With businesses around the world severely impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic, many may require some form of restructuring in the near future. Even before the pandemic, several sectors in the Nigerian economy were primed for reorganisation, either to meet regulatory requirements, maximise performance or stay afloat, increase economies of scale, increase market share or diversify […]
AMC Advisory is the specialist corporate finance advisory business in the AMC Group with a dedicated focus on the high growth private markets of Sub-Saharan Africa. Within the current context the group has provided a quickfire three-point plan for challenges that are being faced across the continent right now: Crisis Management Solution: Commit to crisis […]
On 11 March 2020, the World Health Organisation (“WHO”) declared COVID-19 to be a pandemic, with the WHO “deeply concerned by the alarming levels of spread and severity” of the outbreak.1 In response, the financial markets have plummeted to levels not seen since the 1987 stock market crash. Central banks in the UK and US […]
Since transition, South African tertiary enrolment has increased by more than any other country in the Sub-Saharan region, at almost double the global average. The National Development Plan for Higher education focused tertiary education to the economic hubs, resulting in mass student migrations into these areas. […]
King & Spalding LLP is an international law firm representing a broad array of clients, including half of the Fortune Global 100. With more than 1,100 lawyers in 21 offices across EMEA, Asia and the United States, the firm has handled matters in over 160 countries on six continents. King & Spalding is one of […]
The here and now Needless to say, we live in interesting times, the evidence is all around us. Kids at home, no daily commutes to work and the odd glance at other shoppers as we all try to keep our distance. The same goes for work, with the status quo of how ‘business is done’ […]
The need to mitigate supply chain disruption risks: The case for Trade Disruption Insurance There has been a large influx of speciality trade finance funds over recent years in an effort to mitigate the tremendous trade finance deficits across emerging markets and in particular Africa. This widening gap, in part caused by the global banking […]
Over the last couple of decades, Mauritius has diversified, moving from a mono-crop sugar industry to a multi-sectoral economy. After the emergence of financial services in the early 90s, fintech has become a key next pillar on which the authorities and key players are now focusing. In its essence, Fintech is the technology applied to […]
We spoke with Fabrice Nze-Bekale, the Managing Director of Africa Consulting and Trading Group (ACT), a boutique investment banking and advisory firm based in Senegal. Fabrice, please tell us about the history of ACT. ACT was created eight years ago by our founder and CEO, Ibrahima Cheikh Diong. After working with the Senegalese government and […]
We spoke with James Adair, Partner at Big 5 Search, an executive search firm focused on Africa and Emerging Markets which is founded on the belief that access to quality talent, capital and data is key to the success of any business. What made you set up Big 5 Search and why Africa executive search? […]
