Business Day Spotlight
Business Day Spotlight podcast host Mudiwa Gavaza in conversation with Malcolm Fair, RisCura MD and author of one of the Upshot stories (Last Shot), Angela Makholwa....
Business Live
Upshot received a stellar review from Garth Theunissen, Business Day journalist....
eNCA
RisCura MD Malcolm Fair chatted to host Gareth Edwards on eNCA’s morning show, South African Morning, on why the purpose-driven investment firm launched anthology, Upshot – stories of financial futures....
Cape Talk
World-renowned author Lauren Beukes interviewed by Cape Talk’s Moolah Mondays host Refilwe Moloto on Beukes’ experience in partnering with purpose-driven investment firm RisCura and curating the Upshot anthology that explores alternative financial futures....
A thriving South Africa will take alternative thinking
The thinking around investment and economic development in 2008, reached a pivotal turning point when the global financial crisis hit. The COVID19 pandemic has given us a harsh reminder of the acute issues around health, while also shining the light on education, poverty, human rights, the environment and racial, gender and income inequality. There...
Private Equity – How does Africa fare in tough times?
RisCura launches Private Equity section of Bright Africa 2020 Despite erratic fundraising and mixed risk and growth outlooks, deal activity in African private equity is growing. This is according to Bright Africa 2020, a research initiative by purpose-driven global investment firm, RisCura. “The private equity focussed arm of the research was the...
Bright Africa
Our Bright Africa research initiative was launched in 2013. Access updates on Africa’s infrastructure development, imports and exports, institutional investors and both listed and unlisted markets. Download the Bright Africa reports here....
Market failure analysis: IPOs on selected African stock exchanges (2014 – 2019)
FSD Africa and RisCura undertook a study to identify, explain and address the root causes of “market failure” relating to Initial Public Offerings (“IPOs”) on African stock exchanges. The study takes a robustly comparative approach, drawing out common challenges and recommended solutions from deep individual analysis of seven stock exchanges,...
RisCura presents Upshot — stories of financial futures
Anthology curated by Lauren Beukes paints provocative financial futures. Top writers present stories dealing with important topics of climate change, universal basic income and health coverage, robo-advice and debt slavery to make us think about our future fates. 18 January 2021, Cape Town – As the world reassesses its future after a difficult 2020,...
RisCura wins fifth consecutive award for private equity service provider excellence in Africa
Investment specialists, RisCura, have won the Africa Global Funds Africa Service Providers Awards in the category Advisory Services: Private Equity, for the fifth consecutive year. The awards were created to honour and generate both industry and public recognition of the efforts and accomplishments of fund service providers covering Africa. This is...