Market IntelligenceExample
Market Monitor: Sovereign Yield Curves and Pension Demand
How pension demand is shaping domestic sovereign yield curves across key African markets.
Asset Owners
The institutions that own Africa's long-term capital — and the partners that serve them.
Asset Owners overviewAsset Owners
- Pension FundsPublic, private and occupational retirement funds — the anchor of Africa's long-term domestic capital.
- Sovereign Wealth FundsStabilisation, savings and strategic development funds managing national wealth.
- Insurance CompaniesLife and general insurers matching long-dated liabilities with productive assets.
- EndowmentsUniversity and institutional endowments with perpetual investment horizons.
- FoundationsPhilanthropic foundations deploying grant and investment capital.
- Family OfficesSingle and multi-family offices allocating private African wealth.
- Development Finance InstitutionsBilateral and multilateral DFIs mobilising private capital into African markets.
Capital & Markets
Asset classes, instruments and financing structures shaping African institutional portfolios.
Capital & Markets overviewPrivate Markets
- Private EquityGrowth and buyout capital for African businesses.
- Private CreditDirect lending and structured credit outside the banking system.
- InfrastructureEnergy, transport, water and digital assets with long-dated cash flows.
- Real AssetsReal estate, agriculture land and natural capital.
- AlternativesHedge strategies, venture capital and other non-traditional assets.
Regions
- Africa overviewContinental view of institutional capital.
- West AfricaECOWAS and WAEMU markets from Nigeria to Senegal.
- East AfricaEAC markets including Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Rwanda.
- Southern AfricaSADC markets from South Africa to Zambia.
- North AfricaEgypt, Morocco and the Maghreb.
- Central AfricaCEMAC markets and the wider Central African region.
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Intelligence
Research, insights, data and media on African institutional capital.
Intelligence overviewAnalysis
Opportunities
Institutional investment opportunities across African sectors and markets.
Opportunities overviewBy sector
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Events
- Upcoming eventsAll forthcoming AOA convenings.
- ConferencesFlagship multi-day convenings.
- Investor MeetingsClosed-door meetings between allocators and sponsors.
- RoundtablesSmall-format, Chatham House discussions.
- WebinarsVirtual briefings and masterclasses.
- Institutional ConveningsProgrammes and immersions for asset owners.
- Past eventsArchive of previous convenings.
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About AOA
- About Asset Owners AfricaWho we are and what we do.
- Our MissionOur obligation to the asset owner.
- Our PlatformThree practices. One obligation.
- Our NetworkAsset owners, global partners and co-investors.
- LeadershipThe team behind AOA.
- PartnersGlobal partners and anchor co-investors.
- Institutional RelationshipsHow we engage institutions.
- ContactGet in touch with AOA.
