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
Due Diligence: Doing deals in Ethiopia – investor shares lessons learnt
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Over the past seven years, investment firm 54 Capital has built a portfolio of assets...
29 June 2020
The 5 most popular stories on Africa Private Equity News this week
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27 June 2020
Value of African VC deals grows to $1.4bn in 2019
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The African Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (AVCA), the pan-African industry association which promotes...
24 June 2020
Tshego Sefolo: Four key pieces of advice for business survival during Covid-19
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By Tshego Sefolo, CEO, Agile Capital With R900 million (about $51.8 million) available for investment...
22 June 2020
Why we invested: DPI sees export opportunities for Tunisian food company
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By Jaco Maritz Private equity firm Development Partners InternationaI (DPI), through its third fund ADP...
19 June 2020
Interview: Alexandre Alfonsi, founding partner, Axonia Partners
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This article is a shortened version of an interview produced and published by the African...
15 June 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...
13 June 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
CDC Group, the UK’s development finance institution, today released its Annual Review 2019, which highlights...
30 June 2020
Pan-African cross-border payments company MFS Africa has acquired Beyonic, a digital payments management provider of...
30 June 2020
Medu Capital has acquired 25.1% of Weir Minerals South Africa (Pty) Ltd, Weir Minerals Africa’s...
29 June 2020
Over the past seven years, investment firm 54 Capital has built a portfolio of assets...
29 June 2020
Climate Fund Managers (CFM) and UPC Renewables (UPC) have announced their partnership for the development...
29 June 2020
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, is providing €10 million in financing to...
29 June 2020
Here are summaries of the five most widely read stories this week on Africa Private...
27 June 2020
Energicity Corp, the developer and operator of microgrid utilities in West Africa, announced that it...
26 June 2020
Nigerian fintech company Wallets Africa has raised an undisclosed amount of funding from Mozilla Corporation,...
26 June 2020
By Intercontinental Trust Ltd The Global Talent Competitiveness Index 2020 (GTCI 2020) assesses 132 countries...
26 June 2020
Through a $30 million investment in the first close of AfricInvest’s new multisector private equity...
26 June 2020
The Republic of Djibouti has announced the creation of the Djibouti Sovereign Fund (Fonds Souverain...
25 June 2020
A large number of companies issue bonds as a source of financing, giving them access...
25 June 2020
By Katharina Neureiter, Executive, Impact Management, CDC Group At one point during the global Covid-19...
25 June 2020
Ingressive Capital has doubled its investment vehicle to back high-growth, tech-enabled startups across Africa. It...
25 June 2020
Catalyst Fund, the inclusive fintech accelerator managed by BFA Global, supported by UK Aid and...
24 June 2020
The African Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (AVCA), the pan-African industry association which promotes...
24 June 2020
Stonechair Capital and CPCS are partnering to accelerate energy access in Africa via the former’s...
24 June 2020
Inside Capital Partners has announced the fifth investment of its first fund, Inside Equity Fund,...
23 June 2020
South African venture capital firm HAVAÍC has invested in Mobiz, joining Kalon Venture Partners as...
23 June 2020
Egyptian fintech platform MoneyFellows has secured $4 million in series A investment from venture capital...
22 June 2020
By Tshego Sefolo, CEO, Agile Capital With R900 million (about $51.8 million) available for investment...
22 June 2020
South African agribusiness investment company Zeder has sold its 32.1% stake in Quantum Foods, a...
22 June 2020
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, is investing up to $10 million in...
22 June 2020
Here are summaries of the five most widely read stories this week on Africa Private...
20 June 2020
Gaia Impact Fund has announced an equity investment in Nuru, a mini-grid developer and operator...
19 June 2020
The Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund (EAIF), which is part of the Private Infrastructure Development Group...
19 June 2020
By Jaco Maritz Private equity firm Development Partners InternationaI (DPI), through its third fund ADP...
19 June 2020
Proparco and Société Générale Cameroon are supporting private equity investor Actis for the construction of...
18 June 2020
Private equity firm Senatla Capital has acquired a 34% stake in South African advertising, brand...
18 June 2020
Egyptian online real estate platform Sakneen has received investment from Y Combinator (YC), the Silicon...
18 June 2020
The OP Finnfund Global Impact Fund I has reached a first close of €76 million....
17 June 2020
Planet42, a South Africa based fintech that focuses on providing access to mobility to the...
17 June 2020
The European Investment Bank has disclosed it is considering a $17 million equity participation in...
17 June 2020
CDC Group, the UK’s development finance institution and impact investor, has signed a partnership agreement...
17 June 2020
Cairo-based online pharmacy marketplace Chefaa has raised a seven-figure USD pre-series A round from several...
16 June 2020
Michelle Kathryn Essomé has announced she is stepping down as the CEO of the African...
16 June 2020
Chicago-based impact investor VestedWorld has invested in Rwanda-based food distribution company GET IT, according to...
16 June 2020
PayGo Energy, a venture-backed company founded in Kenya, has received investment from Saisan Company Ltd...
15 June 2020
This article is a shortened version of an interview produced and published by the African...
15 June 2020
CDC Group, the UK’s impact investor and development finance institution, has announced the appointment of...
15 June 2020
Here are summaries of the five most widely read stories this week on Africa Private...
13 June 2020
By Intercontinental Trust Ltd The Covid-19 pandemic crisis is not in our rearview mirror yet...
12 June 2020
SAVCA and GIBS would like to invite you to the annual SAVCA-GIBS Foundation Programme in...
12 June 2020
Futuregrowth Asset Management, through its Futuregrowth Development Equity Fund (DEF), has invested in LifeCheq, a...
12 June 2020
South African fund manager Edge Growth, through its Edge Action Fund, has awarded a debt...
12 June 2020
Sanlam Investments has committed R2.25 billion (about $131.7 million) of its own capital to seed...
11 June 2020
The chairman of the Dutch Entrepreneurial Development Bank (FMO) Peter van Mierlo has announced that...
11 June 2020
As fossil fuel industries face existential threats, the implications of an energy transition will have...
11 June 2020
Mergence Investment Managers and Third Way Investment Partners have invested R225 million (about $13.5 million)...
10 June 2020
Solar Frontier Capital (SFC), a wholly-owned subsidiary of African Frontier Capital (AFC), and d.light, a...
10 June 2020
Sun Exchange, the world’s first peer-to-peer solar leasing platform, announced a $3 million investment by...
10 June 2020
Investment company Brait has sold its entire 63.1% interest in British supermarket chain Iceland Foods....
9 June 2020
Ethos Mezzanine Partners and the French development finance institution, Proparco, have announced a $22 million...
9 June 2020
The U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) board of directors has approved $1 billion of...
9 June 2020
Àrgentil Capital Partners has provided additional debt and equity investment to support its portfolio company,...
9 June 2020
JSE- and LSE-listed investment manager Ninety One has launched an impact investment initiative – the...
8 June 2020
Platform Capital, a Nigeria-based growth markets investor, has invested in Merge Tech, a South African...
8 June 2020
South Africa’s Competition Commission has recommended that the Tribunal approve a proposed transaction whereby the Public...
8 June 2020
Dutch development financier FMO has announced a transaction with Miro Forestry, one of the largest...
8 June 2020
Here are summaries of the five most widely read stories this week on Africa Private...
6 June 2020
The LionPride Agility Fund Limited, founded and managed by LionPride Investment Holdings, has invested in...
5 June 2020
The U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) has approved an investment of up to $25...
5 June 2020
Basel-based Fondation Botnar has entrusted the Swiss firm Obviam with the set-up and management of...
5 June 2020
By Intercontinental Trust Ltd In a past edition of our newsletter issued last month, we...
5 June 2020
The U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) has approved an investment of up to $30...
4 June 2020
The Agri-Business Capital Fund (ABC Fund) has provided a loan of €800,000 to soya milling...
4 June 2020
MIT Solve, through its venture vehicle Solve Innovation Future, has announced an investment in Access...
4 June 2020
Nigeria-based Platform Capital, a growth markets investor, has announced its investment in Lipa Later, a...
3 June 2020
Private equity firm RMB Corvest has announced it will exit, subject to competition commission approval,...
3 June 2020
This article is a shortened version of an interview produced and published by the African...
3 June 2020
CDC Group, the UK’s publicly owned impact investor, has closed a co-investment in mPharma, a...
3 June 2020
Private equity and venture capital funds play a unique function in the investment marketplace because...
2 June 2020
South African healthcare investment company RH Bophelo (RHB) has completed a cross listing on the...
2 June 2020
The current Covid-19 pandemic sweeping the globe is not stopping leading African law firm, Bowmans,...
2 June 2020
Longevity Development has completed a complex restructuring and new investment transaction for a major water...
2 June 2020
Tana Africa Capital, a pan-African private equity firm, announced the latest investment through its second...
1 June 2020
A selection of private equity deal, fundraising and exit announcements that came across our desk...
1 June 2020
DHL Express announced its minority stake acquisition in Link Commerce, the UK-based e-commerce firm that...
1 June 2020
Building Energy’s management, in partnership with Inspired Evolution’s Evolution II Fund, has successfully closed a...
1 June 2020
The board of South Africa’s Public Investment Corporation (PIC) has welcomed the appointment of Abel...
1 June 2020
Here are summaries of the five most widely read stories this week on Africa Private...
30 May 2020
mPharma, a tech-enabled healthcare company developing a more efficient supply chain for pharmaceutical products across...
29 May 2020
Carry1st has raised a seed round of $2.5 million led by CRE Venture Capital with...
29 May 2020
By Jaco Maritz A significant portion of the capital invested in African private equity funds...
28 May 2020
Global private equity group Carlyle is spinning out its sub-Saharan African team to a new...
28 May 2020
Inclusivity Solutions, the company that designs, builds, operates and innovates digital insurance solutions, has secured...
28 May 2020
The Public Investment Corporation (PIC), on behalf of its client, the Government Employees Pension Fund...
27 May 2020
Gulf Capital has completed the sale of Metamed, a diagnostic imaging network, to Ray Lab,...
27 May 2020
Cepheus Growth Capital Partners has revealed it is finalising the fundraising for its first $100...
27 May 2020