Could Africa’s resource boom and infrastructure projects unlock yet more decades of China’s rapid growth?

 

In the wake of declining growth prospects for the Chinese economy, could the resilient African continent support the economic boom has spanned over a decade?

Exit strategies: one of many thorns in East Africa’s P.E. side

 

Overall the deal value of Private Equity transactions in 2012 in Sub Saharan Africa moved southwards of the 2011 performance by 62.6 per cent, to USD 1.1 bn. The number of deals was also 12.1 per cent below those of 2011, where 66 deals were done.

East Africa’s Road to Middle Class Status through Infrastructural Development.

East Africa’s infrastructure lags behind that of Southern and Western Africa across a range of indicators. This has not stopped the region from posting faster growth rates than the two regions. However, if East Africa’s infrastructure is improved to the level of the strongest performing country in Africa (Mauritius), regional growth performance would be boosted by six percentage points with power making the strongest contribution. (Africa Infrastructure Country Diagnostic, AICD)

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