Did you know that African economies have grown 5% per year on average in the past two decades, but global institutional investors remain on the sidelines?

Guillaume Arditti (Founder of Belvedere Africa Partners) and Aubrey Hruby(Co-Founder of Tofino Capital) recently co-authored and article that the goes into great details of the views of African risk – and how it remains stuck in the past. So, as returns stagnate and liquidity increases, investors must update their African risk perceptions because the Africa of twenty years, ago when economists dubbed the region “the hopeless continent”, is not the same of today. Investing in Africa has become a mainstream necessity …

DFIs are proactively seeking to partner with capital providers that can help their economies / countries reach of more sustainable development goals through a blend of financial and social / environmental returns. Africa is a hub for innovation and entrepreneurs are leveraging technology to build digital businesses that will leapfrog the region into the future.

Samata Capital and Advancing Women in Investing both shares the author’s view that we should be focusing on Africa this year, and all the years to come.