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Digital transformation can help companies grow and achieve their impact goals while contributing to Africa’s economic development, says Runa Alam at Development Partners International.
The move to cleaner energy sources and pandemic-related shifts are providing attractive prospects for investors in Africa, say Muriel Dube, Busani Moyo-Majwabu and Henry Smith at Control Risks.
Companies in Africa need to challenge gender stereotypes or risk losing out on women’s skills and, ultimately, profitability, says Rajaa Berrkia of Mediterrania Capital Partners.
Investors are capitalising on opportunities to make an impact as well as a financial gain on the continent, say Webber Wentzel’s Michael Denenga, Angela Simpson and Andrew Westwood.
Japan represents one of the few developed markets left in which GPs can build new investor relationships on the ground floor, writes Monument Group's Japan representative Hiroshi Nishimuro.
Ambitious firm and industry-wide changes are needed to address the scale of the diversity and inclusion challenge, say Aberdeen Standard Investments’ Karen Hill, Karin Hyland and Shelley Morrison.
Many private equity firms are working hard to attract more women, but they need to take a multi-faceted approach to retain their best female talent, say EY’s Liz de Freitas and Level 20’s Cheryl Potter.
The law firm’s Emily Clark, Stephanie Biggs and Sacha Gofton-Salmond examine how GPs are showing their commitment to gender diversity.
Private equity fundraising and investment remain defiantly active in the wake of the pandemic, say Neuberger Berman’s Susan Kasser, Joana Rocha Scaff and Patricia Miller Zollar
Investors' focus on diversity, equity and inclusion is beginning to have real impact, says Kim Evans, North America head of private capital fund services at Northern Trust.