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James Whitmee

I am in Nouakchott in Mauritania looking at the real estate market across all sectors. I have mainly been focused on the central city area of Tévrah Zeïna (E-Nord, F-Nord, Ilot C and Las Palmas), but have also been out on the Route de Nouadhibou where there are major development plans, particularly by investors from Qatar.

In terms of the residential market, this experienced a massive boost in the mid-2000s on the back of an anticipated oil boom in Mauritania. This brought foreign companies such as Woodside into Nouakchott, with large requirements for ex-pat housing and hotel rooms.

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Emerging Markets Consultants

Emerging Markets Consultants offers real estate services in any emerging or frontier location. During 2011 we acted for nine Fortune 100 companies and worked in 33 countries.

Emerging Markets Consultants was founded in 2005 and the focus is to provide real estate brokerage and consultancy services in any market to a western, mature market standard.

We self-perform and do not rely on third parties for information and services. It is an on-the-ground and personal service and not an outsource. This is our core business.

Countries that we have worked in are:

Asia Myanmar, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, China, Vietnam, Laos, Nepal, Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Turkey
Oceania Papua New Guinea
Middle East Iran, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Yemen
North Africa Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco
West Africa Mauritania, Mali, Senegal, Guinea, Gambia, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Côte d'Ivoire, Niger, Ghana, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Angola
Central Africa Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Congo - Brazzaville, Chad, Zambia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Lesotho
East Africa Kenya, Ethiopia, North Sudan, South Sudan, Eritrea, Djibouti, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Mozambique, Mauritius, Madagascar
Latin America Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Suriname, Colombia, Panama, Mexico
Caribbean Haiti, Dominican Republic
Europe Serbia, Romania, Albania, Iceland, Bosnia

For further details please contact James Whitmee on +44 (0)7866 360 980 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .