Paulo Martelli, VP and Chief Investment Officer at FinDev Canada, speaks with Africa Global Funds about their approach to investing in Africa, investment opportunities and challenges. Martelli has been with FinDev since 2018. He is responsible for setting the organization’s investment strategy and managing a growing portfolio of debt and equity investments across sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America.
Guillaume De Meyer, Global Service Director (left) and Emmanuel Maire, Head of Technology (right) from Temenos Multifonds discuss the issues impacting asset management firms in South Africa, and how the latest technology can help do address them
Nkiru Balonwu, Founder of the Africa Soft Power Group, outlines some of the critical challenges under discussion at the Africa Soft Power Summit this month.
Africa Global Funds speaks with a few of the most influential female professionals about the biggest issues facing women in financial services and their personal experiences.
Africa Global Funds’a Anna Lyudvig speaks with José Solange Francis (left), Founder-Managing Director, and Morlai Kargbo, FCCA (right), Associate-Investment Director at Hamilcar Capital, about special situations and the firm’s objectives.
Husayn Sassa, Associate Director, Fund and Investor Services, and Jean Claude Permal, Executive Director, Chief Operating Officer at AXIS tell Africa Global Funds about the firm’s objectives, trends in the African PE industry and more.
In January, British International Investment (BII), the UK’s development finance institution (DFI) and impact investor, has appointed Chris Chijiutomi as MD, Head of Africa. We caught up with Mr Chijiutomi to learn more.
In September, Standard Bank and the SA SME Fund have joined other credible investors in backing venture capital firm Knife Capital’s new African Series B expansion fund, Knife Fund III.
Nick Barigye, CEO of Rwanda Finance, which runs the recently launched Kigali International Finance Centre (KIFC), tells AGF how he aims to use KIFC as a route to ensuring Rwanda is the financial gateway to Africa
Africa Global Funds’ Anna Lyudvig speaks with Stephen Priestley, Managing Director, Head of Financial Services and Africa Coverage, British International Investment (BII) about BII’s investment strategy, impact investing and more.
Shafeeq Abrahams, Chief Executive and Principal Officer at the the Eskom Pension and Provident Fund (EPPF) tells Africa Global Funds about the recently launched SME Debt Fund, investment strategy and trends around pension funds investing in Africa.