2022 Private Equity Survey: Spotlight on Middle East and Africa

Our annual survey* gauging private equity/venture capital (PE/VC) professionals’ sentiments on the PE industry outlook for 2022 has highlighted several on-going trends. This concise report will answer questions such as where do Middle Eastern and African investors stand with digitization of their activity? And have they all integrated Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) factors in their investment strategy?

Key Highlights:

• 18% of Middle Eastern and African investors have yet to embark on a digital transformation journey.
• Almost one third of Middle Eastern and African investors do not take ESG factors into consideration.
• The Consumer sector overtakes Information Technology (IT) as the most attractive sector in 2022.
• 35% of investors do not plan to exit.

*The survey was conducted over the period of 15 weeks between October 4, 2021, and January 16, 2022. In total we received 357 responses from PE and VC investors globally. 48% of respondents were senior level professionals. 43% were Private Equity Firms, 29% were Venture Capital firms and 28% were firms doing both Private Equity and Venture Capital investments. Geographically, 45% of respondents were from Europe, 19% were from North America, 15% were from APAC, 8% were from the Middle East & Africa and 13% were from Latin America.