U.S. - Africa Leaders Summit

The highly anticipated U.S. - Africa Leadership Summit was held last week in Washington, DC.  The Summit, attended by President Biden and Heads of State from Africa, reinforced our investment thesis and focus on Africa.  Key takeaways:
 
- Africa’s energy sector has endless potential for returns

- Africa’s investment climate has made amazing improvements (generally in the area of policy) which are, and will continue to, improve deal speed

- The young population presents the most resourceful area for entrepreneurship and human capital in the world, and we are seeing this in the area of FinTech

- There is an increased appetite globally for investing in Africa, and the time is now