1 / 14

SOUTHERN AFRICA PRIVATE EQUITY ROUNDTABLE 20 th October 2010

SOUTHERN AFRICA PRIVATE EQUITY ROUNDTABLE 20 th October 2010. Agenda. Private Equity in Africa Genesis of Private Equity in Botswana Objectives of CEDA Overview of CVCF Introduction of CEDA’s captive fund Why PE in Botswana Economic indicators Attracting PE to Botswana. PE in Africa.

laasya
Télécharger la présentation

SOUTHERN AFRICA PRIVATE EQUITY ROUNDTABLE 20 th October 2010

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. SOUTHERN AFRICA PRIVATEEQUITY ROUNDTABLE20th October 2010

  2. Agenda Private Equity in Africa Genesis of Private Equity in Botswana Objectives of CEDA Overview of CVCF Introduction of CEDA’s captive fund Why PE in Botswana Economic indicators Attracting PE to Botswana

  3. PE in Africa • Africa represents 23% of the world’s landmass • Combined population of 1 billion people • Combined, African GDP is 6th in the world • Africa’s average growth rate is between 5-6% • Today, 40% of investment is concentrated in RSA, where 10% of the African population resides.

  4. Genesis of PE in Botswana Business in Botswana previously relied on Commercial banks to fund their operations Start up relied on 3F’s (Family, Friends and Fool) for finance. Resulted in funding gap Government realized the gap and introduced the CEDA scheme

  5. Objectives of CEDA • CEDA is state owned enterprise set up in 2001 • Set up to stimulate development and investments in the SME Sector • Primary through provision of subsidized loans, monitoring and mentoring • Loans resulted in highly geared businesses • In 2003 introduced CEDA Venture Capital Fund CVCF

  6. Objectives of CEDA • Government’s objective in establishing CVCF • to provide for risk capital/equity finance which was lacking on the local • Stimulate participation of private sector and institutional investors in the asset class • Act as a base case for private equity in Botswana

  7. Overview of CVCF • Government provided seed capital of P200million (USD33million) • Structure of CVCF • Seed provide through a vanilla type instrument to a MANCO. (Private Equity Firm) • Single country, general fund • CVCF invested in expansions, acquisitions, turnarounds with the majority of its portfolio comprised of start-ups • By the end of 2009 the Fund had created over 1000 jobs

  8. Introduction - CEDA’s Captive Fund • By 2007 CVCF was fully invested • Funding gap still existed • CEDA introduced a captive venture capital/private equity fund to bridge • Evergreen fund • Non sector specific • 3-7 year horizon to exit

  9. Why PE in Botswana Available funds locally Insurance Institutions Pension Funds Asset Managers etc Low Country risk No exchange controls Gateway to SADC and the rest of Africa Investment Incentives PE will stimulate the growth of local capital markets and a home for liquidity in the market.

  10. Broad economic indicators • Botswana economy is forecast to expand by approximately 5% in real terms in 2010 driven predominantly by a recovery in diamond exports. • Botswana's recovery continues at a pace with data from the central statistics office showing that the economy expanded by 36.4% in real terms in Q110 compared with Q109 performance.

  11. Economic indicators Botswana - Quarterly Real GDP Growth, % change quarterly

  12. Botswana GDP

  13. Attracting PE to Botswana • Promulgation of a sound regulatory environment • Appropriate Institutional framework • Attractive Incentives • Tax breaks • Bilateral tax treaties • Infrastructural development • Corporate Governance

  14. Thank You! Contact: Tel: 3170895 email: info@ceda.co.bw lselotate@ceda.co.bw www.ceda.co.bw

More Related