The rebasing of Nigeria’s GDP in 2014 has made it clear that the country has Africa’s largest economy. It has also provided a much-improved picture of the changing make-up of…

Listed equity fundamentals such as price to earnings (P/E) ratios are an indication of how highly listed markets are valued at a point in time. Looking at the S&P 500…

There is also a significant disparity between the level of development, size and liquidity of exchanges across Africa. However, African stock exchanges as a whole continue to develop at a…

Listed equity performance over the last five years based on local currency returns of the major African listed equity markets have been consistent with the continent’s growth expectations. Certain markets have…

The focus, and accordingly the investment allocation, of different Development Finance Institutions (DFI) can vary broadly. Development Finance Institution Practices can be driven by the relative wealth of investee countries, or by sector or geography, impact driven, depending on the focus and the ultimate goals of each Development Finance Institutes.

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When comparing the regional distribution of DFI investments in Africa from three of the largest DFIs (IFC, EIB and CDC), Southern Africa (ex-SA) receives the highest nominal allocation of USD…

The ACP region continues to attract the highest allocations of new capital from EDFIs, both in value and in number of deals. In 2013 EDFIs invested in a total of…

Development Finance Institutions (DFIs) are government-funded institutions that make investments in sectors and countries that would not otherwise attract significant capital. DFIs generally aim to have a developmental impact in…

RisCura estimates that African insurance AUM totals approximately USD 273bn, with the vast majority of these assets coming from South African insurance companies. This is the result of an insurance…

The state of social security frameworks is typically a function of a country’s environment as much as a response to it. While Africa proves no exception to trends of universally…