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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.

Covid has shown a new way of working in healthcare, and there are lessons for private equity, say CVC’s Cathrin Petty and Phil Robinson.

Covid has highlighted the importance of growing national and regional pharmaceutical champions, says partner and head of healthcare at Nordic Capital Dr Raj Shah.

Despite some headwinds following the pandemic, Boris Zoller, managing partner at Capvis, sees plenty of growth potential in elderly care across Europe.

From wearable devices and telemedicine to gene therapy and clinical trials, technology is transforming every aspect of healthcare, says Silvia Oteri, partner and head of healthcare at Permira.

The global pandemic has accelerated demand for everything from diagnostics to mental healthcare. But long-term growth trends are also intact, say Glenn Mincey and Kristin Pothier of KPMG.

The adoption of virtualisation has been gathering pace for some time, but covid has helped the industry reach an inflexion point, says Rowena Gracey, director at 3i.

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.

Investing in the energy transition yields a wealth of opportunity, but oil and gas still have a role when executed in the cleanest, most efficient way, say EnCap Investments CFO Craig Friou and managing partner Jim Hughes.