Mungai Impact Investing in Africa

A Guide to Sustainability for Investors, Institutions, and Entrepreneurs
1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-3-030-00428-6
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 169 Seiten, eBook

Reihe: Progress in Mathematics

As investment in new ventures across the African continent grows, and enterprises multiply in a wide variety of sectors, the next wave of challenges and opportunities has become apparent to those with the experience and vision to understand them. In this book for investors, institutions, entrepreneurs, and everyone interested in the economic future of Africa, noted Kenyan executive Edward Mungai will analyze recent successes and failures in business ventures across the African continent and identify the most important opportunities for impact investment impacting the future of Africa available today and in the near future.

Zielgruppe

Professional/practitioner

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mungai, Edward

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction.- 2. Doing business in Africa: what to consider.- 3. How does impact investing scale down to ordinary people?.- 4. Landscape of impacting investing in Africa.- 5. Emerging trends in impact investing in Africa.- 6. Structuring a fund.- 7. Measuring impact for continued growth.- 8. De-risking the investment.- 9. Challenges for impact businesses in Africa.

Über Autor(innen)

Edward Mungai is renowned across Europe and Africa for his deep experience in and knowledge of African entrepreneurship and investment. Mungai is CEO of the Kenya Climate Innovation Center, the green microbusiness incubator affiliated with the World Bank. Previously, Mungai led investments in Africa and elsewhere for the Danish International Investment Funds. Mungai speaks frequently to audiences in Africa, Europe, and the United States on sustainable African development and impact investment.