In recent years, Africa’s frontier markets – notably Angola, Botswana, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Mauritius, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia – have all received significant volumes of capital inflows, mirroring the surge in private capital flows to other emerging and developing countries in the past decade. More...

The London Stock Exchange (LSE) is one of the world’s most important financial centres. It also plays a crucial role in helping African companies raise finance. Ibukun Adebayo, head, primary markets – South Asia, Africa and the Middle East, talks to Alexa Dalby on the LSE’s connections with Africa and the benefits for African companies seeking to list on this world famous bourse. More...

Stephen Jennings, the CEO of Renaissance Capital, argues that while the West, in particular Europe, has become economically stagnant, emerging markets are where 90% of opportunities lie. And Africa, he says, has the greatest potential of all. More...