Some of the world’s leading private equity investors in Africa remain upbeat about putting money to work in some of the continent’s most impoverished markets, including some economies that have been ravaged by the worst outbreak of Ebola in history.

Speaking at the Financial Times and the Emerging Markets Private Equity Association's Private Equity in Africa Summit in London on Wednesday, many guest speakers were optimistic about investing in countries outside of the continent's more developed markets such as South Africa.