12 Oct 2021
Listed markets to deliver impact as Africa awaits capital windfall
By Staff Writer
Asset managers will have to focus on both listed and private market opportunities in the impact investment space for Africa to fully benefit from the predicted five-fold increase in capital flows to the continent over the next few years. “This increase in capital flows to Africa in coming years will have a catalytic effect on the trajectory of Africa’s growth path,” said Trevor Manuel, Chairperson of Old Mutual Limited, adding that the youth dimension of the continent represented the strongest opportunity anywhere in the world right now.
