The 5 most popular stories on Africa Private Equity News this week
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Here are summaries of the five most widely read stories this week on Africa Private...
8 August 2020
Africa Deal Roundup: 15 noteworthy deals and announcements in July
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A selection of African private equity deal, fundraising and exit announcements that came across our...
4 August 2020
The impact of Covid-19 on Eos Capital Namibia
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This article is a shortened version of an interview published in the SAVCA 2020 Private...
31 July 2020
Ninety One reveals details of its $600m Covid-19 recovery fund
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Investment manager Ninety One recently launched the Ninety One SA Recovery Fund, in association with...
24 July 2020
The 5 most popular stories on Africa Private Equity News this week
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Here are summaries of the five most widely read stories this week on Africa Private...
18 July 2020
The 5 most popular stories on Africa Private Equity News this week
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Here are summaries of the five most widely read stories this week on Africa Private...
11 July 2020
Interview with Marc Immerman, director, Metier Private Equity
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This article is a shortened version of an interview produced and published by the African...
7 July 2020
These 10 African PE funds received investment from CDC in the previous financial year
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CDC Group, the UK’s development finance institution, today released its Annual Review 2019, which highlights...
30 June 2020
South African AI and data annotation startup Enlabeler has received an undisclosed amount of investment...
9 August 2020
Here are summaries of the five most widely read stories this week on Africa Private...
8 August 2020
Africa-focused investor AHL Venture Partners had a busy couple of months exiting deals, according to...
7 August 2020
By Intercontinental Trust Ltd Read the ITL e-News August 2020 brief for the latest business...
7 August 2020
I&M Burbidge Capital (IMBC) has advised on the debt financing transaction by Proparco to Kenya...
7 August 2020
South African financial services group Vunani has proposed to separate its private equity assets through an...
7 August 2020
The U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) board of directors has approved new members of...
6 August 2020
Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG) company, the Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund (EAIF), announced that it...
6 August 2020
Plentywaka, a Nigerian bus sharing platform, has secured a $300,000 pre-seed investment led by Emfato,...
5 August 2020
Investment holding company Grand Parade Investments (GPI) has renegotiated the terms of its agreement to...
5 August 2020
Read Standard Bank’s Weekly Market Update 4 August 2020 here (downloads as PDF). Standard Bank...
5 August 2020
The SEAF Morocco Growth Fund (SMGF) has welcomed ASMA Invest as a new investor. ASMA...
5 August 2020
A selection of African private equity deal, fundraising and exit announcements that came across our...
4 August 2020
Enygma Ventures’ subfund Shift has opened for a second round of funding for entrepreneurs and...
4 August 2020
South African based business accelerator Grindstone has launched a new venture capital fund, Grindstone Ventures,...
3 August 2020
African Infrastructure Investment Managers (AIIM), a member of Old Mutual Alternative Investments, has appointed two...
3 August 2020
Private equity firm RMB Corvest has partnered with Mark Bowman, former managing director of SABMiller...
3 August 2020
The U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) has committed a $5 million loan to BIX...
3 August 2020
Here are summaries of the five most widely read stories this week on Africa Private...
1 August 2020
The Southern African Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (SAVCA) yesterday published its 2020 Private...
31 July 2020
This article is a shortened version of an interview published in the SAVCA 2020 Private...
31 July 2020
South African investment firm Edge Growth has announced a partnership with Massive Quantum, which procures...
31 July 2020
The shareholders of Orient Bank Limited have entered into an agreement with I&M Holdings Plc...
30 July 2020
After experiencing accelerated growth for the last three years, sub-Saharan Africa is expected to go...
30 July 2020
Enko Capital Managers has announced it will start fundraising for its successor fund Enko Africa...
30 July 2020
In February 2020, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) identified Mauritius as a jurisdiction having...
29 July 2020
Swiss impact investment manager BlueOrchard has announced the final close of the InsuResilience Investment Fund...
29 July 2020
Read Standard Bank’s Weekly Market Update 28 July 2020 here (downloads as PDF). Standard Bank...
29 July 2020
DPO Group, an online commerce platform in Africa operating across 19 countries, has entered into...
29 July 2020
Feronia Inc, the Canadian stock market listed agribusiness in which CDC has a 41% stake,...
29 July 2020
Dutch development financier FMO has signed a $10 million investment in Eco.business II Sub-Fund (EBF...
28 July 2020
LeapFrog Investments, the profit with purpose investment group whose companies now reach over 200 million...
28 July 2020
The European Investment Bank has approved a debt investment of up to $10 million in...
28 July 2020
The European Investment Bank is considering a $20 million investment in the ARCH Cold Chain...
27 July 2020
Enko Capital Managers (ECM), managers of the Enko Africa Private Equity Fund (EAPEF), has completed...
27 July 2020
InfraCo Africa, part of the Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG), has signed an agreement with...
27 July 2020
Here are summaries of the five most widely read stories this week on Africa Private...
25 July 2020
Investment manager Ninety One recently launched the Ninety One SA Recovery Fund, in association with...
24 July 2020
VALR, South Africa’s largest bitcoin exchange by trading volume, announced that it has raised R57...
24 July 2020
By Timothy McDougall, Sibonelo Mdluli and Tinille Soupen (Bowmans) There have been a number of...
23 July 2020
SAVCA would like to invite you to the virtual launch of the SAVCA 2020 Private...
23 July 2020
BioLite, a Brooklyn-based company on a mission to bring energy everywhere, closed a $5 million...
23 July 2020
Vantage Capital, Africa’s largest mezzanine fund manager, announced today that it has provided R82 million...
22 July 2020
Read Standard Bank’s Weekly Market Update 21 July 2020 here (downloads as PDF). Standard Bank...
22 July 2020
Investment management firm ShEquity has announced its first investment in Superfluid Labs, a B2B data...
22 July 2020
WIC Gestion, manager of the WIC Capital Fund, has completed an investment in E-cover SAS,...
22 July 2020
The board of directors of the African Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (AVCA) has...
21 July 2020
Many African organisations are well placed to drive the next wave of innovation in the...
21 July 2020
Vital Capital, a private equity fund focused on companies in sub-Saharan Africa, has announced a...
21 July 2020
Zambian startup Sage Valley has been awarded a revolving working capital facility of up to...
20 July 2020
Private equity investor Actis has held a first close of the Actis Energy 5 LP...
20 July 2020
Invictus Energy has completed the placement for an equivalent of AUD$440,000 (about $310,297) with the...
20 July 2020
Entrepreneurs for Entrepreneurs Africa (E4E), a new venture capital fund aimed at building internationally successful...
19 July 2020
Here are summaries of the five most widely read stories this week on Africa Private...
18 July 2020
Read Standard Bank’s Weekly Market Update 14 July 2020 here (downloads as PDF). Standard Bank...
17 July 2020
Liquidators of bankrupt private-equity firm Abraaj Group are suing to claw back money from a...
17 July 2020
Verod Capital Management Limited, a West African private equity firm, has announced the hiring of...
17 July 2020
South African animation, gaming and AR/VR company Sea Monster today announced the conclusion of a...
16 July 2020
ZIZ Energie, a Chad-based electrification company, has raised funding led by Aster’s early-stage African fund,...
16 July 2020
TransCentury PLC, partly owned by private equity fund Kuramo Capital, is set to voluntarily delist...
16 July 2020
Asset management firm Futuregrowth added to its venture capital portfolio of early-stage growth companies in...
15 July 2020
SDG500, a $500 million investment platform, dedicated to helping achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs),...
15 July 2020
Read Standard Bank’s Weekly Market Update 7 July 2020 here (downloads as PDF). Standard Bank...
15 July 2020
The U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) yesterday announced it is launching the Africa Investment...
15 July 2020
Komaza, a tech-enabled, sustainable forestry company has secured a first close of $28 million of...
14 July 2020
TradeDepot, the B2B ecommerce platform for consumer goods in Africa, has raised a further $10...
14 July 2020
RMB refinanced a 35% equity stake in South Africa’s Touwsrivier CPV Solar Farm, held by...
14 July 2020
Verod Capital Management Limited has announced the appointment of Yanish Bondahjagalu as chief funds operations...
13 July 2020
EFG Hermes Holding S.A.E and the Sovereign Fund of Egypt have announced that they have...
13 July 2020
Cold Solutions Kenya Limited, a temperature-controlled warehouse and logistics service provider, has announced that it...
13 July 2020
Fairfax Africa, an investment holding company traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange whose objective is...
12 July 2020
Norsad Finance Limited, an impact investor providing structured financing solutions to mid-market growth companies in...
11 July 2020
Here are summaries of the five most widely read stories this week on Africa Private...
11 July 2020
The African Rivers Fund III, managed by XSML, has received an investment from the SDG...
10 July 2020
By Brendan Grundlingh, Executive, Global Consumer Packaged Goods Sector Coverage, Standard Bank Group It took...
9 July 2020
The IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, has announced a $5.2 million loan...
9 July 2020
OnePay has announced a MAD 4 million (about $414,330) investment from Maroc Numeric Fund II...
9 July 2020
SolarX, a Mali-based solar company has raised series A funding led by European venture capital...
8 July 2020
The Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund (EAIF), managed by Ninety One, is to invest up to...
8 July 2020
Enygma Ventures has made a $1 million investment in Zambian based microfinance startup, Lupiya. This...
8 July 2020
The SDG Frontier Fund reached its first close at €25.3 million thanks to the participation...
8 July 2020
GreenTec Capital Partners has announced an investment in Pricepally, an innovative digital Nigerian wholesale platform...
7 July 2020
The business rescue practitioners of embattled South African retailer Edcon today announced plans to sell...
7 July 2020
This article is a shortened version of an interview produced and published by the African...
7 July 2020
CDC Group, the UK’s development finance institution, has committed $100 million to Helios Investors IV,...
7 July 2020
All brands and businesses evolve. As the biggest bank in Africa by assets, Standard Bank...
6 July 2020
Acumen has exited Tanzanian pay-as-you-go technology company KopaGas through Circle Gas’s $25-million acquisition of the...
6 July 2020
A consortium consisting of FyreFem Fund Managers and IA Heating Systems has acquired South African...
6 July 2020
Here are summaries of the five most widely read stories this week on Africa Private...
4 July 2020
A selection of private equity deal, fundraising and exit announcements that came across our desk...
3 July 2020
Leapfrog Strategic Africa Investments will acquire a 24% stake in ICEA LION Insurance Holdings Limited,...
3 July 2020
South African SME capital provider ProfitShare Partners has announced that it has secured R100 million...
2 July 2020
CDC Group and Finnfund today announced a $70 million commitment to AfricInvest Fund IV, a...
2 July 2020
Honoris United Universities, a pan-African network of private higher education institutions majority owned by private...
2 July 2020
By Robyn Berger, Executive: Tax; Theunis Claassen, Senior Associate; and Catherine Robson, Candidate Attorney –...
2 July 2020
By Louis van Ravesteyn, Head: Agribusiness – Pan Africa, Standard Bank Group The African continent...
1 July 2020
The IFC; IFU, the Danish Investment Fund for Developing Countries; and Proparco, a member of...
1 July 2020
U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) and peer development finance institutions (DFIs) across the globe...
1 July 2020
The IFC has approved an equity investment of up to $25 million in Lorax II...
1 July 2020
Africa Private Equity News speaks to Yan Ng, executive director for fund services at Intercontinental...
30 June 2020