In this month’s issue of Africa Global Funds (AGF) we focused on two funds in the private and public sectors. We spoke with Eugene Stals, Chief Investment Officer of Phatisa, and discussed African food investments, opportunities in Africa’s food value chain and the African Agriculture Fund (pp. 12-13).

In addition, we spoke with Abhimanyu Yadav, Head of Fixed Income & Currency, MCB Investment Management, about the attractiveness of the growing African fixed income asset class and the company's MCB Africa Bond Fund (pp.16-17).

Meanwhile, Graham Sinclair, Principal at SinCo - Sustainable Investment Consulting LLC, shares his views on the ESG policies and their support of the African private equity industry.. He says that PE funds running ESG management systems for their portfolio companies producing better ESG reporting makes for more compelling investable opportunities. Read on to learn more on pp. 14-15.

Finaly, Ted Craig, Partner, Dentons, writes about private fund models. Read more on which models to choose if you are seeking to deepen your track record or to build relationships with new investors on p.22.