20 December 2017
AfricInvest, a leading pan-African private equity firm, today announced the first close of FIVE, an evergreen platform for investing in financial institutions in Africa. Through its investments, FIVE expects to meaningfully contribute to improved access t…
Read more »20 December 2017
Private Girls Secondary School in Ghana Receives Equity Investment Oasis Capital Ghana, an Accra-based private equity fund manager, is pleased to announce an investment in Legacy Girls College, a private girl’s high school operating in Ghana. The invest…
Read more »19 December 2017
LeapFrog Investments, the dedicated investor in financial services and healthcare for emerging consumers, has sold a major stake in BIMA to Allianz X – the digital investment unit of the global insurer and asset manager, Allianz Group – as part of a $96.6…
Read more »13 December 2017
The Abraaj Group (“Abraaj” or the “Group”), a leading investor operating in growth markets, announced today it has entered into a definitive agreement to purchase, through its Funds, a significant minority stake in Société Nationale des Télécommunications…
Read more »08 December 2017
Àrgentil Capital Partners (Àrgentil) has acquired a 49% stake in Chocolate City Lounge, a Nigerian based Restaurant and Lounge Company. Àrgentil will also provide Chocolate City Lounge with debt funding. The investment is being done via the Àrgentil Prin…
Read more »30 November 2017
AfricInvest, a leading pan-African mid-cap-focused private equity firm, is pleased to announce the first closing of its North African Fund (MPEF IV). The fund has received capital commitments of EUR137mn from prestigious finance institutions, and expects …
Read more »30 November 2017
Investec Asset Management (Investec), through its African private equity capability, has made a follow-on growth equity investment alongside its consortium partners into Mobisol, one of Africa’s leading providers of off-grid solar home systems (SHS). Inv…
Read more »28 November 2017
Mediterrania Capital Partners, the private equity firm focused on growth investments for SMEs in North African and Sub-Saharan countries, announces the first closing of its third capital growth fund, Mediterrania Capital III LP, at EUR103mn. Mediterrania…
Read more »28 November 2017
Metier leads the sale of its investment in AE AMD (including two operational photovoltaic power plants totalling 30MW in the Northern Cape of South Africa) from its clean energy and resource efficiency fund, Lereko Metier Sustainable Capital (LMSC). Meti…
Read more »21 November 2017
Investec Asset Management Private Equity (Investec) has divested its equity holding in Ashwah Holdings (Ashwah), parent company of Daraju Industries (Daraju), by selling its significant minority stake back to the company. Daraju is a leading Nigerian…
Read more »21 November 2017
XSML, the fund manager active in Central & East Africa, announced its fifth investment in Uganda in Ecopharm Ltd. Ecopharm has a network of eight pharmacies in Kampala, through which it provides branded pharmaceuticals, branded gener…
Read more »14 November 2017
The EBRD is supporting small and medium-sized businesses in Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia with a EUR15mn equity investment in the first close of Mediterrania Capital III LP (MC III), which could increase up to EUR35mn in subsequent closings. This is the thi…
Read more »09 November 2017
At the annual AfricaCom conference today, pan-African ICT investor, Convergence Partners and 4Di Group announced a recently concluded acquisition of a significant minority stake in ESET Southern Africa by Convergence Partners. ESET Southern Africa is the…
Read more »08 November 2017
Kibo Capital Partners has acquired an undisclosed stake in leading Mozambican distributor, Tropigalia S.A. This marks Kibo’s fifth deal from its second fund which closed in 2016 with US$63mn in commitments. The financial details of the transaction have no…
Read more »06 November 2017
Today, XSML, the fund manager active in Central & East Africa, announced its fourth investment in Uganda in Telcare Ltd. Telcare, under its brand name Go-Phones, is an operator of mobile money kiosks in Uganda. Telcare has 39 kiosks and four shops loc…
Read more »03 November 2017
DiGAME Investment Company, a key investor in leading online education game-changer GetSmarter, today announced that it had made a strategic investment in 10X Investments, a South African tech-enabled asset manager, alongside existing shareholder Old Mutua…
Read more »01 November 2017
With an investment return of 3.3x, CDG Capital Private Equity has announced its total exit from Jet Contractors through a sale on the Casablanca Stock Exchange. “CDG Capital Private Equity has contributed to the organic and structural development of Jet …
Read more »25 October 2017
Investec Asset Management, through its Africa Private Equity capability, in a consortium with RMB Ventures, local partners, and senior management have completed a buy-out of Kamoso, a Botswana-based retailer and consumer goods company. The transaction is …
Read more »25 October 2017
Old Mutual Alternative Investments (OMAI), Africa’s largest private alternative investment manager, is launching its third International Private Equity Fund of Funds (International FoF III) with a target size of US$300mn. By investing in a globally di…
Read more »24 October 2017
FMO, the Dutch Development Bank and Shell Foundation, a registered charity in the United Kingdom, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to join forces on increasing the flow of funds for impact finance in the energy sector. They agreed to a broad coo…
Read more »18 October 2017
The European Investment Bank (EIB) will support private equity investment across Ethiopia though support for the new US$100mn Cepheus Growth Capital Fund. The EIB’s US$10mn participation represents the first backing for an Ethiopia-focused fund and one of…
Read more »13 October 2017
Global Alternative Asset Manager The Carlyle Group (NASDAQ: CG) today announced that it has agreed to acquire the NOSA Group from Johannesburg Stock Exchange-listed MICROmega Holdings for approximately ZAR750mn. The transaction is expected to close in th…
Read more »09 October 2017
The Namibian Mid-Cap Fund (NMCF) completed its acquisition of 100% of the shareholding in Swanib Cables from Powertech International Holdings, part of the JSE listed Altron Group. Swanib Cables, a distributor of electric cables, transformers and fibr…
Read more »05 October 2017
CDC Group plc, the UK’s development finance institution, is today announcing a US$40mn investment in Africa Capitalworks (ACW), an investment company that will provide permanent equity capital to growing mid-market companies across sub-Saharan Africa. …
Read more »03 October 2017
AfricInvest, a leading pan-African mid-cap-focused private equity firm, is pleased to announce that its AfricInvest Fund III has finalized an agreement to invest in Britam Holdings Plc (Britam), one of the leading financial services groups in East Africa.…
Read more »03 October 2017
Vakayi Capital, a venture capital firm, has availed about US$400,000 to Homelux Property Development which will go towards the development of residential stands in Tynwald Harare. Vakayi is an SME-focused fund which was established last year. It has to da…
Read more »25 September 2017
Advanced Finance & Investment Group (AFIG Funds) finalized its agreement to invest in First Atlantic Bank (FABL), Ghana, through AFIG Fund II. The Fund’s investment is subject to regulatory approval. First Atlantic Bank is a full-service universal ba…
Read more »25 September 2017
FSDH Merchant Bank, a financial services group in Nigeria, announced that Advanced Finance and Investment Group (AFIG Funds), a leading African private equity fund manager has, through the Atlantic Coast Regional Fund (ACRF), completed an investment in th…
Read more »25 September 2017
Amethis healthcare platform Novamed has completed the acquisition of Polyclinique Internationale de Ouagadougou (PCIO) in Burkina Faso, one of the largest private hospital in the country. This first acquisition is part of the ambitious expansion strategy …
Read more »22 September 2017
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a EUR15mn equity investment in the Mediterrania Capital Fund III (MC III) under the management of an experienced team of Mediterrania Capital Partners (MCP) with strong transaction…
Read more »12 September 2017
Agilis Partners acquires majority stake in The Joseph Initiative, a leading grain management and merchandising company in Uganda Management Buy Out is one of the first in Uganda New capital structure will enhance the company’s growth prospects in a se…
Read more »10 September 2017
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has signed an agreement to invest US$15mn in Egypt Mid-Cap, a generalist private equity fund targeting growth capital investments in small and medium-sized private companies located in Egypt. The fund has attracted US$85…
Read more »04 September 2017
Amethis is happy to announce the acquisition of a minority stake in the Sodigaz Group, leader in the distribution of LPG bottled gas in Burkina Faso. This transaction was concluded via Amethis West Africa, its investment vehicle dedicated to West Africa. …
Read more »30 August 2017
CDC Group plc, the UK’s development finance institution, has today demonstrated its commitment to finding new ways to channel growth capital into African markets by investing US$20mn in Solon Capital Holdings, an investment holding company based in Sierra…
Read more »23 August 2017
Inspired, a leading group of premium schools in Europe, Africa, Latin America and Australia, announced it has received a significant strategic growth investment from TA Associates, a leading global growth private equity firm. Inspired is a co-educational,…
Read more »27 July 2017
Convergence Partners Investments (Convergence Partners) - an investment firm focused on the TMT sector in Africa - has exited its investment in specialist IT services and solutions company, Dimension Data Middle East & Africa (DiData). Convergence Pa…
Read more »27 July 2017
XSML, the fund manager active in Central & East Africa, announced its second investment in Uganda in Qualicoff, an exporter of Ugandan coffee beans. Qualicoff exports high quality green beans to specialty roasters in Europe and the UAE. Qualicoff bu…
Read more »24 July 2017
Helios Investment Partners (Helios), the leading Africa-focused private investment firm, has today announced the acquisition of 100% of Fertilizers and Inputs Holding B.V. (the Company), which holds Louis Dreyfus Company’s (LDC) Africa-based fertilizers a…
Read more »24 July 2017
Verod Capital Management (Verod), a leading West African private equity firm, has entered into an agreement to acquire a significant minority stake in Greensprings Educational Services Ltd (Greensprings). The investment will be made through Oreon Educatio…
Read more »07 July 2017
Pan-African private equity firm Emerging Capital Partners (ECP) has announced that it has entered a definitive agreement to sell its 90% share ownership of the Java House Group, East Africa’s leading casual dining chain, to The Abraaj Group. Java House G…
Read more »07 July 2017
XSML, the fund manager active in Central & East Africa, announced its investment in Monishop sarl (Monishop), a well-known supermarket in Kinshasa, DRC. Since inception Monishop has grown to become the leading supermarket in Kinshasa in terms of produ…
Read more »07 July 2017
Yeelen Capital initiated by Cauris Management, has achieved subscriptions in excess of EUR30mn for Yeelen Financial Fund L.P., its private equity fund dedicated to the financial sector, at the end of an initial closing held today. Yeelen Financial Fund L…
Read more »03 July 2017
Agri-Vie Fund I, the Africa Food and Agribusiness Investment Fund managed by the pan-African private equity investment firm, EXEO Capital, has announced its exit from one of South Africa’s most respected value-added dairy companies, Fairfield Dairy, con…
Read more »03 July 2017
The Abraaj Group (Abraaj or the Group), a leading investor operating in growth markets, announced today it has entered into a definitive agreement to purchase, through its Funds, 100% of Java House Group (Java House or the Company), East Africa’s leading …
Read more »02 July 2017
Kibo Capital Partners (KCP) today announced an investment in Blowplast Limited (Blowplast), a leading producer of plastics packaging solutions in Kenya. The capital invested in the company will support Blowplast’s expansion in East Africa and beyond. The …
Read more »26 June 2017
LeapFrog Investments, the profit-with-purpose investor in emerging markets, today announces a total investment of US$180mn in Ghanaian financial services market leader, Enterprise Group Limited (Enterprise Group). The transaction draws from a US$350mn sep…
Read more »26 June 2017
TLcom Capital, the VC fund started in London two decades ago with over US$300mn under management and tech investments spanning Europe, Israel and the US, today announced that commitments to the TIDE Africa Fund have hit US$40mn. TIDE Africa is the first…
Read more »19 June 2017
Sahel Capital, fund manager for the Fund for Agricultural Finance in Nigeria (FAFIN), is pleased to announce the successful US$65.9mn final close of its debut fund. As part of this close, the African Development Bank, CDC Group, and the Dutch Good Growth …
Read more »16 June 2017
Today, XSML, the fund manager active in Central & East Africa, announced its investment in Maison Galaxy sarl (Galaxy), a retail chain based in Kinshasa, DRC, known for its Shaina and Galaxy branded stores. Galaxy has been successful in tapping into t…
Read more »13 June 2017
African Infrastructure Investment Managers (AIIM), the continent’s most experienced equity investor in African infrastructure, through its AIIF3 fund, has acquired a 44% stake in Albatros Energy Mali. Albatros Energy Mali will build, own, operate and tran…
Read more »06 June 2017
AfricInvest, a leading pan-African mid-cap-focused Private Equity firm, is pleased to announce that its AfricInvest Private Equity Fund III has invested in International Community School Limited (ICS), a leading private K-12 school in Ghana. Through its …
Read more »31 May 2017
Catalyst Principal Partners LLC (Catalyst) has announced its acquisition of a significant minority interest in Kensta Group (Kensta). Kensta Group is a 52-year-old third generation family business, with headquarters in Kenya and operations in five East …
Read more »26 May 2017
Adenia Partners, a private equity fund manager focused on mid-cap buyouts and growth capital investments in Sub-Saharan Africa, is pleased to announce the final closing of Adenia Capital (IV). After being significantly oversubscribed, the fund closed at i…
Read more »23 May 2017
Today, XSML, the fund manager active in Central & East Africa, announced its first investment in Uganda in KARE Distribution (KARE), a distributor and wholesaler of essential consumer goods based in Uganda. As a distributor, KARE helps locally manufa…
Read more »18 May 2017
Convergence Partners recently signed an agreement with Google, International Finance Corporation (IFC) and Mitsui & Co., Ltd. (Mitsui) to invest in CSquared, a broadband infrastructure company headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya. The partners have agreed …
Read more »17 May 2017
International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, Google Inc., Convergence Partners, and Mitsui & Co. have agreed to invest up to US$100 million in CSquared, a partnership focused on deploying wholesale, carrier-neutral, open-…
Read more »17 May 2017
Synergy Capital Managers is pleased to announce the completion of its tenth investment, through its Synergy Private Equity Fund (SPEF), in Dimension Data Nigeria Limited and Dimension Data Ghana Limited via the acquisition of the Nigerian and Ghanaian su…
Read more »15 May 2017
Today, XSML, the fund manager active in Central & East Africa, announced its final close of the African Rivers Fund at US$50mn. The African Rivers Fund is XSML’s second fund under management, after its maiden fund the Central Africa SME Fund (CASF), b…
Read more »10 May 2017
DOB Equity, a leading Dutch family office, will invest up to US$4mn in Africa Logistics Properties Holding (ALP), a developer and manager of modern grade-A warehousing in Kenya, to allow the firm to build warehousing developments and expand its operations…
Read more »08 May 2017
Catalyst Principal Partners, a leading Eastern Africa focused private equity firm, has completed its first investment under its second fund which achieved its first close of US$103 million last month. Through a newly established firm, Britania Foods Li…
Read more »02 May 2017
GBfoods S.A. (GBfoods), a leading multinational food company headquartered in Barcelona, has partnered with Helios Investment Partners (Helios), a premier Africa-focused private investment firm, to create one of Africa’s largest Fast Moving Consumer Goods…
Read more »28 April 2017
Oasis Capital Ghana, managers for Ebankese Venture Fund (EVF) and Oasis Africa VC Fund (OAF), are pleased to announce their investment in Everpure Holdings Ltd (Everpure), a water bottling company operating in Ghana. The investment was made out of OAF, an…
Read more »25 April 2017
Investec Asset Management (IAM) has successfully completed an exit from its mezzanine investment in SA Taxi, the first financial services provider to focus solely on the taxi industry in South Africa. IAM invested in March 2011 through its first African …
Read more »24 April 2017
Catalyst Principal Partners LLC (Catalyst) has announced its acquisition of a significant minority interest in Kensta Group (Kensta). Kensta Group is a 52-year-old third generation family business, with headquarters in Kenya and operations in five East …
Read more »13 April 2017
8 Miles LLP, the pan-African Private Equity firm, today announces an investment in Blue Skies, a UK-incorporated business with operations in several African countries that is the leader in the production of fresh-cut tropical fruit for UK and Western Euro…
Read more »11 April 2017
Investec Asset Management (IAM), through its Africa Private Equity capability, has completed the management buy-out of 100% of SJL Group. SJL is the market-leading transport and logistics operator providing fully integrated cross-border services on the Mo…
Read more »11 April 2017
Synergy Private Equity Fund (SPEF) is pleased to announce the completion of its investment in Northstar Finance Services Limited (Northstar), a financial services platform providing solutions across the financial service value chain in select countries ac…
Read more »10 April 2017
AfricInvest, a leading pan-African SME-focused private equity firm with more than US$1bn under management, and Mediterrania Capital Partners (MCP), a regional private equity firm focused on growth investments for SMEs in North Africa and Sub-Saharan count…
Read more »10 April 2017
Mediterrania Capital Partners, a regional private equity firm focused on growth investments for SMEs in North Africa and Sub-Saharan countries, and AfricInvest, a leading pan- African SME-focused private equity firm with more than US$1bn under management,…
Read more »07 April 2017
Actis, a leading growth markets investor, has announced the sale of its remaining 7.5% stake in Edita Food Industries (Edita) to 42 blue-chip international investors from the USA, UK, Germany, South Africa, and the UAE through an accelerated book build on…
Read more »06 April 2017
Kibo Capital Partners, a manager of regional private equity funds, today announced an investment by Kibo II in I&M Bank Rwanda, the oldest and one of the most profitable banks in Rwanda. “Our investment in I&M Rwanda (IMR) builds on a long relat…
Read more »16 March 2017
Kisumu Concrete Products Limited (KCP), a construction materials manufacturer, has today announced the completion of an investment deal with Ascent Rift Valley Fund, making it the first company to attract Private Equity funding in Kisumu County and the la…
Read more »13 March 2017
Sahel Capital, fund managers for the Fund for Agricultural Finance in Nigeria (FAFIN) and CardinalStone Capital Advisers (CCA), a Nigerian Private Equity Fund Manager, are pleased to announce that definitive agreements have been executed for an investment…
Read more »21 February 2017
The shareholders of the Sindila hydropower project are pleased to announce that the 5.25MW run of river project achieved financial close on 30 January 2017 and has commenced construction. The project benefits from a 20-year power purchase agreement with t…
Read more »20 February 2017
Amethis Finance and Metier are pleased to announce their partnership with Kenafric Industries (Kenafric), in the acquisition of a significant minority stake in their packaged food business. The Kenafric Group was founded in 1987 by Velji Punja Shah a…
Read more »16 February 2017
Injaro Investments, the manager of the agricultural impact fund IACHL, announces the sale of its 30% stake in seed producer NAFASO SA to the founders and other shareholders. This share sale represents a full exit from Nafaso after a holding period of just…
Read more »10 February 2017
Development Partners International (DPI), a leading Africa-focused private equity firm with US$1.1bn in assets under management, is pleased to announce that its African Development Partners I (ADP I) Fund has successfully sold its 27.7% shareholding in CA…
Read more »02 February 2017
African Infrastructure Investment Managers (AIIM), a leading African infrastructure equity investment manager and member of Old Mutual Alternative Investments (OMAI), has announced the successful acquisition of a 60% effective interest in DSM Corridor Gro…
Read more »01 February 2017
EXEO Capital, the pan-African private equity investment firm, has announced the first close of the second Agri-Vie Fund (Agri-Vie Fund II), focused on the food and agribusiness sector in Sub-Saharan Africa, after attracting commitments of over US$100mn – …
Read more »25 January 2017
The European Union (EU), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) are working together to catalyse investment in the agriculture value chain with the launch today of the Yield Uganda Investmen…
Read more »18 January 2017
Global Alternative Asset Manager The Carlyle Group (Carlyle) today announced that it has agreed to acquire a significant stake in Africa’s largest credit rating agency GCR from the management founders, and German development financial institution DEG. Fo…
Read more »16 January 2017
Actis, a leading growth markets investor, today announced a full exit of its remaining 14.3% stake in Uganda’s principal electricity distribution and supply business, Umeme Ltd, via the Ugandan and Kenyan capital markets. Actis originally invested in Ume…
Read more »16 January 2017
AfricInvest and Bpifrance are pleased to announce the launch of the French African Fund (FFA), the first cross-border investment fund dedicated to the development of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in both Africa and France. The fund will be ma…
Read more »03 January 2017
AfricInvest III LLC, a fund managed by AfricInvest Group has completed a EUR17.3mn equity investment in Azalaï Hotels SA, the holding company of one of the main Pan-African hospitality groups in the ECOWAS region with nine hotels representing a total capa…
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