Any thoughts on growth of electronic trading in emerging markets?

[atreides]

I was wondering if anyone here had any insights or experience on the growth of quantitative trading in emerging markets in Africa like Johannesburg, Cairo-Alexandra, Casablanca and Lagos.

Most of these exchanges just made the transition to electronic around the turn of the millennium..

 

[const451]

I've recently read somewhere (probably wsj) quant trading is starting to take off in
Brazil. I haven't seen anything about African countries.

 

[bluechimp]

I've been under the impression that Africa has been quite dormant for some time. Few days ago, I met with people from GETCO who are emphasizing growth in Asia -- they've been very aggressively hiring for their Singapore office.