12.09.2014 - Africa sovereign funds tread tricky path on investments
As the oil producers of sub-Saharan Africa rush to create sovereign wealth funds, competing pressures to boost living standards now while saving for the future can throw up as many problems as they solve. Jose Filomeno dos Santos, chairman of Angola's fledgling $5 billion fund, noted that while his country has one of Africa's highest economic growth rates, it still has one of the continent's highest child mortality rates. "(Angola) still lacks doctors, it still lacks hospitals," he told sovereign wealth fund conference at London's Chatham House last week...............................................Full Article: Source
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