The Reading Room

Africa experiencing surge in sovereign funds

African nations amassing commodity revenues and foreign-exchange reserves

Stanlib launches African infrastructure equity fund

Fund launches with R500m in seed capital

Hedge fund managers generate billions of returns in record start to...

Booming stock markets and global money-printing aid managers

FDI to Africa closes in on 2008 peak

Set to rise by more than 10 percent in 2013

It’s boom time for African stock markets

Several African stock markets are seeing huge returns this year

SA takes the lead among investors in Africa

South Africa invested in more African projects than any other country last year

Liberty aims to launch African property fund

Opportunity exists to meet the needs of African and international investors

Regulation a major concern for buy-side firms, survey finds

Post-crisis business environment poses new challenges for risk management

Private equity may find favour on the African continent

Alternative forms of capital raising are crucial ingredients for a successful business strategy

Africa’s time is now

Africa could be a dominant force for decades to come