Impact of the Financial Crisis on Private Equity in Africa

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Permalink Reply by Eyembe Elango on September 16, 2009 at 2:22pm

Africa & Bernard Madoff
Les pertes pour le fonds de solidarité africain et la BDEAC s’élèvent respectivement à 11 et 16 millions d’euros. Ces montants étaient placés auprès de l’agence parisienne de la Bank Austria, filiale du groupe italien Unicredti et actionnaire de la banque Medici. ("Losses sustained by the African Solidarity Fund and the Development Bank of Central African States respectively add up to 11 and 16 Million Euros. These amounts had been placed with the Paris-based branch of Bank Austria, a sibsidiary of the Italian Group Unicrediti and shareholder of the Medici Bank)
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Permalink Reply by Eyembe Elango on September 16, 2009 at 2:42pm

Africa: Surging Forward

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Permalink Reply by Eyembe Elango on September 29, 2009 at 11:03pm

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Permalink Reply by Eyembe Elango on October 21, 2009 at 9:01pm

Egypt: Navigating the credit crunch
As a kingpin economy in the Middle East and North Africa, Egypt is a weather vane for any change in the region’s financial fortunes. So how is Egypt coping in the current global crisis? Arab Banker’s George Kardouche interviewed key bankers and examined developments at close range in Cairo. Here is his Cover Focus analysis and report
http://www.arab-banker.com/dir/2201/pdfs/ABSp09_Egypt.pdf

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Permalink Reply by Eyembe Elango on November 30, 2009 at 5:59pm

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Permalink Reply by Eyembe Elango on December 8, 2009 at 2:07pm

Africa: the Growth Continent for Private Equity
Africa is FMO’s largest region, with a portfolio of just over USD 1.0 billion. FMO started investing in African private equity funds in 1996, when there were only 3 funds operational. Today this number is 140 and FMO is active in 38 funds. Private equity funds are an excellent intermediary for FMO and other development banks, to reach the African private sector entrepreneurs and create development impact.
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Permalink Reply by Jesse Sewell on January 8, 2010 at 5:04am

I think the recent performance of Emerging Market Indexes (having outperformed the S&P 500 significantly over the past 5 years), means in my opinion, the increased impact of globalization is truly forcing its will upon the world of capitol investment. It is simply not 'as profitable' to invest in markets that are overly developed and highly mature. Unless you can figure out who the next Apple is going to be.

For the rest of us, we must make educated and thoughtful decisions about how to invest money and time. I think the smart money is moving to markets like Africa and South and Central America and anywhere their is a low operational cost, abundant natural and human resources and a stable government that provides for security, commerce and civil society. These parts of the world will thrive, provided they have talented individuals who will go out and promote their community, promote their ideas.

So to answer your question I think Africa is not immune, but its attractiveness to foreign investment is growing rapidly. In the end, everything depends on talented individuals who go after what they want, undeterred by opposition or resistance.

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Permalink Reply by Eyembe Elango on January 22, 2010 at 3:13pm

INTERVIEW - Serge Yanic NANA - Cameroun
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Permalink Reply by Eyembe Elango on February 8, 2010 at 6:18am

Downturn threatens Egyptian cotton industry

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Permalink Reply by Eyembe Elango on March 5, 2010 at 8:54am

Business Report - Congo Mining in Crisis

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Permalink Reply by Eyembe Elango on March 16, 2010 at 10:06pm

Private sector saved Africa from deep recession-IMF
The growing role of the private sector in Africa has been credited by a top International (IMF) official for sustaining foreign investment during the recent global slump. Future prospects for Africa were now positive.

The head of the IMF’s African department, Antoinette Sayeh, in an interview with agency’s in-house magazine ‘IMF Survey’, said Africa had demonstrated a new openness to the private sector in recent years, stating that this, together with a more attractive climate for investors had helped to maintain investment from abroad.

“Africa has seen a significant increase in foreign investment that predates the crisis, and during the course of the crisis, those investments also fared reasonably well,” she said.
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