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Africa has never lacked ambition. What it has lacked — unfairly, but persistently — is trust. Too often, conversations about investing in Africa are framed around potential returns. Big numbers. Fast growth. Catch-up stories. But long-term capital doesn’t respond to promises. It responds to process . Performance attracts attention. Credibility attracts capital. Global investors don’t need Africa to outperform tomorrow. They need to believe the rules won’t change unexpectedly.

A “what if” exploration of an Africa Market 100 index — a continent-wide benchmark that could simplify access, improve perception, and attract long-term global capital through structure and investability.

If OTC markets are about structure and liquidity for existing instruments, private placement markets are about growth . They are where businesses raise capital to expand, to hire, to build infrastructure, to innovate. And across Africa, this is where a huge amount of economic potential lives — quietly, underfunded, and often disconnected from the capital that could help it scale. That’s why I believe building a Pan-African private placement and capital raise platform, with se

Over-the-counter (OTC) markets don’t often get the attention they deserve. They aren’t as visible as stock exchanges. They don’t come with the same headlines or daily price tickers. But in many economies — especially developing and transitioning ones — OTC markets are where real economic activity quietly takes place. That’s why I believe building a Pan-African OTC platform with secondary market functionality  is one of the most important things we can do for Africa. Across th