The pandemic has created an urgent need for more patient capital in Africa. With governments across the continent facing budgetary constraints while recognising the importance of investment in essential infrastructure and services, private equity (PE) and venture capital (VC) offer an attractive avenue for financial support. Covid-19 has also accelerated digitalisation in key African markets, which…
InEnglish L’Afrique a gravi les échelons au fil des années pour occuper une place de choix dans les portefeuilles d’activités et d’investissement de par le monde et le continent abrite désormais des pays affichant une croissance économique parmi les plus rapides au monde. Longtemps considérée comme l’une des régions les plus démunies du monde, l’Afrique a été le berceau…
En Français Africa has gradually worked its way up over the years to rank at the top of business and investor portfolios worldwide, and boasts some of the world’s fastest-growing economies. Long regarded as one of the most impoverished regions, Africa has produced a number of success stories in recent years, bringing with it an array of investors, businesses and jobs.…
En Français On March 2 Senegal became the second sub-Saharan country to report confirmed cases of coronavirus. As of April 26it hadrecorded 671cases and ninefatalities. In a bid to contain the outbreak, on March 14 Senegal was the first sub-Saharan African country to close its schools. The country has also adopted a host of other measures, including travel restrictions…
En Français As it heads into 2020 Senegal is well placed to continue its strong rate of recent growth, thanks to ongoing public investment and the expansion of the energy industry and digital economy. Building on average annual growth of around 6% since 2014, the economy is expected to expand by 6.8% this year, according to both the IMF and the World Bank. The economy is driven by traditional…
Oxford Business Group (OBG) began its CEO Survey in 2016 with the aim of giving our clients a handle on sentiment in the various markets we cover. Sentiment is of course intangible, but it is an all-important factor in the decisions business people and investors make when they weigh up their risk appetite. In turn, sentiment informs the level of confidence with which they view a market. It is also…
