AVCA - The African Private Capital Association kicked off its 20th Annual Conference & VC Summit in Johannesburg yesterday.

The Krutham Africa Impact Investment Awards, sponsored by FirstRand, recognise success in the rapidly growing impact investing industry. They celebrate outstanding achievements and contributions that drive positive social and environmental change while creating value for investors in Africa.

The World Economic Forum’s Humanitarian and Resilience Investing (HRI) Initiative, together with its partners, launched today a global call to action to respond to the systemic challenges faced by the 2 billion people living in poverty and insecurity across the world. Providing immediate and urgent relief will always remain necessary in acute crises; however, there is a need to complement established crisis response efforts with a sustainable market-based approach. 

Sean Winter, Executive of Alternative Investments — Africa at purchase-led global investor, says that African startups’ challenge in transitioning from VC to PE funding stems from differing valuation methodologies and a lack of communication and understanding between VC and PE investors.

This #BlackLeadersAwarenessDay AVCA speaks with influential leaders in the African private capital industry, spotlighting their professional journeys, greatest learnings, and most influential figures.

In this article we speak with 2 industry professionals reshaping the future of private capital in Africa; these women are breaking barriers, challenging the status quo, and paving the way for a more inclusive and diverse industry.

By Joseph Mate, Investment Director, British International Investment

Sahel Capital has exited L&Z Integrated Farms Limited, an integrated dairy processing company in Nigeria.

AVCA 2022 Roundtable — Sponsored by FinDev Canada and LeapFrog Investments

AVCA 2022 Roundtable in Collaboration With 2X Challenge — Sponsored by Kuramo Capital

By Rehma Imrith, Commercial Director | In the wake of the global economic downturn initiated by the Covid-19 pandemic, numerous businesses have found themselves facing financial difficulty. As a result, many companies — especially those in the emerging markets — are having to undergo corporate debt restructuring. In this article, we’ll explore the corporate debt restructuring process and the important role of the security trustee in enforcing investor rights and ensuring restructuring arrangements proceed smoothly.

The proceeds will be used to increase local production of cement in Ghana and install the world’s largest calciner system to date, which will reduce CO2 emissions by up to 20 per cent per ton cement produced.

Being a trusted and tested international financial centre (“IFC”) since the past three decades, Mauritius continues to pave its way with the provision of innovative and highly competitive products and services in the Fund industry and the financial services sector as a whole.

By almost every measure, the outlook for private market investments in Africa seems bright. Nearly nine out of 10 LPs say they plan to maintain or increase their allocation to African private equity over the next three years, according to a 2021 survey by the African Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (AVCA). And among the most important factors driving interest in African PE, cited by those LPs, are opportunities to generate positive social impact and strong financial performance.