Welcome

What does it mean to invest in Africa today? What are the key areas of opportunity? What risks should we be looking to manage and what can we expect from Africa's markets in terms of future developments?

Amongst the global investment community there is a continuing need to 'demystify' the African markets and to help make sense of them from an investment, risk and operational perspective. Those who invest into Africa today see significant value from their portfolios but yet many still see Africa as raising more questions than they can answer.

This 'World to Africa' handbook report is designed to give you the full picture of what it means to invest into African markets today - drawing on a unique range of specialist insights from over 220 institutions in the global investment community and from leading Africa specialists.

Led by Standard Bank and building on expertise from our campaign partners (BNY Mellon, MIDA Advisors, AVCA and SAVCA), our aim is to walk you through the key steps of your African investment journey - from the business case to taking a position and to managing your ongoing market risk.

Armed with our statistical market insights, we hope that you will have the confidence and the knowledge to continue your African investment journey