HEALTHY PIPELINE SHOULD SEE DEALS PICK UP IN AFRICA

Merger and acquisition activity in Africa, particularly East Africa, has seen a marginal slowdown when compared with this time last year.rnrnThe reason, paras Shah, Nairobi partner at Coulson Harney, part of the Bowman Gilfillan Africa Group, attributes the easing of activity to several issues. Security has dampened the execution of deals – the interest is there, he says, but investors are adopting a wait and see approach.