CMU [Africa] will unite millions of stakeholders under a single movement to amplify Africa’s investment opportunities through our listed companies' public sustainability reporting. By providing a genuinely free and open platform for listed companies to share their stories, we will rapidly expand our audience beyond 500,000 engaged community members. Through collaborative engagement, we will determine material insights and create sustainable investing communities across Africa’s stock markets. Our grassroots movement will efficiently channel our beloved continent’s collective investing power to fund efficient capital creation, trading and future growth. We will focus on the needs of retail investors: they transformed US markets in the 50s - 70s and are transforming markets in the present day. Now its Africa's turn to empower them.

"Africa's retail investors will power capital markets growth just as US retail investors did in the 50's - 70's" - Rob Stangroom

Africa accounts for about 40 percent of global reserves of natural resources such as gold, diamonds, gas and oil – and these traditional resources continue to attract investors. Furthermore, African countries increasingly seek to demonstrate that they can achieve sustainable and inclusive growth by diversifying their economies, boosting productivity and adopting policies that aid the poor. Borrowing is already far too high across African markets and over USD100bn is needed for capital investment annually. Long term equity capital is fundamental to financing Africa and it can't all come from foreign sources. Africa is already an attractive destination for investors due to its vast natural resources and growth potential. Many organisations advocating Africa’s investment story, such as the Mo Ibrahim Foundation, the African Stock Exchanges Association, the African Union, IOSCO, and the The World Federation of Exchanges, struggle to display timely, accurate, and complete consolidated equity market information. The CMU [Africa] seeks to help these and other global organisations to get Africa's sustainability and investment "out there" and in compliance with GRI's Reporting Principles.

By 2055, the continent’s youth population is expected to be more than double the 2015 total of 226 million. This demographic potential presents an immense opportunity for change and will be a critical audience with which to communicate and receive feedback.

The CMU [Africa] is here to effectively communicate Africa’s investment story through the IR and sustainability reporting of Africa’s listed companies.