Published: 1 October 2013
African private equity funds outperformed US venture capital over last decade, discloses benchmark return data by the African Venture Capital Association and Cambridge Associates.
Published: 1 September 2013
In the past, private offerings of alternative investment funds (“AIFs”) in the EEA have not required the burdensome regulations that accompany public offerings. The implementation of the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive 2011/161/EU will substantially change the regulatory considerations underlying previous private placements in the EEA.
Published: 23 April 2013
This joint research piece, looking at value creation through exit deals across Africa, provides an answer to the commonly asked question “are there exits in Africa?” The continent’s stock markets, other than the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, are still very small and relatively illiquid, and the intermediary networks remain far from complete across the region. As a result, a widely held perception is that exits are hard to achieve and that therefore they are few in number. However, our analysis points to a higher level of exit activity than might be expected.
According to our new report, South Africa received the largest share of reported PE deals for Southern Africa, acqu… https://t.co/Ny5siC2R2Q
Nigeria, Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire were the most active markets in West Africa with the highest number of recorded PE… https://t.co/i6COR9I7Bv
According to our new report, West Africa secured 24% of Africa’s total reported PE deal volume between 2014-2019 an… https://t.co/DZgTaFWylY
Communications Services, Utilities and Energy were reported to be the largest sectors contributing to Africa’s tota… https://t.co/0emVQxNvjK
Africa’s rising middle class remains a key driver in the growth of African PE as Consumer Discretionary, Financials… https://t.co/TE6h3HKN7z
