Dunia provides financial consulting and economic research to investors and corporations operating in the world's most challenging frontier markets.
With offices in Washington DC, Dubai, and Kampala, Dunia can quickly deploy its researchers and consultants to even the most challenging locations.
Dunia offers a competitive advantage via its full suite of deal support services to PE/VC funds, hedge funds, multinationals and high-net-worth individuals.
Dunia works with investors, governments, and local entrepreneurs to reduce opacity and investment risk in frontier markets.
Since 2007, Dunia has helped investors deploy over $260 million in capital in over 30 countries across three continents.
Dunia Frontier Consultants’ report looks at Saudi Arabia’s current economic situation, and how the country is driving economic reform through the National Transformation Plan (NTP), also known as Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030. We then look deeper into the 270 billion Saudi Riyal… Read More
In Dec 2015, Qatar announced that it expected to post a fiscal deficit of USD 12.8 billion in 2016—the first budgetary shortfall in fifteen years. While the government announced spending cuts in certain government departments, Qatar is still expected to tap sovereign… Read More
Dunia Frontier Consultants recently conducted research into the Steel Industry to understand the business in the UAE and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) area more broadly. In this report, Dunia provides a brief overview of the steel industry in the UAE, including… Read More
Despite being vulnerable to Saudi Arabia’s market because of its close ties, Bahrain is far more diversified than its larger neighbor, showing resilience despite the fall in oil prices. This report looks at the continued strong pipeline of infrastructure projects across the… Read More
Cement manufacturers have largely weathered the recent global economic downturn, continuing a strong secular trend that has seen total international production more than double over the past 15 years to 3.5 billion tonnes per annum in 2012. While emerging markets in Asia… Read More
The wave of political upheaval that has swept the Middle East and North Africa since early 2011 has had a major effect on business operations for most multinational corporations (MNCs) in the region. Many companies had ambitious expansion plans for markets like… Read More
The pharmaceutical industry represents one of the strongest growth markets in the Middle East and North Africa over the next decade. Total pharmaceutical sales are expected to grow at a CAGR of around 15% in the next five years, with combined expenditure… Read More
The last two years have not been good ones for companies that support offshore drilling. A sluggish global economy, shifting regulatory environments, and a major oversupply of ships created a down market for operators of offshore support vessels (OSVs). Environmental concerns raised… Read More
The race is on among telecommunications firms to roll out modern 3G and 4G networks that can handle consumers’ seemingly insatiable demand for data services. Competition is fierce not only in the United States and Europe, but also in the Middle East,… Read More
Euromoney Magazine published an insightful article in September 2011 on how Egypt’s central bank and the heads of Egypt’s major banks staved off bank runs, preserved capital and prevented a collapse of the country’s financial sector — all while million-man street protests… Read More
Due to EU sanctions, international oil companies operating in Syria are adjusting to new realities, as the Syrian government has demanded that they cut production. Meanwhile, the potential for violent unrest in northeastern Syria, a region that contains some of the country’s… Read More
Since early 2011, Dunia has produced a weekly Iraq market tracker that explores the Kurdish oil basket play for investors who want direct exposure to the enormous hydrocarbon opportunities available in Iraq. To view the archive of those reports, or to add… Read More
Dunia has produced a new report that provides an in-depth and up-to-date overview of political and tribal dynamics in the province. We hope this report will provide those interested in entering the Anbar market an enhanced understanding of the operating environment, enabling them to… Read More
The Wall Street Journal dedicated significant ink to the Iraqi Stock Exchange in September, saying that fund managers who track the exchange estimate that share prices have risen about 15 percent in 2011, making the ISX “one of the world’s best-performing markets.”… Read More
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