What’s the Interest in Investing into Africa?
Posted: Wed Feb 19, 2025 10:31 am
Introduction
The fiduciary world expends much effort and resources in establishing suitable structures for the migration of wealth out of Africa, particularly South Africa. However, little thought is given to the vast opportunities for inward investment into the African continent itself, investment that will also require structures.
Over the past few years Dixcart has seen a steady stream of enquiries for structuring luxembourg mobile database investments into the African Continent for family offices, Private Equity (PE) Houses and groups of mutual interest investors. Structures are usually bespoke and often feature an ESG (environment, social and governance) investment strategy. Both corporate and fund vehicles are typically used with Private Investment Funds (PIFs) the favoured fund route.
What has been particularly interesting is the high number of acquisitions or investments targeted at the sub-Saharan region ranging from process and production facilities, mining and mineral exploration, through to infrastructure projects such as renewable energy and water.
Whilst these investment structures are applicable to investments around the world the question is what is it that attracts investors to the African Continent and why use Guernsey structures for inward investment?
The fiduciary world expends much effort and resources in establishing suitable structures for the migration of wealth out of Africa, particularly South Africa. However, little thought is given to the vast opportunities for inward investment into the African continent itself, investment that will also require structures.
Over the past few years Dixcart has seen a steady stream of enquiries for structuring luxembourg mobile database investments into the African Continent for family offices, Private Equity (PE) Houses and groups of mutual interest investors. Structures are usually bespoke and often feature an ESG (environment, social and governance) investment strategy. Both corporate and fund vehicles are typically used with Private Investment Funds (PIFs) the favoured fund route.
What has been particularly interesting is the high number of acquisitions or investments targeted at the sub-Saharan region ranging from process and production facilities, mining and mineral exploration, through to infrastructure projects such as renewable energy and water.
Whilst these investment structures are applicable to investments around the world the question is what is it that attracts investors to the African Continent and why use Guernsey structures for inward investment?