Interview | - Part 2

Q & A session with Rupert McCammon, Founder and Managing Director, AFSIC

In a Q&A session, Rupert McCammon, Founder and Managing Director, Africa Financial Services Investment Conference (AFSIC) provide some insights on what to expect at the AFSIC 20222 edition schedule for October 2022. AFSIC – Investing in Africa is a large scale Event and Expo focused on matching business and investment opportunities in Africa. The event has grown over many years into one of the most important conduits of investment into Africa. What can I expect to…

Making globalisation work for Africa: dream or opportunity?

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An interconnected world Globalization: the interdependence of our world’s economies, cultures, and populations. The reason the pandemic we are living today did not spare any country is due precisely to this wonderful, but at times precarious, modern syndrome. Through the unrestricted movements of goods and people, COVID-19 rapidly reached every corner of the world. Despite being an undeniable mechanism of disease transmission, globalisation nonetheless promotes higher living standards around the world, with access to new…

What the Metaverse Is, Who’s In It and Why It Matters: QuickTake

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LAGOS (Capital Markets in Africa) – The metaverse is a virtual universe that blends aspects of digital technologies including video-conferencing, games like Minecraft or Roblox, cryptocurrencies, email, virtual reality, social media and live-streaming. Quite how these pieces will fit together is a work in progress, but some tech giants already see it as the future of human communication and interaction. It’s “the next frontier,” Mark Zuckerberg said when he changed his company’s name from Facebook…

Africa and the golden age of global investment – Cheryl Buss, CEO Absa International

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LONDON (Capital Markets in Africa) – For years, many have recognised the burgeoning potential that Africa holds for global investors. The continent is home to eight of the 15 fastest growing economies in the world, so its economic prosperity matters globally. But the pandemic has hit Africa hard, with meaningful recovery set to take several years. Now more than ever, Africa requires investment, and that investment offers great opportunity, both to global investors and the…

Is EdTech The Future of Education?

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LONDON (Capital Markets in Africa) -There is no question that education, like many aspects of our lives today, has been transformed by technology. Over the course of the pandemic, educators have tried and tested new methods to keep instruction continuous for students. A survey revealed that schooling options post-pandemic were in favor of retaining several practices currently being used. For instance, Bay View Analytics found that 32% of schools plan on offering full-time virtual options for classes…

Are traditional investment portfolio allocations still relevant?

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LONDON (Capital Markets in Africa) – There has been much debate around whether there is still a place for traditional portfolios made up of 60% equities and 40% bonds. We believe that asset allocators have already in recent years moved considerably away from the traditional 60/40 portfolio and this trend looks set to continue. Bond allocations There is no doubt that bonds no longer provide the protection they used to. Bond yields are so low…

Contributing to the SDGs supports a better world. It also underpins investment returns.

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The UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a universal call to action to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure that all people enjoy peace and prosperity. These 17 goals build on the successes of the Millennium Development Goals, while including new priority areas such as climate change, economic inequality, innovation, sustainable consumption and peace and justice. They take the quest for sustainability to the next level by making it tangible and measurable. Investors are…

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