Christian Hiller von Gaertringen, Author at Africa Partners

Christian Hiller von Gaertringen

Thanks to his financial expertise, dense international network and deep understanding of the African economy Christian is a renowned expert and keynote speaker for business and finance in Africa.

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Finance
Erster Afrikaner lanciert ein SPAC an Wall Street

Tidjane Thiam war Boss der schweizerischen Großbank Credit Suisse. Jetzt hat er eine leere Invesetmenthülle an die Börse gebracht New York und dabei gut 300 Millionen Dollar eingesammelt. ...
On 4 March 2021 / By Christian Hiller von Gaertringen
English
Responsible Investments – a tricky business in Africa

Sustainability, Impact Investments, ESG criteria, that’s the international trend in investing. However, people in the developed world define the criteria of ethical investment. Isn’t there a risk that ...
On 26 November 2020 / By Christian Hiller von Gaertringen
Deutsch
Lassen Sie die Finger von Crowdfunding

Viele Anleger wollen mit Crowdfunding Gutes in Afrika tun. Doch meist räumen sich die Unternehmer einen Freibrief ein. Deshalb sollten Anleger von der Crowd die Finger lassen. ...
On 25 September 2020 / By Christian Hiller von Gaertringen
Economics
Africans, don’t rely on international investors

Hosting low wage manufacturing is not an appalling option for Africa. Enhancing labour productivity is key to the development of the continent. ...
On 21 April 2020 / By Christian Hiller von Gaertringen
English
La tontine – a model for the financial development in Africa

African informal saving systems seemed to be outdated because of the rise of digital money. Thanks to fintech systems such as la tontine could become very modern. ...
On 9 January 2020 / By Christian Hiller von Gaertringen
Economics
Africa’s free trade agreement does not necessarily benefit all

The decision to create of a free trade zone for Africa was a historical one. But this agreement was an easy task compared to the challenge that lies ...
On 14 July 2019 / By Christian Hiller von Gaertringen
Deutsch
Vorsicht vor Crowd-Finanzierungen in Afrika

Private Anleger finanzieren immer häufiger Investitionsprojekte in Afrika über die Crowd. Wir halten die Risiken dieser Geldanlage für viel zu hoch. Börsennotierte Investments bieten besseren Schutz. Ob Sonne, ...
On 3 June 2019 / By Christian Hiller von Gaertringen
Economics
The African growth story lacks of growth

Fund raisers like to describe Africa as a tremendous growth story. The figures however do not justify an overwhelming Afro-optimism. The truth is more complicated. The headlines of ...
On 29 April 2019 / By Christian Hiller von Gaertringen
English
How the African continent discovers ice hockey

Ice hockey becomes popular in Kenya. This show how outdated are some prejudices the North still in regard with Africa. ...
On 14 April 2019 / By Christian Hiller von Gaertringen
Economics
Europe needs a European Export Credit Agency

China is taking over the building of the African infrastructure. Its main advantage is financing. Europe has urgently to create unified financial programmes for Africa. For months, we ...
On 10 October 2018 / By Christian Hiller von Gaertringen