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A marriage to be consolidated in Africa – Jeune Afrique

Drug production sites are of particular interest to investment companies. Here in Cairo. © Mohamed Abd El Ghany / REUTERS

Despite enthusiasm for the health sector, operations – carried out in particular by DPI and SPE Capital – remain limited, due to a lack of sufficiently attractive targets or ready to open up their capital.


March 26 2020, at the dawn of the global crisis, the leaders of the G20 announced in a voiceanime : “Strengthening Africa’s health defense is essential for the resilience of global health. » The observation, without appeal, a by trainIt’s the release of billions of dollars to the continent.

Beyond non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and public actors, thethe sector private and especially the capital-investors are called to play a central role in the response to Covid-19.

A challenge for partners of investment funds rather chilly with regard touhealth activity who represented on 2018 only 4% of investments on the continent. But the « vague Covid » did she do move them lines?

A real craze for health

At first glance, thethe answer seems to lean in the affirmative. According to the Association of African Capital-Investors and Venture-Capitalists (Avca), le sector de health captured 24% of investments on the continent duringthe first semester 2020.

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