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Private Equity in Africa - Video 1: Continent of Opportunity

Venue: http://www.privcap.com/programs/26-continent-of-opportunity

From January 13th, 2012 (6:45am) to January 13th, 2012 (6:45am)

After decades of receiving scant attention, the Africa private equity opportunity is now a hot topic. Why is Africa drawing private capital and talent, and how should this vast continent be understood? Privcap has assembled a panel of African private equity experts - including Hurley Doddy of Emerging Capital Partners, Graham Stokoe of Ernst & Young, and Runa Alam of Development Partners International – to discuss the opportunities and challenges of a fast-changing continent. This program, “Continent of Opportunity,” is the first of three that will focus on private equity in Africa. In this discussion, moderated by Privcap co-founder David Snow, our experts detail the demographics, debt levels and geographic diversity of a vast continent. They describe the difference between the relatively mature South Africa market, the robustness of Nigeria, the Middle-Eastern ties of North Africa, and the growing phenomenon of pan-regional corporations. They also answer questions often voiced about private equity in Africa regarding political risk and corruption.