INTO AFRICA | - Part 4

Investing Into Private Equity for African Institutions

LAGOS (Capital Markets in Africa) – Institutional investment is a key driver of the development of capital markets. But, in many parts of Africa, institutional investment has been slow to develop and development finance institutions (DFIs) have long filled this gap. In recent years, pension reform in many countries has driven the creation of more reliable forms of savings for individuals. While the assets in African pension funds are still relatively small, most are fast-growing, creating…

African Pension Funds: A New Capital Source For Private Equity

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LAGOS (Capital Markets in Africa) – African pension funds are primed to play a valuable role in the future of the African private equity industry. They are likely to become an increasingly significant capital source for medium and long – term investment and are primed to play a critical role in catalysing African development. With many pension funds accumulating substantial AUM, there is pressure on these pension funds to diversify from traditional investments such as…

Zimbabwe: Life After President Robert Mugabe

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LAGOS (Capital Markets in Africa) – In early November 2017, Robert Mugabe was removed from power in what was effectively a bloodless coup. My wife, children and I joined a million people on the streets of Harare in a celebration of pent up joy and elation, the likes of which I can only imagine were equalled by the fall of the Berlin Wall. People were laughing, dancing, running in circles, waving pictures of the army…

INTO AFRICA August 2018 Edition – Driving Africa Opportunities

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LAGOS (Capital Markets in Africa) – Welcome to the August 2018 edition of INTO AFRICA, a publication with fresh insight into Africa’s emerging capital markets. This month’s edition, titled: Driving Africa Opportunities and explores investment opportunities as well as banking and insurance sectors in Africa. Many investors are familiar with the African growth story. The young demographic, growing middle class and attractive GDP growth prospects have been recited before and I am sure we can agree that the…

Establish Operational Resilience in Financial Institutions

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LAGOS (Capital Markets in Africa) – Historically, financial institutions focussed on internal business resilience management (i.e. business continuity plans and testing thereof) and this was generally enough to ensure operational resilience. However, mass protest actions, terrorism, social and/or political unrest, ailing national infrastructure, interconnectedness of financial systems, increase in denial of service attacks and increasing use of and/or reliance on third parties to support key operations are forcing financial institutions to change the way in…

INTO AFRICA June 2018 Edition – Renewed Optimism: African Real Estate

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LAGOS (Capital Markets in Africa) –Welcome to the June 2018 edition of INTO AFRICA, a publication with fresh insight into Africa’s emerging capital markets. This month’s edition, titled: Renewed Optimism: African Real Estate, examines the opportunities as well the challenges in the African real estate markets. Africa’s continuing economic and social development is encouraging investors to expand their portfolios in the continent and the yearning for long-term investment has drawn increased numbers of international investors…

MRPDA Amendment Bill: Key Amendments for the South African Oil and Gas Industry

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LAGOS (Capital Markets in Africa) – The principal South African upstream oil and gas legislation, the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act, 28 of 2002 (MPRDA), has been in flux since 2013 when the first draft the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Amendment Bill, 15 of 2015 (the Bill) was published. On 16 December 2015, following the Bill’s passage through the South African National Assembly (the lower house of Parliament), the President exercised the power…

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