In replies to parliamentary questions from the DA, neither Minister of Finance Pravin Gordhan nor Minister of Small Business Development, Lindiwe Zulu, could provide substantive details on the mandate, composition, governance structures, funding, board of directors or launch date of the venture…
High level of activity set to continue Southern African Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (SAVCA)/ Webber Wentzel data for the first three quarters of 2016 shows 140 deals reported across the sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) region. A third of these…
Disruption will yield opportunities across global markets and asset classes in 2018, according to PineBridge Investments, a leading global investment manager. “Following years of false starts for growth in the global economy, we expect many markets to reach a high…
Private equity returns, measured as annualised internal rates of return (IRR), have delivered solid performance for the quarter ending June 2017, returning 13.8% over 10 years. This is according to the latest RisCura SAVCA South African Private Equity Performance Report.…
There has been a significant increase in capital employed in the venture capital in South Africa, up from R372 million in 2015 to R872 million in 2016, an increase of 134%. This is according to the latest SAVCA 2017 Venture…
The last year has been extremely difficult for African markets, says St.John Bungey, CEO for Sanlam’s Africa Investments. The strong dollar and collapse in commodity prices have cut a swathe across the continent’s markets and asset prices, tarring everyone with…
The Senior Vice-President of the African Development Bank, Frannie Léautier addressed the first day of the 14th Annual African Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (AVCA) Conference on Monday, April 4, 2017, in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. The African Private Equity…
Exciting businesses are growing in emerging markets. During my time at global early stage seed fund, 500 Startups, I’ve led deals in agriculture marketplaces in Indonesia (iGrow), global workflow management software from Brazil (Pipefy), and even education or sewing marketplaces in…
Knowing where and how to go about small-scale investments is enough of a challenge for most of us, so imagine being a venture capitalist. Catching sight of a potentially successful startup is a skill that not only gets venture capitalists…
The Southern African Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (SAVCA), the industry body and public policy advocate for private equity and venture capital in the region, has released the SAVCA 2017 Venture Capital (VC) Survey. The fourth edition of the…