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Private equity in Africa

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Private equity in Africa SME Financing

From required scale to scaling up

  • Jean-Michel Severino Chairman I&P
26 November 2021
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Jean-Michel Severino, Chairman of Investisseurs & Partenaires (I&P), believes that the priority remains investing in support of the formal African enterprise sector, which is best placed to resolve the Continue Reading
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Africa: on the cusp of an innovation revolution

  • Alisée de Tonnac CEO SeedstarsCEO Seedstars
17 October 2016
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While emerging economies have been driving global growth over the last ten years, the gap vis-à-vis developed economies is still very substantial. Skill gaps in particular severely constrain economic activity […]Continue Reading
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Acting sustainably to promote African small business: The challenge facing mission investors

  • Jean-Michel Severino Chairman I&P
06 June 2016
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Africa is the new frontier for private equity, yet the region is having trouble channelling the corresponding financial flows to its woefully underfunded small businesses. The continent cannot adequately develop Continue Reading
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The role of private equity funding in the development of Africa’s agriculture

  • Jerry Parkes Founder Injaro
04 June 2015
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Ensuring that Africa can feed itself by 2050 and contribute to the increasing global demand for food will require well-targeted coordination and collaboration between governments, donors, entrepreneurs, the Continue Reading
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Private equity in Africa key figures

Private equity in figures

  • Proparco
29 November 2011
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Although private equity has expanded at a rapid pace in sub-Saharan Africa in recent years, it still remains relatively modest in scale here compared with other emerging markets. Investments tend to be […]Continue Reading
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Pioneer role of DFIs in sub-Saharan Africa

  • Yvonne Bakkum Director Private Equity Pioneer role of DFIs in sub-Saharan Africa
  • Jeroen Horsten Evaluation Officer Pioneer role of DFIs in sub-Saharan Africa
28 November 2011
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Growth in emerging markets is currently leading the financial development institutions (FDIs) to re-focus their efforts on low-income countries – bringing sub-Saharan Africa to the fore once again. FDIs can […]Continue Reading
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Private equity and SMEs: an instrument for growth

  • Jean-Michel Severino Chairman I&P
23 November 2011
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Stabilising growth in Africa – growth which is real but fragile – depends partly on the dynamism of SMEs, which receive little in the way of private equity support.  Funds’ […]Continue Reading
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The transparency challenge facing private equity

  • François d'Aubert
18 November 2011
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When hedge funds are set up in offshore centers, they benefit from favorable conditions when investing in Africa. Their investments may spur economies, but short-term profit targets, the lack of […]Continue Reading
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Living with an investment fund – the company perspective

  • Alexandre Vilgrain Chairman SOMDIAA
11 November 2011
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From the decision to open up its equity capital to the withdrawal of the private equity fund four years later, step by step SOMDIAA reveals the four stages of this […]Continue Reading
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PE Funds improving corporate governance and investor climate

  • Davinder Sikand Capital Deputy CEO Aureos Capital
  • Kiriga Kunyiha Investment Principal Aureos Capital
08 November 2011
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While fund managers may influence public policy geared towards improving the investing environment, they make a more significant impact by improving portfolio companies’ governance standards. This is because Continue Reading
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