Major Opportunities In African Healthcare

The International Finance Corporation (IFC), the African Development Bank, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and the German development finance institution DEG have unveiled a new private equity fund to target investments in Africa's health sector. The Health in Africa Fund, managed by Aureos Capital, will invest in small- and medium-sized companies in sub-Saharan Africa with the goal of helping low-income Africans gain access to affordable health services, while also demonstrating to investors that African healthcare companies represent a profitable asset class. The fund is part of IFC's US$1bn Africa health strategy, designed to stimulate greater investment in private health companies that could have major health and economic benefits for low-income Africans.

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