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Which way should companies (small and large) in Africa go ? should they borrow money from banks or should they go public (Safaricom,Ecobank,Bank of Africa) ?
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Which way should companies (small and large) in Africa go ? should they borrow money from banks or should they go public (Safaricom,Ecobank,Bank of Africa) ?
According to wikipedia “Seed money is typically used to pay for such preliminary operations as market research and product development.”
A/ Raising capital from angel investors
In this video by Tech awards winning Khan,we learn about the pre-money and post-money valuation.

Bank of Africa founded in 1982 in Bamako , Mali is a African multinational firm that has a presence in 10 African markets that include Cote d’ivoire,Senegal,Kenya,Tanzania and Uganda.
The bank is said to start the process of being listed on the BRVM in the next few days.It will initially list 120,000 shares valued at 20,000 CFA per share with subscriptions closing on March 5th 2010.

According to Businessweek:”Capri Capital Partners is a principal investment firm specializing in mezzanine investments in real estate private and publicly held companies. The firm seeks to invest in real estate equity and debt-related products on behalf of pension funds and institutional investors. It makes investments in real estate with distinct competence in multifamily, industrial, commercial office, and retail.
It also provides equity joint ventures and acquires ownership between 50 per cent and 90 per cent, along with a preferred rate of return investments”
The company interest in the frontier market of Africa became apparent following their participation to the http://whartonafricaforum.com conference.
The African Development Bank successfully executed a USD 1 billion benchmark global bond issue in the international market. The 3-year bond, lead managed by Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley, was priced at mid swap flat and carries a coupon of 1.75%. [Story]
Emerging Capital Partners (ECP), a private equity firm focused on Africa, has invested US$25 million in Wananchi Group Holdings, a leading East African media and telecommunications company specializing in pay-television and high-speed Internet services in Kenya and Tanzania. The investment is ECP’s tenth in Africa’s telecom sector.
Citadel Capital is the largest private equity investor in Africa and the seventy-fifth largest globally, according to Private Equity International’s PEI 300, an annual ranking of the largest international private equity firms based on funds raised in the previous five years.
In the same period, the firm has generated US$ 2.2 billion in cash returns to investors, more than any other private equity firm in the MENA region.
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The SEM-7 is made up of the largest companies by market capitalization, including Mauritius Commercial Bank, Naiade Resorts, New Mauritius Hotels, and State Bank of Mauritius.The SEM 7 will open the door to future contracts trading,this is big leap for African Stock Market