AOP understands that investing in emerging markets, Africa included can be volatile, liquid, highly speculative and subject to significant delays in settlement. The risk of the investment is higher than for investors in major world markets; the culprits being political, economic, social and religious instability as well as adverse changes in government regulations and laws. Because of these realities- and in spite of them- investors need an entity they can trust to vet some of the projects and investment opportunities coming out of emerging markets. That is where AOP comes in.