By Tom Gibian, EMP Africa

Private equity - the target of much negative publicity in developed economies - has a key role to play in the developing regions of the world, particularly Africa.

In Africa, private equity, as a security class, is uniquely positioned to be a catalyst; guiding or prodding or, perhaps, just cheerleading their portfolio companies into becoming part of the universe of companies followed in London, New York and Tokyo. And this will open the way for African companies to have access to huge new sources of capital, to achieve a competitive advantage against their less transparent peers and begin to have a positive impact on how African commerce is viewed in boardrooms around the world.

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Posted by pichu at November 10, 2006 11:07 PM