African Equity

Hurley Doddy, Emerging Capital Partners: ‘If you have a good profitable company that’s growing in Africa – somebody’s going to want to buy it.’ Deals are the core focus of the second program in Privcap’s three-part series on private equity in Africa. In “African Deal Flow,” three investment veterans share insights into private equity dealmaking across a continent of opportunity. Hurley Doddy of Emerging Capital Partners, Graham Stokoe of Ernst & Young, and Runa Alam of Development Partners International discuss the robust deal flow in Africa and how investors there are sourcing opportunities. They also discuss the dynamics of the exit market for African businesses as well as increasing competition from other private equity firms and international corporate entities. This program is sponsored by Ernst & Young. A special thanks to the Emerging Markets Private Equity Association (EMPEA) for their participation. This video was shot at EMPEA’s and FT Business’s global private equity conference, Capital Impact 2011. The first program in the Africa series, called “Continent of Opportunity,” is available here. Registered users of Privcap may access the full 26-minute video, as well as a full transcript, bios of participants, audio-only version and other supporting content. Sign in or register at www.privcap.com- it’s quick and free.

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