
At 12, Richard Okello found a business in the gap between rural and city prices. His route through Wales, Swarthmore and global investing led back to Africa, where Sango Capital now works on a larger version of the same problem: seeing value that distant investors miss.

From a Salomon Brothers elevator to the boardrooms of African businesses, Hurley Doddy has built a career around a practical question: how do you help a company grow across borders?