30 June, 2023
Africa needs equity capital to drive its digital transformation
30 June, 2023

Africa needs equity capital to drive its digital transformation

Euromoney, June 30 2023 What African fintechs need is supportive regulation, local capital and the development of talent. […]
24 November, 2022

Rum & Coal

Rum & Coal Calvi Publishing, November 2022 One day in 2019, I was contacted by Amanda Talbot, widow […]
17 November, 2021

Senegal’s Fonsis is ready to build on its development fund origins

Euromoney, November 17 2021 Fonsis is an interesting sovereign wealth fund, operating a fund-of-funds model to help the […]
12 September, 2019

The Places That Finance Forgot

Euromoney, September 12 2019 Countries fall off the global financial grid for a host of reasons: political obtuseness, […]
7 January, 2019

Why Djibouti’s China Debt is Raising the Alarm

Euromoney, January 7 2019 Warning sirens are sounding about the level of debt Djibouti owes to China for […]
7 November, 2017

The Truth About China/Africa Investment

Euromoney, November 2017 Palapye is a classic crossroads town, where the main north-south and east-west highways of Botswana intersect. […]
7 November, 2017

Ten Years On, ICBC Standard Deal Starts to Show its Worth

Euromoney, November 2017 In the 10 years since ICBC’s $5.5 billion acquisition of a 20% stake in South […]
18 September, 2017

Can Finance Save the World’s Vulnerable Nations?

Euromoney, September 2017 Climate change finance is a jigsaw that must be assembled by thousands of people who […]
20 October, 2015

Sovereign Wealth Growth Shifts to Africa

Emerging Markets IMF editions, October 2015 With Lucien Chauvin The engine of sovereign wealth fund growth may be […]
1 October, 2015

Global Capital Green Finance Report: Renewable Energy

Global Capital, IMF editions, October 2015 In early September, a cluster of German ministers, financiers and engineers gathered […]
25 June, 2015

Africa Private Equity Takes Off – But Is There a Way Out?

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1 April, 2015

Africa Rising

CFA Magazine, April 2015 In recent years, Africa has become the darling of frontier-spirited investors in both debt […]