Private Equity Leader Brice Dacosta on Unlocking Africa's Industrial Potential

09min | 06/26/2025

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Listen as Brice Dacosta, Managing Partner of €75 million fund Opera Capital, discusses the untapped potential of West Africa's SMEs, the importance to investors of exit strategies, and why "Africa's time is now" for industrial growth.

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About Making a Difference

Did you know that Africa, with 65% of the world's remaining arable land, could become the planet's breadbasket? That the continent is the key to unlocking green growth across the planet, owing to its almost unlimited solar energy potential, vast hydrogen resources and immense reserves of green minerals that are vital for the production of Lithium ion batteries? Did you know that Africa could transform the world with its 2.5 billion inhabitants by 2050?
Discover what's happening on this fast-moving continent in the Making a Difference podcast. It brings together economists, opinion leaders, captains of industry and heads of international institutions to explore the most critical challenges of today.

Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

About Making a Difference

Did you know that Africa, with 65% of the world's remaining arable land, could become the planet's breadbasket? That the continent is the key to unlocking green growth across the planet, owing to its almost unlimited solar energy potential, vast hydrogen resources and immense reserves of green minerals that are vital for the production of Lithium ion batteries? Did you know that Africa could transform the world with its 2.5 billion inhabitants by 2050?
Discover what's happening on this fast-moving continent in the Making a Difference podcast. It brings together economists, opinion leaders, captains of industry and heads of international institutions to explore the most critical challenges of today.

Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Description

Listen as Brice Dacosta, Managing Partner of €75 million fund Opera Capital, discusses the untapped potential of West Africa's SMEs, the importance to investors of exit strategies, and why "Africa's time is now" for industrial growth.

Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

About Making a Difference

Did you know that Africa, with 65% of the world's remaining arable land, could become the planet's breadbasket? That the continent is the key to unlocking green growth across the planet, owing to its almost unlimited solar energy potential, vast hydrogen resources and immense reserves of green minerals that are vital for the production of Lithium ion batteries? Did you know that Africa could transform the world with its 2.5 billion inhabitants by 2050?
Discover what's happening on this fast-moving continent in the Making a Difference podcast. It brings together economists, opinion leaders, captains of industry and heads of international institutions to explore the most critical challenges of today.

Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

About Making a Difference

Did you know that Africa, with 65% of the world's remaining arable land, could become the planet's breadbasket? That the continent is the key to unlocking green growth across the planet, owing to its almost unlimited solar energy potential, vast hydrogen resources and immense reserves of green minerals that are vital for the production of Lithium ion batteries? Did you know that Africa could transform the world with its 2.5 billion inhabitants by 2050?
Discover what's happening on this fast-moving continent in the Making a Difference podcast. It brings together economists, opinion leaders, captains of industry and heads of international institutions to explore the most critical challenges of today.

Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

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