Emerging Capital Partners

Type: Company

Name: Emerging Capital Partners

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

Ivory Coast Power Utility Plans Exports as Profit Grows

Ivory Coast’s electricity monopoly, which has a stock that’s soared 95 percent in the past year, will increase exports as rising domestic demand boosts profit amid an economic recovery in the world’s biggest cocoa producer.Ivory Coast’s capacity is 1,421 ... [Published Bloomberg - May 23 2013]

Entities: Côte d'Ivoire, Abidjan, Emerging Capital Partners, Ghana

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

Laurent Gbagbo

Africa’s surprisingly hopeful business outlook

By Carolyn Campbell , Special to CNNEditor’s note: Carolyn Campbell is a partner at Emerging Capital Partners, a pan-African private equity investor headquartered in Washington DC. The views expressed are her own.Thirteen years ago this month, The Economist ... [Published CNN - May 22 2013]

Entities: Laurent Gbagbo, Alassane Ouattara, Commodity Price, Emerging Capital Partners

Quotes

Omar Ben Yedder, Publisher of African Banker magazine, said , "Islamic finance is growing in Africa and it can play an important role, both to help tap into international sources of capital and as an acceptable form of banking for many Africans. One of the main goals of this event is to promote the diversity and dynamism of the African banking sector and Islamic finance should be part of the mix."

African Banker Awards - Marakech the venue for 7th edition o. . . [Published Equities.com - May 19 2013]

"Africa's growing pension funds, resulting from the rise of the middle class, are increasingly a source of capital for private equity fundraising."

Unlocking Local Capital to Drive Investment... [Published AllAfrica.com - Oct 31 2012]