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FeaturedPerspective · October 2026

Shared value is an investment thesis, not a CSR programme.

Why Valley Group asks three questions of every investment case, and why the answers matter to co-investors, DFIs and the communities around each business.

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Shared Value · Annual report

Shared Value in Africa

Our annual review of how African businesses create commercial returns and social progress together, launched around Shared Value Africa Day on 25 May.

Briefing · Country series

South Africa, Botswana and Namibia

Short country briefings for investors and companies entering Southern Africa: market size, regulation, transformation and routes to market.

Research report · Industry series

Food systems in Southern Africa

Where the opportunities lie across primary production, processing and retail supply, and what it takes to build there.

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