28 November 2019
The African Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (AVCA) is pleased to announce that Enitan Obasanjo-Adeleye has been promoted to Head of Training. She takes on this role alongside her existing role as Head of Research. As the Head of Training, …
Read more »25 November 2019
AVCA Head of Research and Training, Enitan Obasanjo-Adeleye talks to the Financier Worldwide on Africa investment landscape. Read more here
Read more »19 November 2019
AVCA CEO, Michelle Kathryn Essomé discusses Africa's evolving investment landscape with Al littihad newspaper. Read more
Read more »14 November 2019
AVCA Chief Executive Officer, Michelle Kathryn Essomé speaks to The Economist about the promise and perils of scaling up business in Africa. Read it here
Read more »15 October 2019
Climate change poses an existential threat to our societies. Nowhere is this more apparent than in Africa – the most vulnerable continent to climate change, both in terms of impact and ability to mitigate damage... read more.
Read more »08 July 2019
Market Study regarding a multi-sector Mid-Cap fund focused on Senegalese companies 1. Background of the initiative Fonds Souverain d’Investissements Stratégiques (“FONSIS”), the Senegalese Sovereign wealth fund, is collaborating with its partners to r…
Read more »20 June 2019
The African Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (AVCA) is pleased to announce the appointment of Geoffrey P. Burgess, Partner at Debevoise & Plimpton, and Cindy Valentine, Partner at Simmons & Simmons, as the new Co-Chairs of the AVCA L…
Read more »02 April 2019
Nairobi, 2nd April 2019 – H.E. Peter Munya, Cabinet Secretary – Ministry of Industry, Trade and Cooperatives and Erik Bethel, Alternative Executive, US Representative to The World Bank opened the African Private Equity and Venture Capital Association’s (A…
Read more »01 April 2019
Nairobi, 1st April 2019 – The African Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (AVCA) has hosted its inaugural gender roundtable ahead of its 16th Annual Conference in Nairobi. The roundtable gathered leaders from top institutional investors and dev…
Read more »18 March 2019
London, United Kingdom, 18th March 2019: The African Private Equity and Venture Capital Association’s (AVCA) announced today its support for the Mobilising Institutional Investors to Develop Africa’s Infrastructure (MiDA) programme as part of its commitme…
Read more »14 March 2019
AVCA releases annual study presenting Africa’s Private Equity (PE) fundraising, deal and exit activity for 2018 Thursday 14th March 2019, London: The African Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (AVCA) today released its authoritative annual re…
Read more »28 February 2019
AVCA, Chief Executive Officer, Michelle Kathryn Essomé explains how Africa's small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are amongst the most attractive investment opportunities on the continent. To read more, please click here.
Read more »28 February 2019
Thursday, 28th February 2019, London: The African Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (AVCA), the pan-African industry association, today released its first comprehensive report looking at the private credit asset class in Africa. Private Credi…
Read more »31 January 2019
Request for Expression of Interest Fonds Souverain d’Investissements Stratégiques (FONSIS) is collaborating with The African Development Bank and Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) to raise finance, from a variety of international sources, to cataly…
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We’re on Clubhouse! Join the AVCA PE & VC Lounge for conversations about key trends driving African investment and… https://t.co/M7qS2knmrz
We look forward to welcoming @AbasiEneobong of @weare54gene and Biju Mohandas of @LeapFrogInvest at the upcoming AV… https://t.co/3Z72z8Vknw
RT @nickodonohoe: It’s important for us to consider the disproportionate economic impact the pandemic is having on women. Thanks to @AVCA_A…
Calling all first-time fund managers and GPs currently fundraising! We have limited slots available for the Pitch C… https://t.co/NhrxeB3fGA
Don't miss the panel 'Evolving Themes and Emerging Opportunities' with Adenia Partners' Managing Partner, Stephane… https://t.co/q6DVq0rNVZ
