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Friday 24 May 2013

Private Equity in Sub Saharan Africa: State of Play 2012/2013 Thursday, 25 April 2013 In this third edition of our Private Equity Confidence Survey, a co-operation with the Deloitte Nairobi office, we have begun to include the Northern, Western, Southern and Central African regions, although the focus is still on East Africa. This was done... Read more about Private Equity in Sub Saharan Africa: State of Play 2012/2013 Comments Quick view	Omidyar Entrepreneurship Survey: It’s Complicated Monday, 22 April 2013 Omidyar Network and the Monitor Group have just released an in-depth survey and analysis of entrepreneurship in Africa. The report is based on a survey of 582 entrepreneurs in Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa and Tanzania, and a follow up 72... Read more about Omidyar Entrepreneurship Survey: It’s Complicated Comments Quick view
Private Equity to Turn Attention to Distressed Assets? Saturday, 20 April 2013 The FT reports on a distressed assets workshop held by the South African Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (SAVCA) that was oversubscribed. In South Africa, the interest in this asset class is bolstered by legislative changes, i.e. the new... Read more about Private Equity to Turn Attention to Distressed Assets? Comments Quick view	VC4Africa launch ‘Mentorship Marketplace’ Thursday, 11 April 2013 The good people over at VC4Africa have branched out and launched the VC4Africa’s ‘Mentorship Marketplace. The new platform aims to provide entrepreneurs in Africa with access to a network of business experts around the world who will volunteered their... Read more about VC4Africa launch ‘Mentorship Marketplace’ Comments Quick view
AVCA and Cambridge Associates Release First Quarterly PE/VC Index Tuesday, 9 April 2013 AVCA and Cambridge Associates have released the first quarterly report of their new African Private Equity and Venture Capital Index. These summary bullet points from their press release point out the key findings: African private equity funds... Read more about AVCA and Cambridge Associates Release First Quarterly PE/VC Index Comments Quick view	Alert for Institutional Investors? PE Outperforms JSE All Share Index Wednesday, 20 March 2013 The Q4 2012 edition of RisCura’s South African Private Equity Performance Report finds that private equity as an asset class has continued outperforming the JSE’s All Share Index over the past three, five and ten years. According to RisCura’s Rory Ord: ‘... Read more about Alert for Institutional Investors? PE Outperforms JSE All Share Index Comments Quick view
Mobile East Africa – Moving Towards ICT4Profit? Friday, 15 March 2013 A few weeks back we attended the Mobile East Africa conference in Nairobi, largely out of curiosity to see what the VC world has been up to since we last looked in on the flurry of hype emanating from self-lauded newcomer funds such as 88mph and the... Read more about Mobile East Africa – Moving Towards ICT4Profit? Comments Quick view	Informal Nairobi Launch of the Eastern Africa Venture Capital Association (EAVCA) Monday, 25 February 2013 Things here may be a little on hold for the upcoming elections on 4 March, but investor interest in Kenya has been thriving, and this also applies to the private equity industry. The East Africa region is a key area for the private equity and venture... Read more about Informal Nairobi Launch of the Eastern Africa Venture Capital Association (EAVCA) Comments Quick view
Private Equity for SMEs: Fad or Future? Saturday, 5 January 2013 We have lost count of the number of times we have heard SMEs described as the engine of growth job creation in Africa. The backbone of the economy. The SME opportunity. The missing middle. The space where we could, no, should be making a lot of money... Read more about Private Equity for SMEs: Fad or Future? Comments Quick view	2013: Gulf to Africa? Friday, 4 January 2013 It’s been a while that we’ve been speculating about Middle East PE investors finally being so underwhelmed by the EU and US markets that they will take a closer look at sub Saharan Africa. Maybe 2013 is the year in which it will finally happen: A Reuters... Read more about 2013: Gulf to Africa? Comments Quick view

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