Into Africa | - Part 4

Exclusive Interview: Joao Figueiredo, Chairman and CEO, MOZA Banco Mozambique

Joao Figueiredo, Chairman, and Chief Executive Officer, MOZA Banco Mozambique grants an exclusive interview to Capital Markets in Africa. He shared with us his personal life experiences and leadership style as well as Moza Banco’s latest financial performance and the bank’s long-term strategic plans to maximize profitability. Mr. Joao opined that Mozambique’s banking sector will continue to face pressure on the margins of its operating activities as a result of tight credit growth and the low…

Private Equity in Africa: The Myth of the Weak Exit Environment

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LAGOS (Capital Markets in Africa) – Africa’s steady rise continues to attract a growing number of private equity (PE) investors who believe that African markets offer an exciting growth and investment opportunity. Some of the key drivers underpinning this growing perception among investors include improvement in the business environment, fiscal reform and sound economic policies, technological advancement, regional integration, and improved cooperation between the public and private sector. From an external perspective, the improving global…

Towards an Enabling Legal and Regulatory Framework for Private Equity and Venture Capital in Nigeria

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LAGOS (Capital Markets in Africa) – Research and data from private equity industry associations such as the Emerging Markets Private Equity Association (EMPEA), the African Venture Capital Association (AVCA) and the Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (PEVCA) highlight the impact of challenges including global commodity price fluctuation, foreign exchange volatility, security and insufficient diversification of the economy, among other factors, on the pace of activity in the Nigerian private equity and venture capital (PE)…

INTO AFRICA May 2019 Edition – Private Equity: Nurturing Africa

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Welcome to the May 2019 edition of INTO AFRICA, a publication written by the professionals, for professionals, investors, policymakers … Advancing and providing fresh insight into Africa’s emerging markets through renowned thought leadership and peer-to-peer knowledge-sharing. The edition is titled: Private Equity: Nurturing Africa. African private equity (PE) has remained robust with the total value of fundraising increasing to US$2.7bn in 2018 from US$2.4bn in 2017, indicating investors’ ongoing confidence in African PE, based on…

INTO AFRICA April 2019 Edition – Envision Africa’s Digital Revolution

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Welcome to the April 2019 edition of INTO AFRICA, a publication written by the professionals, for professionals, investors, policymakers … Advancing and providing fresh insight into Africa’s emerging markets through renowned thought leadership and peer-to-peer knowledge-sharing. The edition is titled: Envision Africa’s Digital Revolution. Technology has the potential to fundamentally transform societies. It enables rapid improvements to industrial production and societal services, positively influencing the way we live and interact with our environment. Africa is…

Harnessing Africa’s Digital Potential Could Help Tackle Closing The Digital Divide

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LAGOS (Capital Markets in Africa) – Today’s digital divide is very much a reflection of existing global and societal divides. Often, existing inequalities are exacerbated by a lack of internet access. This is particularly reflected in emerging economies like Africa, where people may not always have the means to access the best that technology has to offer. I strongly believe closing the digital divide, between those who have access to the Internet and those who…

DEMYSTIFYING BLOCKCHAIN ONE BLOCK AT A TIME

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LAGOS (Capital Markets in Africa) – In the early days of the internet, evangelists were trying to get people to believe in its vast potential, and there were many who said that they did not believe in this new technology. They did not believe that information will be held on a server, but instead insisted that it would continue to be held on a CD-ROM or a floppy disk. How wrong they were! We think…

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