INTO AFRICA August 2018 Edition – Driving Africa Opportunities

LAGOS (Capital Markets in Africa) – Welcome to the August 2018 edition of INTO AFRICA, a publication with fresh insight into Africa’s emerging capital markets. This month’s edition, titled: Driving Africa Opportunities and explores investment opportunities as well as banking and insurance sectors in Africa.

 Many investors are familiar with the African growth story. The young demographic, growing middle class and attractive GDP growth prospects have been recited before and I am sure we can agree that the long-term growth story sounds superb. However, It has been a difficult time economically for much of Africa over the last few years resulting in, with some exceptions, economic growth that has not lived up to hope or expectation. The reasons for this are many and diverse, differing from country to country and this article will be looking at some of the main investments opportunities across the continent.

SIMON COOK (Partner, Trade & Export Finance Group, Sullivan & Worcester London) explores some of the main challenges facing Africa and attempting to show how trade and trade finance can be a part of the solution. At the same time, BRYSON KACHA (Pangaea Securities Limited Zambia) looks at the emerging investment opportunities in Zambia as well as challenges. Likewise, GRAHAM SHEWARD (Managing Director, SGG Mauritius) offers his views on investment in African and opines that using Mauritius as an investment hub allows investors to generate growth while mitigating risk.

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