Impact Investing in Africa

As investment in new ventures across the African continent grows, and enterprises multiply in a wide variety of sectors, the next wave of challenges and opportunities has become apparent to those with the experience and vision to understand them. In this book for investors, institutions, entrepreneurs, and everyone interested in the economic future of Africa, noted Kenyan executive Edward Mungai will analyze recent successes and failures in business ventures across the African continent and identify the most important opportunities for impact investment impacting the future of Africa available today and in the near future.

Explains in granular detail which sectors present the greatest opportunities for impact investors in Africa Showcases which opportunities are real and which are illusory, which sectors are already beginning to mature and which are poised to grow exponentially Examines a number of recent ventures, across the content of Africaboth successes and failuresto explain and illustrate what will likely succeed in the near term

Autorentext
Edward Mungai is renowned across Europe and Africa for his deep experience in and knowledge of African entrepreneurship and investment. Mungai is CEO of the Kenya Climate Innovation Center, the green microbusiness incubator affiliated with the World Bank. Previously, Mungai led investments in Africa and elsewhere for the Danish International Investment Funds. Mungai speaks frequently to audiences in Africa, Europe, and the United States on sustainable African development and impact investment.

Inhalt

1. Introduction.- 2. Doing business in Africa: what to consider.- 3. How does impact investing scale down to ordinary people?.- 4. Landscape of impacting investing in Africa.- 5. Emerging trends in impact investing in Africa.- 6. Structuring a fund.- 7. Measuring impact for continued growth.- 8. De-risking the investment.- 9. Challenges for impact businesses in Africa.