Navigating Africa’s disparate markets

Illiquid markets, limited exchanges and sometimes vague institutional information make Africa’s securities landscape difficult to navigate. Firms such as Imara are in a good place to act as guides.

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Imagine you’re an international investor that wants to build up assets and securities across sub-Saharan Africa. Speak to any finance professional covering the region, and they’ll tell you that you’re one of a growing band of fund managers or high-net-worth individuals looking to seize on Africa’s moment of promise.

If only you could invest in a single, unified entity called ‘sub-Saharan Africa’. But you can’t. Instead what you’re faced with is a collection of countries with different regulations and securities markets that are all at different stages of development.

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