In the face of high cost of financing especially in Sub-Saharan Africa and the relatively short term nature of commercial bank financing, capital markets become a considerable way of raising growth capital from the vast and growing pools of patient capital that exist regionally and globally- Keith Kalyegira, the CEO of Capital Markets Authority (CMA) writes. However entrepreneurs in need of this expansion capital must be ready to raise their level of compliance with good corporate governance practices as required by prospective investors.