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Funds inflows into private equity in sub-Saharan Africa including South Africa (SSA) were $156 million in the first quarter of 2011, according to research by the Emerging Markets Private Equity association. In 2010 fund-raising had soared to $1.49 billion.
Africa is soaring in its attractiveness to global private equity investors. Over the next 2 years, nearly 30% of global LPs plan to expand PE investments in sub-Saharan Africa (including South Africa) and nearly another 10% plan to start investing. This puts Africa is ahead of markets such as Turkey, the Middle East and North Africa region, Russia/CIS, and Central and Eastern Europe.