09 December 2014
London, UK, 9 December 2014: The African Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (AVCA) today announces the launch of its newly formed Francophone Africa-focused Legal & Regulatory Committee (Francophone Committee or Committee), a sub-Committee…
Read more »26 November 2014
London, UK, 26 November 2014: The African Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (AVCA) today announces the launch of its newly formed Stakeholder Advocacy and Communications Committee (SACC or Committee), an advisory group that will work with AV…
Read more »17 November 2014
London, UK, 17 November 2014: The African Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (AVCA) today announces the appointment of Joseph Boateng, Chief Investment Officer of the U.S.-based operating foundation, Casey Family Programs, to AVCA’s Advisory C…
Read more »18 August 2014
Wednesday, 6 August 2014, Washington, DC, USAThe African Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (AVCA), together with the Atlantic Council Africa Center, brought together African private equity industry veterans to discuss ‘The evolution of privat…
Read more »24 July 2014
London,24 July 2014: The African Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (AVCA) is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Dorothy Kelso, as Director, Head of Strategy and Research.Dorothy, a Ghanaian native, joins AVCA with 15 years of research…
Read more »23 May 2014
This week AVCA joined AVCA member, EY, and the Business Council for Africa (BCA) for a open-floor forum on 'Funding and Growing SMEs in Africa', a challenge that is central to all of the participants' missions, and key to supporting sustainable economic…
Read more »16 May 2014
Tuesday, 6 May 2014, New York City This dynamic and interactive, LP-GP closed-door event, led by Institutional Investor Forums and co-hosted by AVCA, brought together an extensive and influential collection of US institutional investors to examine how No…
Read more »01 May 2014
The article shares the experiences of Michelle Kathryn Essomé from joining the organisation in 2011, to working with the team to build AVCA into an association with over 100 members today."I was really attracted by the opportunity to leverage off the prev…
Read more »10 April 2014
African governments can play an incredibly important role in stimulating investments that generate positive societal impact alongside investor returns, according to a new report by Bridges IMPACT +, the advisory arm of Bridges Ventures, and the African Pr…
Read more »02 April 2014
LAGOS, 2ND APRIL 2014: Africa’s resilience to the global economic growth slow-down, attractive demographics, and its many economic, political and social reforms have all contributed to cementing the continent’s place as the most attractive investment dest…
Read more »26 March 2014
African Private Equity and Venture Capital Association’s Legal and Regulatory Committee builds Francophone and Arabophone expertise London, March 26 2014: The African Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (AVCA) today welcomes Rafik Mzah, Chief …
Read more »20 February 2014
Global business networking firm KITE Invest recently interviewed AVCA’s CEO, Michelle Kathryn Essomé and Research Analyst, Ponmile Osibo, to discuss the opportunities and challenges of private capital investing in Africa.The interview can be read in full …
Read more »17 February 2014
On the morning of Thursday 13th of February, AVCA and representatives from among the Association’s Nigerian membership – Adlevo Capital, African Capital Alliance, AfricInvest-TunInvest Group, Alitheia Capital, KPMG, PAL Pensions, The Abraaj Group, Udo Udo…
Read more »07 February 2014
Joining presenters Geoff Cutmore, Steve Sedgwick and Karen Tso, Michelle Kathryn Essomé appeared on CNBC’s flagship Squawk Box show on Friday, 31/1. Acknowledging the opportunities to be found across a continent that ‘has been overlooked for so long’, Mic…
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