current issue: Jan - Feb 10

Pension assets in Africa were largely shielded from the crash and are reaching for new asset classes. Sarah Rundell finds pensions cash keen to invest in infrastructure funds, corporate bonds and even private equity, but still stymied by government debt

Good relations, better returns

Keen to ascertain the state of investor relations throughout the continent, Africa investor presents the first of our new bi-monthly surveys. Catherine Wright reports

Languish no longer

Kenya’s Mombasa port is finally on the go, beating back competition that threatened to launch from Tanzania’s Dar es Salaam. Paloma Minter reports on reduced delays and controversial efforts to privatise

Small and marvellous enterprises

Africa’s small and medium-sized enterprises account for 95% of the continent’s businesses. Sarah Rundell finds private equity investors who are backing the sector with low millions and high returns