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Romeo Manyika
NationalityZimbabwean
Occupation(s)Industrialist, Entrepreneur, Angel investor, Dealmaker
Organization(s)AFRICA LEO (Luxury, Entrepreneurship & Opportunities)
Known forCEO of AFRICA LEO
TitleCEO

Romeo Manyika is a Zimbabwean industrialist, serial entrepreneur, angel investor, and dealmaker. He currently serves as CEO of AFRICA LEO (Luxury, Entrepreneurship & Opportunities) PRIVATE MEMBERS BUSINESS ORGANIZATION.[1]

Career

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Investment Banking and Capital Markets

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Manyika has extensive experience in capital markets, private placements, debt offerings, and 144A offerings. His expertise spans private equity, public-private partnerships (PPPs) in mining, commodity trading, energy, information and communications technology (ICT), agriculture, fund raising, and surety bonds across core investment banking disciplines including mergers and acquisitions, transaction advisory, and management.[2]

Investment House Leadership

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As an over-career principal for investment houses, Manyika specializes in financing projects in emerging markets and frontier economies. He has established networks with other investors of global capital and provides investment advisory and government services, leveraging his client relationships based on his career experience in frontier markets and academic expertise in finance and economics.[3]

Core Competencies

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Geographic Knowledge of Frontier Markets

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Manyika possesses extensive geographic knowledge of frontier markets, having either lived, worked, or visited extensively in frontier markets, particularly in the Sub-Saharan Africa, Middle East, and Europe regions. His experience includes over 275 field research trips to these markets over the course of a decade.[4]

Extensive Network and Database of Contacts

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He maintains an extensive network and database of contacts, ensuring ready and efficient access to key decision makers in frontier markets within government, corporate, banking, and development finance institution (DFI) sectors.[5]

Product Knowledge of Global Investment Banking

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Manyika's expertise includes:[6]

  • Origination, Structuring and Distribution of assets from frontier markets to global investors
  • Trading in frontier market foreign exchange (FX), fixed finance income and credit derivative client and proprietary books
  • Fund Managing in frontier market multi-asset portfolios including FX, fixed income and equities

Market Intelligence and International Investor Access

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His capabilities extend to market intelligence and international investor access, either through personal networks or via best-in-class distribution agents. This ensures that assets are targeted to investors with proven and repeatable risk appetite for frontier market exposure.[7]

Education and Background

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Based on his career experience in frontier markets and academic expertise in finance and economics, Manyika brings a unique combination of practical and theoretical knowledge to his investment activities.[8]

Current Role

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As CEO of AFRICA LEO, Manyika leads a private members business organization focused on luxury, entrepreneurship, and opportunities across the African continent.[9]

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