Afa press partner on Dominican Republic

Business & Investment, one of AFA Press partner agencies, recently released a special country report on Dominican Repúblic. The country report was published within the Spanish newspaper El Pais, market leader and one of the top references between the country’s publications, on Thursday, January 31, 2013. This special report was elaborated by the agency thanks to on-site investigations done by one of its teams, which spent several months in the Caribbean country in order to gather all the first hand information the possible and interview the most relevant characters in the nation. The results of this journalistic work can also be read at AFA’s on-line content platform Worldfolio.

One of the stories to be heard is the one of Barceló Rums. Currently marketed by Dominican-Spanish conmany BEICA, it was originally grown by Spanish businessman Juan Barceló in 1930, just one year after arriving to America. The connection between the two Barceló´s nations keeps strong, as now a days Spain is the largest Barceló buyer, receiving the 50% of its total production, while the other half is shared between Dominican Republic and the est of the foreign markets. Barceló didn’t begin its international propelling until 1992, feature that can give a proper idea of the growth rate of the brand during the last two decades.

Nigeria, by Afa Press partner Upper Reach

After months of on-site investigations, Upper Reach, one of AFA Press partner agencies, released a special country report on Nigeria, with big focus on the energetic sector, as well as the general business arena of the country. This report became reality thanks to the work in the field of one of the agency’s teams. They investigated, gathered and compiled all the available data and interviewed the most relevant and interesting characters for this journalistic document. The report was published in The Times on Monday, December 10, 2012, and is still available in the AFA Press on-line platform Worldfolio.

One of the personalities interviewed in Nigeria was Abdul Ganiyu Umar, CEO of Abuja Electricity Distribution Plc. For him, one of the key objectives should be efficiency, as he reflects in his own words: “We are trying our best to be as efficient as possible and we are the first to admit that we have not reached the optimum potential for growth in quality and improving access, reliability and revenue.”

Knowing the characteristics and the potential of the sector, a new challenge has arrived: “One of our challenges is that we need more investment in this sector because it is one that interfaces directly with the public,” the CEO says.