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Preface | viii | |
Acknowledgments | x | |
Introduction | xi | |
Part 1 | The African Financial Renaissance Considered | |
Chapter 1 | Africa Inc.! | 3 |
Chapter 2 | Image Is Everything | 18 |
Chapter 3 | Finding Needles in a Haystack | 22 |
The Regional Markets | 23 | |
Promising Country Markets | 29 | |
Infrastructure and Competitive Advantage | 32 | |
The Investor's Who's Who | 47 | |
Chapter 4 | A Walk down Africa's Wall Streets | 53 |
Africa's Blue Chip Companies | 56 | |
Part 2 | Why Africa Is the Ultimate Emerging Market | |
Chapter 5 | Unparalleled Opportunity and Potential | 63 |
A Buyer's Market and Finite Choices | 65 | |
Shared Exchange Heritage--The British Factor | 65 | |
The Value Proposition | 66 | |
The Growth Proposition | 69 | |
The Performance Proposition | 72 | |
Diversification Benefits | 72 | |
The Asian Connection | 75 | |
Why Africa Is Not Likely to Experience an Asian-Style Financial Crisis | 79 | |
Chapter 6 | The Economic Growth/Political Stability Factor | 81 |
The Correlation between Economic Viability and Political Stability | 82 | |
Cold War Africa | 86 | |
Post-Cold War Africa | 91 | |
Chapter 7 | Fast-Growing Sales, Improved Skills, and Abundant Services | 93 |
Twenty-First-Century Consumers | 93 | |
Africa Can Compete! | 97 | |
Post-Cold War African Benefactors | 103 | |
Great Location for European, Asian, and U.S. Trade | 105 | |
Part 3 | Taking the Plunge--Boldly Going Where Few Have Gone Before | |
Chapter 8 | The Art of the Deal--Assessing the Investment Alternatives | 111 |
African Stock Market Investment--The Open- and Closed-End Funds | 111 | |
Investment in African Government Securities | 120 | |
Venture Capital and Private Equity Investment | 122 | |
The Role of Privatization | 125 | |
2000-2001 Opportunities | 133 | |
Chapter 9 | "Buyer Beware"--The Risks of Investing in Africa | 134 |
Political Risk | 134 | |
Country Risk | 137 | |
Scams | 144 | |
Portfolio Risk | 149 | |
Private Equity/Venture Capital (PE/VC) Risk | 152 | |
Chapter 10 | Are You Ready? Get Set, Go!!!! | 155 |
Step 1 | Finding Investment Information | 156 |
Step 2 | Finding a Broker | 165 |
Step 3 | Finding an Adviser | 166 |
Parting Counsel | 166 | |
Epilogue: The Online Revolution Is Coming--African Investment in the Internal Age | 169 | |
Appendix A | African Stock Exchanges | 171 |
Appendix B | Selected Africa-Focused Private Equity Funds | 209 |
Appendix C | African Mutual Funds | 213 |
Appendix D | Africa Focused Brokers in the United States | 221 |
Appendix E | Investment Information Resources | 223 |
Appendix F | African Investment Promotion Agencies | 229 |
Appendix G | African Privatization Agencies | 237 |
Appendix H | Africa Investment Reference Sources | 243 |
Index | 251 |
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Add Investing in Africa: An Insider's Guide to the Ultimate Emerging Market, What a great economic tour of Africa! Provides a top-down understanding of Africa's financial opportunities and a bottoms-up view for investing. - William T. Comfort, Chairman, Citibank Venture Capital, Ltd. Long overdue! Finally, we have a comprehe, Investing in Africa: An Insider's Guide to the Ultimate Emerging Market to the inventory that you are selling on WonderClubX
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Add Investing in Africa: An Insider's Guide to the Ultimate Emerging Market, What a great economic tour of Africa! Provides a top-down understanding of Africa's financial opportunities and a bottoms-up view for investing. - William T. Comfort, Chairman, Citibank Venture Capital, Ltd. Long overdue! Finally, we have a comprehe, Investing in Africa: An Insider's Guide to the Ultimate Emerging Market to your collection on WonderClub |