The PEA LP Guide is an educational special report to give LPs an overview of Africa created to meet the informational needs of global private equity limited partner investors. The report will be distributed to the over 450 verified LPs that have backed Africa that are on our database. The report will also be published digitally online, will also be freely available in electronic form to LPs globally. which includes distribution at key events. The guide is a compilation of best-practice advisory articles and analysis from leading LPs, GPs, advisors and industry intermediaries. The report will include GP rankings, quadrants and industry activity levels.

The Private Equity Africa LP Guide is a special educational publication created to meet the informational needs of global private equity limited partner investors. The guide is a compilation of best-practice advisory articles and analysis from leading LPs, GPs, advisors and industry intermediaries. The LP Guide seeks to address key LP concerns and misconceptions that slow capital commitment to the continent. The first part, published here, will also be freely available in electronic form to LPs globally Featured Articles: Fundraising Overview, LPs warm up to Africa, Bigger is better, Going for growth, A Clean proposition, Locally Speaking , Location, location, location...Deal Valuations, Exits on the Rise

Welcome to Private Equity Africa’s first edition of the Annual Review Report – our latest venture in clarifying African private equity. Thomson Reuters has joined Private Equity Africa on this venture - by co-branding the report and providing a strong backdrop through the provision of global mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and private equity data. Key to the report is the launch of the Private Equity Africa Rankings, a tool for the industry to get up to speed with which investors have been most active across the industry in the five years up to 2016. The rankings are based on volumes across key sectors, deal sizes and regions. In this premier issue, readers get an indepth view of how private equity in Africa links into global and emerging market trends. The Thomson Reuters data provides insights into aggregate global values and volumes across M&A, private equity and venture capital deal-making