In the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, the African institutional investment community of sovereign wealth and pension funds committed to making a constructive contribution, playing a leadership role in building…
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Since the outbreak of Covid-19 asset classes have tumbled globally. Modern portfolio theory always dictates that a well-diversified portfolio should have a mix of asset classes that diversify the risk…
Multiples sector focus shows how both the consumer discretionary and consumer staples industries fetch the highest multiples across all sectors. The consumer sector has been identified time and time again as one…
On a recent trip to Morocco to attend the 15th Annual Africa Venture Capital Associaiton (AVCA) conference, I had the pleasure of being seated next to and in front of…
Risk versus reward is the key determinant of investment activity. Cost of equity is representative of the investor’s evaluation of the risk that the enterprise is exposed to. Elevated cost…
Namibian pension funds appear to prefer investing their members’ contributions in balanced funds, as they believe these offer a better solution. Given the results of a 20-year study from the…
Investors looking at Africa today want to understand this exciting continent in more detail. RisCura's third edition of the Bright Africa report, seeks to provide deeper insight into the drivers,…
This is 2.5 times more than the region in second position (Maghreb region at 308MW). As expected, Maghreb, Egypt and Southern Africa (ex-SA) round off the top four. South Africa…
To analyse the investment in road infrastructure in various regions, the total kilometres of both paved and unpaved roads were aggregated. 67% of the road infrastructure in the Maghreb region…
