Industry Developments

Once the dust had started to settle on Wal-Mart's US$2.4bn acquisition of South Africa's Massmart, BMI published an article in June 2011 examining the likely implications for the food... 2011-10-07

Mozambique is likely to emerge as major LNG exporter by the end of the decade. US independent Anadarko stands to benefit from its position as operator of a potentially world-class... 2011-10-06

As the emerging world gets a lot richer, fast-food was always going to serve up some interesting opportunities. Particularly so as growth in the West has slowed as rising health-consciousness,... 2011-10-04

With Europe making up more than 90% of Carlsberg's (the world's fourth largest beer company by annual sales) annual sales in its last financial year to December 2009, it has found itself... 2011-08-19

BMI's Food & Drink and Africa teams see Zambia as an exciting opportunity for consumer companies. There is a lot of room for growth with income rising fast, which will drive up... 2011-08-09

Unilever Nigeria has grown fantastically over the past few years and its share price has thoroughly outperformed the benchmark Nigeria All-Share index in the process as the first chart... 2011-08-05

After acquiring the promising beer business of Mexico-based FEMSA in early 2010 in an all stock deal worth more than US$7bn, BMI was of the opinion that if Heineken acquired the well... 2011-08-03

We believe Qatar could potentially challenge the UAE, specifically Dubai, as the Gulf region's most premiumised consumer sector over the next few years. With a very strong hydrocarbon... 2011-07-29

Tanzania is SABMiller's largest market in Africa outside of South Africa in terms of volume. Through Tanzania Breweries Ltd (TBL), SABMiller has historically dominated in Tanzania -... 2011-07-29

With sales in excess of US$35bn, AB InBev is comfortably the biggest beer company in the world and nearly 1.7 times the size of Heineken. Borne out of the Belgian-Brazilian giant InBev's... 2011-07-27