Investinginafrica - investinginafrica.net
General Information:
Latest News:
How to Sell Your Shares When Your Broker Goes AWOL 23 Jul 2013 | 10:19 am
Reader Tomi writes, “My mum wishes to sell shares of her Nigerian stock, but her broker seems to have disappeared. How can she go about getting her shares sold?” Ugh. What a terrible feeling. Your st...
How to Invest on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange 9 Jul 2013 | 10:29 am
South Africa is far and away the most economically developed of African states, and, as such, will likely be the continent’s economic gateway for the foreseeable future. Truth be told, however, the J...
Bralirwa: A Rwandan Stock That Pours Out Profits 18 Jun 2013 | 03:41 pm
Christian Sirikali recalls enjoying Bralirwa's products as a child in Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Now a chartered account, Sirikali looks at the brewer through an investor's lenses an...
Building the African Dream: Two Kenyan Infrastructure Stocks 13 Jun 2013 | 10:10 am
Infrastructure is a key pillar of the sub-Saharan Africa investment thesis. The hopes and dreams of Africa’s rising consumer class need to be powered by electricity, transported by road and rail, and ...
Where to Invest Now: The Most Promising African Stock Markets 11 Jun 2013 | 05:48 pm
African stock markets have put together an incredible run of late. This has prompted several readers to ask which one looks like the biggest bargain now. So, I thought it would be a good time to look...
Stock Tips for a Senegalese-American Hip Hop Star 29 May 2013 | 01:23 am
Akon, Your success as a singer, songwriter, and producer is nothing short of remarkable. I'm sure you never dreamed while a boy in Dakar, Senegal that one day your music would dominate record charts,...
How Can I Invest in the African Seed Industry? 24 May 2013 | 12:03 am
Hi Ryan, This is going to sound a little strange, but both my girlfriend and I, days apart, had dreams where we were shown that it would be good to invest in African seeds. It was clear in both dream...
Africa Investor Insight: Robert Scharar 21 May 2013 | 09:08 pm
Robert Scharar manages the Houston-based Commonwealth Africa Fund, a $1.9 million mutual fund. As of the end of April 2013, the fund had appreciated 3.7% since its November 2011 inception. Here he ex...
Kenya: A Bonanza for Bank Investors 16 May 2013 | 10:34 am
Jan Schalkwijk of Africa Capital Group traveled to Nairobi recently to meet with the management teams of several large Kenyan companies. The following is his take on three of the Nairobi Securities Ex...
The Common Yellow Crane 14 May 2013 | 10:11 am
Jonathan Kruger, an Africa Portfolio Manager, recently traveled overland from Nairobi to Cape Town in his native South Africa. The two-month journey took him through East Africa (Kenya, Tanzania, Mala...
