PRIVATE EQUITY – A VIABLE ALTERNATIVE SOURCE OF FUNDING FOR GHANAIAN SMEs By Joseph Ciici Arthur Ghana’s workforce is predominantly employed by the informal sector. This sector of our economy is largely made up of Small and Medium scale Enterprises (SMEs) and sole proprietorships (“one man business”). This is confirmed by available data from the Registrar General which indicates that 90% of companies registered in Ghana are SMEs. Over time‚ this target group has been identified as the catalyst for
Premium Venture capital Private equity Finance
Private Equity in Nigeria An Overview of Nigerian Venture Capital and Private Equity Private Equity in Nigeria Page 2 CONTENT EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 3 NIGERIA COUNTRY ANALYSIS 5 TABLES AND EXHIBITS 7 Private Equity in Nigeria Page 3 Executive Summary1 Nigeria is facing an uncertain future as outbreaks of ethnic and religious violence continue to place strains on Africa’s most populated country. With the 2003 elections approaching‚ the continuing battle amongst incumbent politicians
Premium Private equity
Kautilya in his ‘Arthasastra’ talked of a public sector. A person was made incharge of salt manufacture and fixing its price. Similarily there were people made responsible for mining‚ coinage and gold‚ all in public sector. Nowadays there is hardly any country that is not engaged actively and directly in the management of economic and industrial enterprises. Various names given to these enterprises are ‘Public Sector Undertakings’ or PSUs‚ ‘Public Sector Enterprise’ or PSEs‚ ‘Trading Corporations’‚
Premium Capitalism Public sector Government
I have examined and compared public versus private education. Also‚ this collection of information should help you understand differences between public and private schools. Aspects of equality and achievement in private and public education will be dissected and evaluated. Observations I have evaluated and examined both public and private education instittutional systems. Public Education Public schools are in crisis‚ and not because of any shortages of public funds (more money is spent
Premium High school School types Private school
What is Private Equity? some of us reading this stories‚ the word private equity may seems a little bit unfamiliar. The definition of private equity by the famous Investopedia is as follows‚ “Equity capital that is not quoted on a public exchange.” Simple isn’t it? Example of private equity in Indonesia is the Orang Tua group. So now we understand about private equity‚ but what’s in it for us finance students? The answer is the Private Equity Firm who specializes in dealing about the private
Premium Private equity Investment Leveraged buyout
A small proportion of the children attend schools which their parents pay for‚ known as ’private’ ( some times referred to as ’public’ or ’independent ) because they exist outside state education provision. They do not have to teach ’National Curriculum’‚ nor make their students sit Standard Attainment Tests (SATS). They range from‚ small private day schools catering for primary age children to ’progressive’ schools‚ established by individuals who wish to practice radical educational ideas‚ to the
Premium Independent school Public school Teacher
Section 1 – Understand the factors that affect an organisation and the customer service role 1. Complete the table below with a description of the products and services for at least two commercial organisations‚ public organisations and third sector organisations. Please ensure you provide a description for each organisation‚ rather than a list. Organisation type | Name of organisation | Description of products and services | Commercial organisation | Cleaning firms
Premium Public sector Customer service Employment
HRM Assignment Abstract: In this assignment‚ as Human Resources (herein “HR”) Manager‚ I’m going to write a report to my HR director outlining the following things: I. The importance of Human Resources Management (herein “HRM”) to my organization II. How to link HR strategy to my organization business’ strategy III. How would I make effective use of job descriptions and job specifications as management tools to benefit my organization? I. The importance of Human Resources Management
Premium Human resource management
ASSIGNMENT Private Universities of Sylhet Course title: Communicative English-1 Course code: 110 Date of submission: 25th April 2012 Submitted to MD Jubayer Al Mahmud Lecturer Department of English Leading University‚ Sylhet Submitted by Name: Ahmed Al Masud ID: 120-101-389 Batch: 30th Section: H Department of Business Administration Leading University‚ Sylhet 4/25/2012 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT At first I want to give thanks to the almighty ALLAH for helping me to make this
Premium University Public university Higher education
Alexandria Matsumoto Anthony C Montalbano 9/20/2013 Values of Public and Private Universities In the economy we live in today education is of most importance because at some point in time when enhancing our education we will have to decide between public and private universities. In some cases‚ if they do not one may be unable to acquire a job or be promoted based of their lack of schooling. When a student attends a community college‚ knowing the next step in their educational career is relevant
Premium College Public university University