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Africa Capital News
How private equity can better its chances in Africa
Private equity firms are having a hard time in Africa. One hindrance is their inability to sell companies that they have acquired for their funds. How private equity ...
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Africa Capital News
Africa, the land of ESG investments
In Europe, investors tend to see Africa as an underdeveloped continent that needs a helping hand from wealthy nations. New figures show that Africa can compete with other ...
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English
A big step toward African financial independence
African stock markets have not fully realised their potential. There are, however, initiatives in Morocco and in South Africa aimed at strengthening the local markets. How can Africa ...
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Africa Capital News
Why Africa needs financial independence
Aid from the West often follows the political fashions among Western voters. Africa must develop the financial markets to break free from outside patronage. ...
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Africa doesn’t just need foreign investment
Attracting capital to invest in Africa may work in the short term. But the issue is to activate domestic savings for financing the African growth story. ...
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Finance
Much movement on African stock markets
The stock exchanges on the continent continue their upward trend. In Kenya in particular, individual stocks are attracting a lot of attention, especially Safaricom and KCB. This proves ...
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Five promising ways to invest in Africa
The African continent has a reputation for being particularly difficult for investors. Your investments can be very successful if you follow a few basic rules. ...
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Finance
A debt crisis in Africa? Difficulties yes, but not a crisis
Zambia, Ethiopia and some other countries are having difficulty servicing their debts. Some observers deduce a new debt crisis for Africa from this. The situation is worrisome, but ...
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Responsible Investments – a tricky business in Africa
Sustainability, Impact Investments, ESG criteria, that’s the international trend in investing. However, people in the developed world define the criteria of ethical investment. Isn’t there a risk that ...
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La tontine – a model for the financial development in Africa
African informal saving systems seemed to be outdated because of the rise of digital money. Thanks to fintech systems such as la tontine could become very modern. ...
Read more on the African growth story
Read more on the African growth story in my book
“Afrika ist das neue Asien”
published in German by September 2014 with
the publishing house Hoffmann & Campe in Hamburg.
