Interview with Centum’s James Mworia: Investing in family-owned businesses
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James Mworia is the CEO of Nairobi-based investment firm Centum. In this interview – first...
25 May 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...
23 May 2020
Doing deals in a Covid world – some thoughts on bridging the pricing gap
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By John Bellew, Head of Private Equity, Bowmans One of the problems facing dealmakers in...
18 May 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...
16 May 2020
Due Diligence: Never buy into hockey-stick growth projections in Africa, says TLG Capital CEO
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Zain Latif is the CEO of TLG Capital, which focuses on private credit investments in...
10 May 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...
9 May 2020
Investor reveals industries in Africa that make him uneasy
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After 10 years of building and investing in African companies, Emilian Popa has seen it...
29 April 2020
Investor on what it’s really like fundraising a VC fund in Africa
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Eline Blaauboer, managing partner of Africa Tech Ventures, shares her experiences and learnings from raising...
20 April 2020
The U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) board of directors has approved the agency’s new...
27 May 2020
Despite current circumstances – dominated by the human and economic cost of Covid-19 – the...
26 May 2020
Zoscales Partners has made an investment into Pioneer Diagnostics Center (PDC), a diagnostic imaging service...
26 May 2020
South African online fashion retailer RunwaySale has received an investment of R100 million (about $5.7...
26 May 2020
UFF Agri Asset Management has invested in Jacoma Estates Limited and its Malawian subsidiary Tropha...
26 May 2020
Syafunda, a South African educational platform that provides access to digital content through mobile technology,...
25 May 2020
James Mworia is the CEO of Nairobi-based investment firm Centum. In this interview – first...
25 May 2020
Apollo Agriculture, the financing and products platform empowering small-scale farmers to maximise their profits, has...
25 May 2020
InspiraFarms, a provider of on- and off-grid cold storage solutions in East and Southern Africa,...
24 May 2020
Sweden’s development finance institution Swedfund will lend €5 million to Platcorp, a financial institution providing...
24 May 2020
Here are summaries of the five most widely read stories this week on Africa Private...
23 May 2020
By Intercontinental Trust Ltd The Covid-19 crisis has been an unprecedented shock to the world...
23 May 2020
Mediterrania Capital Partners has announced the acquisition of MetaMed, the largest platform of diagnostic imaging...
22 May 2020
AgDevCo has announced a long-term debt investment into Pee Pee Tanzania Limited (PPTL), a regional...
22 May 2020
Pearl Capital Partners, which manages the Yield Uganda Investment Fund, has made its seventh investment...
22 May 2020
RENEW’s Impact Angel Network (IAN) has funded a third investment in Roadrunner Technology Solutions LLC,...
22 May 2020
Development Partners International (DPI), a pan-African private equity firm, has announced the second investment from...
21 May 2020
Every month, African ports receive thousands of containers of imported products that could easily be...
21 May 2020
AG Rhino Advisors has announced an investment in Nigeria’s mobile advertising startup Admoni Inc. Admoni...
21 May 2020
Actis, an investor of private capital into global emerging markets, has exited its majority stake...
21 May 2020
CDC Group, the UK’s impact investor and development finance institution, has announced a record month...
20 May 2020
Naspers announced a R100 million (about $5.55 million) investment in South African agritech business Aerobotics,...
20 May 2020
The Swiss Investment Fund for Emerging Markets (SIFEM) has revealed an $8 million investment in...
20 May 2020
Nigeria-based investment firm Platform Capital has announced a commitment to the View Accelerator fund. View...
19 May 2020
Tomato Jos, an agro-processing company focused on the local production of high-quality tomato paste for...
19 May 2020
Cepheus Growth Capital Partners has announced an investment into East African Lion Brands Manufacturing Share...
19 May 2020
By Hanna Kauppinen, Investment Analyst, Finnfund I have not done the math, but I am...
19 May 2020
By John Bellew, Head of Private Equity, Bowmans One of the problems facing dealmakers in...
18 May 2020
Fully black-owned private equity company Agile Capital is actively seeking to invest millions of rands...
18 May 2020
Cape Town-based fintech company, CompariSure, today announced that it has secured venture capital (VC) funding...
18 May 2020
The Soros Economic Development Fund (SEDF) has committed $10 million to Alitheia IDF, a private...
18 May 2020
The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) and Standard Bank Group are calling on...
17 May 2020
This article is an excerpt of a report by FTI Consulting. Read the original here....
17 May 2020
Here are summaries of the five most widely read stories this week on Africa Private...
16 May 2020
SunFunder, a provider of debt financing to solar enterprises, has closed four new loans at...
15 May 2020
By Larry McCarthy, Head of Strategic Investments and Alliances, Standard Bank The Covid-19 outbreak has...
15 May 2020
The Novastar Ventures Africa Fund II (NVAF II), managed by Nairobi and Lagos based Novastar...
15 May 2020
By Intercontinental Trust Ltd The European Commission issued the list of High Risk Third Countries...
14 May 2020
China’s Silk Road Fund has become a 49% shareholder in ACWA Power Renewable Energy Holding,...
14 May 2020
Alongside Rand Merchant Bank Ventures (RMBV) and other shareholders, Ninety One, via its Africa Private...
14 May 2020
Egypt-based direct selling platform Brimore has raised $3.5 million in a pre-series A round led...
14 May 2020
Dutch development financier FMO has proposed a $15 million investment in I&M Bank Rwanda. I&M...
13 May 2020
Private equity firm Emerging Capital Partners (ECP) has announced that its portfolio company Mukuru, an...
12 May 2020
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has disclosed a potential equity investment of up...
12 May 2020
Convergence Partners announced that its pan-African digital service provider platform, inq. Holdings Limited (formerly Synergy...
12 May 2020
The U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) today announced a new Health and Prosperity Initiative,...
11 May 2020
Finnfund is one of the investors in a syndicated loan to ETG Group (ETG). ETG...
11 May 2020
The Standard Bank Group has advised the leading Malawian telecoms company, Airtel Malawi, on its...
11 May 2020
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has welcomed a decision by the Trust Fund Committee of...
11 May 2020
Africa Private Equity News last year reported that US-based private equity firm Housatonic Partners has...
10 May 2020
Zain Latif is the CEO of TLG Capital, which focuses on private credit investments in...
10 May 2020
By Intercontinental Trust Ltd The Covid-19 has shaken the foundations of our world and has...
9 May 2020
Here are summaries of the five most widely read stories this week on Africa Private...
9 May 2020
AgVentures, a South African based agrifood tech investment company, recently raised an anchor commitment of...
8 May 2020
SouthBridge Group, a pan-African financial services firm offering solutions to public and private clients across...
8 May 2020
MIGA, a member of the World Bank Group, has issued guarantees in support of the...
8 May 2020
Vantage Capital, Africa’s largest mezzanine debt fund manager, announced that it has fully exited its...
7 May 2020
East Africa Fruits Co., a Tanzanian company addressing food distribution challenges to improve efficiencies in...
7 May 2020
Helium Health, a Lagos-based healthcare technology company, today announced it has completed a $10 million...
7 May 2020
Private equity firm Capitalworks Investment Partners plans to invest R5 billion (about $267 million) of...
7 May 2020
DOB Equity, a Dutch family-backed impact investor in East Africa, has made a further investment...
6 May 2020
This article is a shortened version of an interview produced and published by the African...
6 May 2020
Private equity firm Fanisi Capital bought a minority shareholding in Kenya’s St Bakhita Schools for...
6 May 2020
South Africa’s Competition Commission has approved the proposed merger whereby PAPE Fund III intends to...
5 May 2020
African Infrastructure Investment Managers (AIIM) announced the successful divestment of AIIF2’s 14% stake in Cookhouse,...
5 May 2020
Cauris Management’s Yeelen Financial Sector Fund has so far raised €35 million of its €65...
5 May 2020
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has approved a follow-on investment in Egypt’s...
5 May 2020
French development finance institution Proparco has made a $20 million investment in the SPE AIF...
4 May 2020
Invictus Energy Limited, listed on the Australian Securities Exchange, has entered into a binding AUD...
4 May 2020
Alice M. Miller was approved by the US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) board of...
4 May 2020
GreenTec Capital Partners has invested in Ghana’s Sumundi, which has developed a digital retail management...
3 May 2020
Development finance institution FinDev Canada has disclosed it is considering a $20 million investment in...
3 May 2020
Here are summaries of the five most widely read stories this week on Africa Private...
2 May 2020
By Intercontinental Trust Ltd The Mauritius Revenue Authority has issued a communique on 28 April...
30 April 2020
A selection of private equity deal, fundraising and exit announcements that came across our desk...
30 April 2020
CDC Group Plc, the UK’s impact investor for Africa and South Asia, has announced the...
30 April 2020
Àrgentil Capital Partners is providing support to a number of initiatives to help with the...
30 April 2020
By John Bellew, Head of Private Equity, Bowmans As many fund managers are buried deep...
29 April 2020
After 10 years of building and investing in African companies, Emilian Popa has seen it...
29 April 2020
South Africa’s Value Capital Partners (VCP) has acquired a 13.4% stake in Johannesburg Stock Exchange-listed...
29 April 2020
German development financier DEG has disclosed a commitment of approximately $3.1 million for a minority...
29 April 2020
Egyptian foodtech company Mumm has closed a pre-series A bridge round from the Alex Angels...
28 April 2020
Private equity firm Kibo Capital Partners has acquired a majority stake in a Mozambican tertiary...
28 April 2020
SAVCA would like to invite you to the COVID-19 Webinar: An ESG Informed Approach. The...
28 April 2020
The CDC, the UK’s development finance institution, is a meaningful investor in Africa-focused private equity...
28 April 2020
This article was first published by SuperReturn As the coronavirus wreaks economic turmoil around the...
28 April 2020
Nigerian fintech platform Okra has secured a $1 million pre-seed fundraise from TLcom Capital, strengthening...
27 April 2020
Egpyt’s Commercial International Bank (CIB) has acquired a 51% stake in Kenyan lender Mayfair Bank....
27 April 2020
Nigerian-based education technology startup uLesson has announced participation in its seed funding round by Founder...
26 April 2020
Here are summaries of the five most widely read stories this week on Africa Private...
25 April 2020
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), a specialised United Nations agency and international financial...
24 April 2020
Many South African companies are currently under severe stress due to the Covid-19 lockdown that...
24 April 2020
By Intercontinental Trust Ltd We hope that you are keeping safe during these uncertain times....
24 April 2020
Dutch development financier FMO has disclosed a proposed $7.5 million investment in Komaza Group Inc.,...
23 April 2020
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) announced today an investment of $9 million into...
23 April 2020
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has revealed it is considering an investment of up to...
23 April 2020
Dubai-based venture capital (VC) firm Global Ventures, which invests in the Middle East and North...
22 April 2020
Phatisa Food Fund 2 (PFF 2) and a group of co-investors – Norfund, Mbuyu Capital...
22 April 2020
Bowmans’ leadership in East and South Africa was recognised in The Legal 500’s Europe, Middle...
22 April 2020
South Africa’s Competition Commission has unconditionally approved the proposed merger whereby Sana Partners Fund 1...
21 April 2020