In the last three weeks I have attended two conferences specifically focusing on private equity in Africa. One hosted in London and attended by many European and US organisations and the other just yesterday in Johannesburg with a more locally based audience. But everyone who attended either of these conferences pretty much had the same purpose – to try and understand more about the opportunities that exist for private equity investors in the African continent.

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Give your Jimmy Choos and your Louboutins a rest and let your fingers take the shopping strain!

Before I attended the conference I had a picture in my mind of a Business Angel

Dropbox, the San Francisco-based digital file sharing service, has announced that it has raised $250m in additional new funding.