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THE STREET VIEW An Uneven World – COVID-19 Revisited

Throughout the COVID-19 Crisis, the Actis global network of more than 300 employees in 16 countries has been an invaluable resource in giving on-the-ground information. In this publication, we update you on these ‘Views from the Street’. The message is clear - it ‘ain’t over’ by any means.

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Weighing the Crisis

May 14, 2021

Ewen Cameron Watt, Editor-in-Chief, Macro Forum, Actis, London

Throughout the COVID-19 Crisis, the Actis global network of more than 300 employees in 16 countries has been an invaluable resource.

Vaccination Taxation

May 14, 2021

Ewen Cameron Watt, Editor-in-Chief, Macro Forum, Actis, London

Margaret Keenan - a 91-year-old grandmother - is an unlikely history maker.

Actis Asks: COVID-19 Survey 2.0

May 14, 2021

Ed Williams, Director, Head of Value Creation Group, Private Equity, Actis, London

David Kunzmann, Principal, Private Equity, Actis, London

Actis surveyed the senior leadership of its portfolio companies and its own professionals in early April 2020.

Guest View: The Impact of COVID-19 on Gender Inequality in the Growth Markets

May 14, 2021

Dr Clare Wenham, Assistant Professor of Global Health Policy, London School of Economics

The cost of the COVID-19 pandemic continues to rise. Millions of people have lost their lives; many more of them have been thrown out of work.

The Shadow Pandemic

May 14, 2021

Shami Nissan, Partner, Sustainability, Actis, London

From its beginning in March of last year we have reported that this pandemic, like those that have come before, has accelerated inequality.

Clients and COVID-19

May 14, 2021

Neil Brown, Partner, Investor Solutions Group, Actis, London

Just over a year ago, we were preparing for our 2020 Annual meeting. This would be my eighth Annual meeting.

Giving to Our Communities

May 14, 2021 Actis Acts is Actis’ foundation supporting charitable activities linked to Actis investee companies, local charities and humanitarian crises.

COVID-19 Chronicles Revisited: China

May 14, 2021

Hugo Lee, Real Estate, Actis, China

We are over a year into the COVID-19 pandemic and the global community still confronts extreme social and economic strain.

COVID-19 Chronicles Revisited: Hong Kong

May 14, 2022

Simon Ogus, CEO, DSG Asia

One of the most densely packed places on earth has recorded only 11,700 infections and 210 deaths out of a population of 7.5 million.

COVID-19 Chronicles Revisited: Korea

May 14, 2022

Julian Kim, Principal, Real Estate, Actis, Seoul

The COVID-19 pandemic has raised public awareness of hygiene, the environment, and social distancing.

COVID-19 Chronicles Revisited: India

May 14, 2021

Kanwaljeet Singh, General Manager Fund Services, Real Estate, Platform Professionals, Actis, Delhi

Mukesh Tiwar, Director, Actis, Mumbai Area

As we mark just over a year after the pandemic started, India is gripped in a second wave, the nation has been hit extremely hard.

COVID-19 Chronicles Revisited: MENA

May 14, 2021

David Cooke, Partner, Private Equity, Actis, Johannesburg

Disruption and volatility are having socio-economic implications across the region through hits to consumption, supply chains, and business confidence.

COVID-19 Chronicles Revisited: Latin America

May 14, 2021 In late 2020, Actis closed one of the largest M&A transactions in its history: we sold one of the leading renewable platforms

COVID-19 Chronicles Revisited: South Africa

May 14, 2021

Funke Okubadejo, Director, Real Estate, Actis, Lagos

A year on from the start of the pandemic and South Africa’s slow vaccination programme has not prohibited Government.

COVID-19 Chronicles Revisited: Nigeria

May 14, 2021

Michael Turner, Director, Private Equity, Actis, London

COVID-19 has had an overwhelming impact on consumer habits in Nigeria.

COVID-19 Chronicles Revisited: Brazil

May 14, 2021 Over a year of the pandemic impact in Brazil and we are not yet over the worst, with the average death toll rising to c. 4.000 per day