Private Equity Sector Focus

Although there has been a downward trend in activity over the past year, the consumer discretionary sector has continued to attract interest from investors, making up 22% of all transactions in 2015.…

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Private Equity Sector Focus 2016

Although there has been a downward trend in activity over the past year, the consumer discretionary sector has continued to attract interest from investors, making up 22% of all transactions in 2015.…

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Listed EV/EBITDA Multiples 2016

Following the volatility of listed multiples post the financial crisis, the developed, African and BRICS markets’ multiples appear to be moving much more closely in line with one another. Valuations of African…

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Tough at the top

Size playing a significant role in the price of Africa private equity deals. Over 30% of reported Africa private equity (PE) transactions in 2014 and 2015 took place at greater…

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Investability of Africa’s listed markets

Indices provided by data vendors are used by institutional investors as proxies for African markets by return (performance benchmarking), valuation, liquidity and diversification to assess Africa's Listed Markets Investability. There are…

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