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Quantum Global Group signs memorandum of understanding with Surbana Jurong

Published by Press Office on 26 October 2016

The cooperation agreement marks the exploration of future collaborations between the two companies in urban and infrastructure development projects across sub-Saharan Africa.

South Africa: Downgrade fears reignited

Published by Dave Mohr and Izak Odendaal on 17 October 2016

It was a rough week for South Africans.

Investec: Off-grid solar could be as transformational for Africa as mobile phones

Published by Kate Douglas on 6 October 2016

Investec Asset Management’s Mark Jennings shares why the firm just acquired a ‘significant shareholding’ in Mobisol.

Is Nigeria losing its investment appeal?

Published by Staff Writer on 6 October 2016

Falling commodity prices, coupled with the depreciation of the naira, have contributed to the reduction of Nigeria’s attractiveness as an investment destination in general.

Africa: China’s China?

Published by James Jeffrey on 4 October 2016

Chinese firms are increasingly outsourcing production to African countries in the face of China’s (and Asia’s) steadily mounting average wage bill.

Why Africa’s private equity-bubble worries are misplaced

Published by Boston Consulting Group on 3 October 2016

Is too much money chasing too few companies?

Photo: Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Nigeria

The business of agriculture: Gaps, constraints and opportunities in Nigeria

Published by Adefolake Adeyeye on 27 September 2016

How the country can meet demand and reduce its $11bn in food imports.

Private equity firm on why it backed a North African pharma producer

Published by Justin Probyn on 15 September 2016

Actis recently invested in Medis Group – a producer of generic pharmaceuticals in Tunisia and Algeria.

South Africa and Brazil: A tale of two countries

Published by Dave Mohr and Izak Odendaal on 29 August 2016

Brazil is probably the country that resembles South Africa the most.

What Africa can learn from Sheffield’s investment deal with China

Published by Sharif Mahmud Khalid on 23 August 2016

Leaders on the continent have not shown enough commitment to ensuring equitable partnerships with China.

Move over South Africa: Kenya now Africa’s largest source of intra-regional investment

Published by Kate Douglas on 28 July 2016

Last year Kenyan companies replaced South Africa’s as the largest intra-African investor group.

Varying levels of success for South African companies in rest of continent

Published by Peter De Ionno on 14 July 2016

Many assume South African businesses are a natural fit for other markets on the continent, but experience is showing otherwise.

How this Norwegian fertiliser company plans to grow in Uganda and Kenya

Published by Dinfin Mulupi on 12 July 2016

An office and a telephone not enough to boost profits.

Policy uncertainty holding back investment in agriculture

Published by Dinfin Mulupi on 23 June 2016

‘Any economist will tell you that capital detests uncertainty,’ says William Asiko, executive director of Grow Africa.

investment

Quantum Global Group signs memorandum of understanding with Surbana Jurong

South Africa: Downgrade fears reignited

Investec: Off-grid solar could be as transformational for Africa as mobile phones

Is Nigeria losing its investment appeal?

Africa: China’s China?

Why Africa’s private equity-bubble worries are misplaced

The business of agriculture: Gaps, constraints and opportunities in Nigeria

Private equity firm on why it backed a North African pharma producer

South Africa and Brazil: A tale of two countries

What Africa can learn from Sheffield’s investment deal with China

Move over South Africa: Kenya now Africa’s largest source of intra-regional investment

Varying levels of success for South African companies in rest of continent

How this Norwegian fertiliser company plans to grow in Uganda and Kenya

Policy uncertainty holding back investment in agriculture

Nigerian creates business exporting avocados and chillies from Rwanda to European supermarkets

How this Africa-focused investor manages his own money

Investor bullish on education in West Africa

Doing business in Somalia: unpacking the realities on the ground

How this French serial entrepreneur started investing in Africa

What it takes to build a logistics network from scratch in West Africa

Building a restaurant chain in Nigeria: The story of Toasties

Where this investor sees the best opportunities in Africa

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