across Europe and Africa.

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COVID-19 In Africa -- Development finance institutions in Africa: A critical role to play

Join Control Risks experts Tom Griffin, Joanna Turner and Clara Bonnor for a close look at how environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues have become more pressing in Africa as a result of COVID-19 and how development finance institutions (DFIs) will play a critical role in supporting companies to prioritise these challenges. Both Joanna and Clara work with a number of our DFI clients across Africa and have been talking to a number of them about ESG priorities and solutions.

Tom Griffin is Partner for our Middle East and Africa region, Joanna Turner is our Geomarket head for East Africa and a Partner in our consulting business, and Clara Bonnor is a consultant in our Business Intelligence practice in Africa.

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COVID-19 In Africa -- Security risks

Barnaby Fletcher, Control Risks’ lead analyst for Southern Africa, speaks with Vincent Rouget and Tim Cox, two of our leads on West and Central Africa, to discuss the developing security risks amid the Covid-19 pandemic in sub-Saharan Africa. This is part of a series exploring the impact of COVID-19 on this dynamic, but vulnerable, region.

COVID-19 In Africa -- No easy fix for food security challenges in Africa

Barnaby Fletcher, Control Risks’ lead analyst for Southern Africa, speaks with Halima Aden and Rose Mumanya, two of our researchers based in Nairobi, to discuss the growing threat of food insecurity in sub-Saharan Africa. This is part of a regular series of podcasts exploring the impact of COVID-19 on this dynamic, but vulnerable, region.

COVID-19 In Africa -- Considerations for investors in Africa

Vincent Rouget, our lead on West and Central Africa, and Clare Morton, an associate director in our business intelligence focused on Africa, discuss the effect that the uncertainty created by COVID-19 is having on investors and lenders in Africa, both in the short term and the longer term.

COVID-19 In Africa -- Africa’s battle with disinformation

Barnaby Fletcher, Control Risks’ lead analyst for Southern Africa, and Bukola Bolarinwa, one of our Africa analysts, discuss the perils of disinformation in Africa, how it spreads and what governments are doing to combat it. This is the second in a series of podcasts exploring the impact of COVID-19 on this dynamic, but vulnerable, region.

COVID-19 In Africa -- African responses and challenges from the global pandemic

Barnaby Fletcher, Control Risks’ lead analyst for Southern Africa and Vincent Rouget, our lead on West and Central Africa discuss the key issues facing organisations operating in sub-Saharan Africa as lockdowns, border closures and bans take effect. This is the first in a series of podcasts exploring the impact of COVID-19 on this dynamic, but vulnerable, region.

Special Report -- A persistent threat: trends in South Africa’s kidnap-for-ransom and extortion landscape

Kidnap and extortion have long been a feature of South Africa's challenging criminal environment. Some recent high-profile kidnap cases have pushed the issue up the corporate security agenda. In this podcast, Control Risks special risks analyst, Sebastian Boe discussses the current state of play.