Private equity investors closed $3billion worth of deals in 2011, with South Africa and Nigeria attracting the most capital, according to Preqin data. more
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Creating common wealth
Will Jimerson, Musa Capital’s founder and director, discusses how private equity investors can harvest healthy returns from small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), through harnessing synergies inherent in businesses providing basic services to communities. more
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Shopping locally
David Ashiagbor [pictured], economic adviser in the Economic Affairs division of the Commonwealth Secretariat, and Tshepidi Moremong, co-chair of the board of directors at the Africa Venture Capital Association (AVCA) and principal at 8 Miles, discuss regulatory changes supporting the increase of local institutional investor capital flows to private equity. more
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LPs discuss PE in Africa
Five LPs speak about their experiences of investing in Africa, the challenges in the industry and the best strategies for teams looking to raise funds. more
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Weighing up ESG
Environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG ) standards are increasingly becoming a focal point for global commercial limited partners. However, a tailored approach may have to be adopted for regions such as Africa, where a globally standardised model is challenging to implement. Hamza Ali and Patrick Surlis report. more
