Your investment office for Africa
Browsing Tag Investments
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Finance
African exchanges need to consolidate
There are 40 securities exchanges on the African continent, and that number is increasing. While that might sound positive, the fact is that many of the exchanges are ...
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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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English
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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English
How to deal with the many risks in Africa
The African continent has a reputation for being particularly risky for investors. However, that is not true. We show you how to deal with risks in Africa. ...
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English
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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English
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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Companies & Markets
It is not about selling more to Africa
The German business world defends the idea that Africa should be considered first of all as a sales market. We do not agree. The touchstone for the seriousness ...
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Agriculture
New hope for investors in Ethiopian farming
Foreign investors might complain that business has been hard in Ethiopia since 2016. This is not an excuse for bad performance. Farming was always doing quite well. Investment ...
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It’s the other way round: Europe needs Africa more than Africa needs Europe
Europeans tend to believe that the neighbouring continent in their south still needs their aid and support. The opposite is true: Africa offers the solution to Europe’s structural ...
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.
