From infrastructure to impact investing, now more than ever the private sector has a vital role to play in Africa, says OMAI’s Paul Boynton
The pandemic has created uncertainty for the continent’s private equity industry. Yet with the right partner and deep local expertise, firms can emerge stronger from the crisis, says CDC Group’s Clarisa De Franco
Development Partners International’s Runa Alam outlines how African governments, investors and businesses are stepping up to meet the challenges created by covid-19.
The coronavirus pandemic has led clients to reassess their outsourcing needs, says Sanne Group’s Fred Steinberg.
NAV financing can provide defensive liquidity and the funds required for buying opportunities in the wake of covid-19, say Investec’s Tom Glover and Matt Hansford
SMEs form the backbone of Africa’s economies but often lack access to funding for growth. Mediterrania Capital Partners’ Albert Alsina explains how private equity can address this issue
The pandemic is the latest in a series of shocks in the past two decades. Chris Kojima of Goldman Sachs Alternatives Capital Markets and Strategy shares how LPs can create resilient portfolios and pick GPs to support their goals well into the future
Pacific Equity Partners managing director Tony Duthie talks economic recovery and portfolio resilience
An early mover in online banking, the Scandinavian financial services sector’s ongoing digitalisation continues to offer opportunities for investors, say Nordic Capital’s Christian Frick and Christopher Ekdahl
With the crisis leaving European SMEs starved of capital, there will be significant opportunity for growth stage deals when the time is right, say ESO Capital’s Alex Schmid and Steve Edwards