East-Africa Report on Private Equity.

Article posted on Wednesday, June, 2nd, 2010 at 12:57

News from the East African private equity market. “During the international financial crisis in 2007 & 2008 the African continent rode out the financial storm better then the large majority of the world. The immense opportunities in the African continent has really been an eye-opener for allot of international Private Equity firms, but finding and identifying human capital domestically and internationally to the East-African region is the key issue in order to build your business.” says Africa Business News

In order to keep updated what’s going on in the East African region, we suggest that you have these links in mind:

1. Africa Business News

2. The New Times Rwanda

3. The East African – Understanding The Region

4. The Standard – Kenya

5. The New Vision Uganda

6. Venture Capital in Africa

7. Allafrica.com

8. Daily News – Tanzania

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One Response to “East-Africa Report on Private Equity.”

David Lenefors says:
June 3rd, 2010 at 11:56

http://www.pambazuka.org is also a very good source for information and (even more) analysis of events and trends in Africa. All written by excellent African writers.

BBC:s web on Africa (where you can download podcasts with news on Africa daily) is also a good source of info http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/default.stm

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