Invest Africa Insights

This week on Invest Africa Insights we spoke to Bronwyn Knight, CEO of Grit Real Estate Income Group, about the resilience of the African real estate market, her advice to investors looking to diversify their portfolios and the asset classes to watch. For more information about Grit: https://grit.group/ For more information about Invest Africa: https://www.investafrica.com/

To kick off Season 2 of Meet the Entrepreneur, we spoke to Jim Chu, Founder of Untapped Global, about Invest Africa's new collaboration with Untapped and his plan to use smart asset financing to unlock the next billion users. This year, Invest Africa will be partnering with Untapped Global to boost investment in African tech through The Nest, a hybrid pitch series. Join us every month online and a...

Before the Covid-19 pandemic took hold, there was significant momentum behind towards increased uptake of ESG policies by Africa’s financial institutions with the number of assets under management following ESG principles crossing the $1 trillion mark for the first time just a few months ago. Invest Africa Insights sat down with James Kamau, Chairman of DLA Piper Africa to discuss the impact of Co...

This week on Invest Africa Insights we spoke to Philippe Valahu, CEO of PIDG about his view of the appetite for African infrastructure investment in global markets and how to best leverage blended financing solutions to build a more robust pipeline of bankable projects for private sector players. For more information about PIDG: https://www.pidg.org/ For more information about The Africa Debate: h...

This week, in a twist on the Meet the Entrepreneur podcast series, we spoke to a guest from the other side of the tech ecosystem. Andreata Muforo, partner at the Venture Capital Fund TLCom Capital, spoke to us about her view of the investment landscape, how to get more women into tech and where TLCom are looking to invest their latest fund.

Are Asian markets the best model for African tech companies? Is the Super App the future of tech? And what exactly is a Super App? This week on Meet the Entrepreneur we speak to Emeka Ajene, Co-Founder of Gozem, the company aiming to be Francophone Africa's Super App, to answer these questions and more. 

Up to 40% medicines sold on the Nigerian pharmaceutical market are falsified and fake or sub-standard medication kills over 100,000 Africans every year. In this episode we speak to an entrepreneur building a secure marketplace for pharmaceutical goods. Vivian Nwakah founded Medsaf in 2017 on the back of personal her personal experience with the dangers of falsified medicines. Since then the compan...

This week on Invest Africa Insights, we speak to Kirsty Chadwick, Group CEO of TTRO, on the digitalisation of Africa's education services, the impact of COVID-19 on traditional teaching models and how TTRO is beating the curve to become Africa's leading education provider. Invest Africa is a leading pan-African business platform that promotes trade and investment in Africa. In this podcast series...

This week on Meet the Entrepreneur we speak to Chijioke Dozie, Co-Founder & CEO of Carbon, on the digitalisation of Africa's financial services,  the launch of Carbon Express and the future of Africa's fintech sector. Invest Africa is a leading pan-African business platform that promotes trade and investment in Africa. In this podcast series we will explore Africa's key economic trends an...

Following the success of Invest Africa Insights' webinar examining the Creative and Cultural Industries (CCI) across Africa, we took a deep dive into the challenges and opportunities affecting the East Africa region, touching on importance of regional integration and community-led projects, investment opportunities within the sector and the role of the CCI sector in East Africa as a catalyst for f...

As the scale of the impact of COVID-19 on the global economy crystallises, we spoke to Jacques Nel, Head of Africa Macroeconomics at NKC African Economics, about levels of resilience in African economies in the face of the crisis.  Invest Africa members are eligible for a discount of 20% on any Oxford Economics subscription products purchased before 31st August , which can be used to inform b...

This week on Meet the Entrepreneur we speak to Onyeka Akumah, Co-Founder of Plentywaka, about the future of mobility in Nigeria, how to unlock savings for investment and the tech-driven projects to watch in 2020.  Invest Africa is a leading pan-African business platform that promotes trade and investment in Africa. In this podcast series we will explore Africa's key economic trends and the is...

Invest Africa is a leading pan-African business platform that promotes trade and investment in Africa. In this podcast series we will explore Africa's key economic trends and the issues facing businesses and investors across the continent. In our next episode of Meet the Mover, Invest Africa Insights speaks Gonçalo Neves-Correia, Partner & Chief Executive Officer, ThirdWay Africa about securin...

COVID-19 has not only brought the financial challenges facing the world to the forefront of everyone’s minds, but has shed a particular lens to the dire situation many African economies and companies face. Already we have seen high debt levels, now exacerbated by commodity price declines, currency woes and investor flight to safe haven assets; Africa perhaps faces a credit crisis of epic proportio...

Invest Africa is a leading pan-African business platform that promotes trade and investment in Africa. In this podcast series we will explore Africa's key economic trends and the issues facing businesses and investors across the continent. In our next episode of Meet the Entrepreneur, Invest Africa Insights speaks Sim Shagaya, Founder & CEO of uLesson to look at how technology will shape the f...

Between 2010 and Q1 2020, Nigerian issuers raised $1.5 bn through IPOs globally, 8.8% of the value raised by African issuers, and $3.0 bn through further offers, 4.1% of the value raised by African issuers. In the non-local currency debt markets, during the same period, $10.2 bn was raised by Nigerian issuers, 18.6% of the value raised by African issuers. In the local currency debt market, between...

In the second episode of Invest Africa’s global series, we will host a discussion of current thinking in Washington how the US can assist African countries in the fight against COVID and economic recovery. How can US companies lead in shaping the next iteration in US-Africa policy? Thank you to our moderator, Aubrey Hruby, Founder of insiderPR & Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council and to our...

North Africa boasts some of the continent’s fastest growing economies and has seen major multinationals move into these markets. Join Invest Africa’s webinar for an expert outlook on investment opportunities into North Africa. Thank you to our speakers: Sabrine Hassen , Associate Managing Director, K2 Intelligence, Nabil Frik , Managing Director, Client Coverage AME, British Arab Commercial Bank a...

In the first episode of Invest Africa’s global series, we will host a discussion of current thinking in London on how the UK can assist African countries in the fight against COVID and economic recovery. How will UK policy-makers and businesses sustain and promote trade across Africa? Thank you to Rt. Hon. Mark Simmonds, Former Minister for Africa and Chairman of the IA Advisory Board for moderati...

While Africa had experienced tempered economic growth over the past decade, real estate had emerged as an opportunistic market. Now, in light of COVID-19, will continent-wide investment in real estate come to a complete stop or will we see the sector as a continued investment prospect? How will the acceleration of Africa’s technology adoption continue to bridge the gap in any property deficits? Th...

Environmental and social governance (ESG) has been an area of great uncertainty and has caused disinvestment across the mining sector. What does COVID-19 mean and what is the effect that it is having on the ground across Africa? The mining industry must reconfigure and prepare itself to operate under a new normal, where it can operate and sustain itself under the new constraints and challenges tha...

The African Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (AVCA) and Invest Africa invite you to listen to our joint webinar, examining the future of private equity in Africa in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. Our panel of experts discuss what the immediate impacts on investment opportunities across the continent, how investors and LPs can overcome the liquidity issues they are now facing and how...

Countries across Africa have access to just 1 per cent of the world’s financial resources for health but bear 24 per cent of the global burden of disease, according to the World Health Organisation. With the Aliko Dangote Foundation forming the African Business Coalition for Health in 2017, global private sector players have increasingly turned their attention to the need to close the healthcare g...

According to the World Economic Forum, the COVID-19 pandemic could lead to upwards of 265 million people globally at risk of starvation. Listen to Invest Africa Ltd's panel of experts as they discuss the future of food security in Africa in light of the COVID-19 crisis, how the pandemic will create the catalyst to implement new innovative solutions and what roles DFIs and multi-laterals will play...

Invest Africa is a leading pan-African business platform that promotes trade and investment in Africa. In this podcast series we will explore Africa's key economic trends and the issues facing businesses and investors across the continent. The Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) estimates that 30m jobs on the continent are at risk. Listen to our interview with Fred Swaniker, Founder & CEO o...