African Financial & Economic Data (AFED) a
provider of definitive financial and economic intelligence on Africa and
product of Exchange Data International (EDI), announces the release of version
2.0 of its online service.
London, 7 December 2016 – AFED provides subscribers access
to a comprehensive suite of Africa’s economic, macro-economic and financial
information. In version 2.0, subscribers have more control over the data and a brand-new
subscription based, package system is introduced – Country Profile, Sector
Focus and Data Hub.
“We listened to clients and have made substantial changes to the
database. Clients can now subscribe to individual countries or sectors. In
addition, the data is available via data feeds. As commodity prices stabilise
and economic uncertainty hits the developed world, Africa will become
relatively attractive. The AFED database contains the information required to
make informed decisions about investments in Africa.” – said Jonathan Bloch CEO of Exchange Data International
Divided in 13 Topics (National Accounts;
Government Finance; Money & Banking; Inflation, Prices & Wages;
Geography & Environment; Balance of Payments & Trade; Total Debt:
Domestic & External; Business & Industry; Resources & Energy;
Employment, Income & Poverty; Politics, Government & Society;
Population & Health; Education) and with +3,000 key economic indicators, Country Profile provides in-depth coverage for all 54 African economies.
Sector Focus
allows users to access economic and financial indicators, on all 54 African economies, for their
sector of interest. Subscribers can select from a list of 15 Sectors: Agriculture, Fishing & Farming; Automotive &
Transportation; Education; Employment, Income & Poverty; Energy;
Environment & Infrastructure; Financial Sector; Governance, Politics and
Violence; Health & Pharmaceuticals; Information & Communications
Technology (ICT); Manufacturing, Retail & Wholesale; Population; Real
Estate, Building & Construction; Trade; Travel & Tourism.
With over 26.5 million data records for over 50,000 key economic and financial
indicators, Data Hub contains
everything in the database. For ease of use, Data Hub is divided into 7
datasets: Economic Data, Exchange Rates, Interest Rates, Fixed Income, Closing
Prices and Calendars (Public Holidays, Economic Calendar and Bond Auctions).
Users can query each of the available datasets individually, produce time
series analysis, extract the customised reports and easily commingle datasets.
“We strive to give our clients the
best possible options to make the data selection process as easy as possible. We
cover more than 190 sources (divided into local, international, and regional)
for easy comparison and analysis. Clients can stay on top of expected and
confirmed releases via our economic calendar” - said Ilze Gouws, AFED
Project Leader
AFED focuses on local
sources and complements the data with carefully selected international ones to
provide the highest quality data. All
figures are reported as published by the source leaving subscribers the choice
to adjust if required.
For anyone already with, or now seeking, an African
footprint, AFED provides direct access to standardised, comprehensive and clear
data, derived only from trusted, named sources.
Visit www.africadata.com for more detailed information on the different
datasets and request a 1-month free trial.
About African Financial & Economic Data:
African Financial & Economic Data (AFED) is a product of
Exchange Data International and provides definitive economic intelligence on Africa. AFED’s
unparalleled overview of all 54 African economies provides interested parties
in African countries with the detailed financial and economic information they
need to make good political, financial, strategic and investment decisions.
Learn more at https://www.africadata.com/.
About
Exchange Data International:
Exchange Data International helps the
global financial and investment community make informed decisions through the
provision of fast, accurate, timely and affordable data reference services.
EDI’s extensive content database includes worldwide equity and fixed income
corporate actions, dividends, static reference data, closing prices and shares
outstanding, delivered via data feeds and the Internet. The firm covers all
major markets with special emphasis on emerging and frontier markets e.g.
Africa, Asia, Far East, Latin America and Middle East. EDI is based in London,
with offices in New York, India and Morocco. For more information about EDI,
please visit http://www.exchange-data.com.
