Africa Deal Roundup: 15 deal, fundraising and exit announcements in February
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A selection of African private equity deal, fundraising and exit announcements that came across our...
28 February 2021
Investor reveals East Africa’s most attractive opportunities
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Ascent Capital Africa is a private equity firm with investments in Kenya, Uganda and Ethiopia,...
22 February 2021
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...
20 February 2021
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 February 2021
Africa Deal Roundup: 15 deal, fundraising and exit announcements in January
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2 February 2021
The 5 most popular stories on Africa Private Equity News this week
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30 January 2021
Four trends that will have a major impact on private equity in 2021
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By Bryan Turner, Partner, SPEAR Capital Amidst the general chaos of 2020, investors were hit...
20 January 2021
Lessons learnt from investing in agricultural SMEs in East Africa
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In 2004, private equity firm Pearl Capital Partners set up African Agricultural Capital (AAC) with...
11 January 2021
Day 2 started with our MC Zipho Sikhakhane providing an insightful recap of some of...
5 March 2021
FMO has invested in fintech platform Nomanini to further boost its pan-African expansion. The participation...
5 March 2021
The Australian venture capital firm TEN13 has invested an undisclosed amount of pre-seed funding in...
5 March 2021
We are delighted to share another edition of our monthly Dealmaker’s Log, which tracks the...
5 March 2021
Toyota Tsusho and its group company CFAO has invested in Moja Ride, which operates a...
5 March 2021
African Infrastructure Investment Managers (AIIM), one of Africa’s largest infrastructure-focused private equity fund managers, together with the management team of...
4 March 2021
Nuru has closed a convertible note investment from Proparco as part of its series B...
4 March 2021
A SELECTION OF COFFEE CONVERSATIONS The first day of the 2021 annual SAVCA conference kicked...
4 March 2021
INMA Holding, a private equity firm dedicated to Tunisian SMEs, has announced the acquisition of...
4 March 2021
SouthBridge Investments (SBI) and New African Capital Partners (NACP) have announced the launch of their...
3 March 2021
ARISE Industrial Services (ARISE IS), the pan-African infrastructure developer and operator, and Aera Group, the...
3 March 2021
The Vumela Fund, established by FNB Business and Edge Growth, has announced an equity investment...
3 March 2021
SouthBridge Group, the official financial advisor of the Togolese government, announced two transactions with Olam...
3 March 2021
During the Philadelphia Board of Pensions and Retirement Investment Committee Meeting on 3 December 2020,...
2 March 2021
Gulf Capital, a growth markets alternative investment firm, has announced the full exit of its...
2 March 2021
Cameroonian fintech company Diool has announced a $3.5 million seed round from existing angel investors...
2 March 2021
FSD Africa has announced the signing of co-operation agreements with AVCA, EAVCA, SAVCA and PEVCA...
2 March 2021
The IFC is proposing a senior loan package of up to $160 million to Kasada...
1 March 2021
Société Tunisienne d’Elevage de Poissons (STEP) is a modern aquaculture business based in Bekalta, Tunisia....
1 March 2021
Following a successful 2020 comprising eight new investments and three international exits, African focused venture...
1 March 2021
InfraCo Africa, part of the Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG), has subscribed to the Acorn...
1 March 2021
Mediterrania Capital Partners, the private equity firm focused on growth investments for SMEs and mid-cap...
1 March 2021
David Owino, founding partner of Nairobi-based private equity firm Ascent Capital Africa, shares his thoughts...
28 February 2021
A selection of African private equity deal, fundraising and exit announcements that came across our...
28 February 2021
Here are summaries of the five most widely read stories this week on Africa Private...
27 February 2021
An infrastructure investment fund managed by Old Mutual Investment Group (Namibia) has acquired a majority...
26 February 2021
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, invested in Thursday’s bond issued by a...
26 February 2021
South African fintech company Stitch has raised $4 million in seed funding led by Raba...
26 February 2021
Bboxx, a next generation utility, and EDF, a global leader in low-carbon energies, are strengthening...
25 February 2021
By Tanya van Lill, CEO of SAVCA The Southern African Venture Capital and Private Equity...
25 February 2021
Convergence Partners, a tech investor in Africa, has entered into an agreement with Inseego Corp....
25 February 2021
LeapFrog Investments has bolstered its global healthcare team with the appointment of Dr Biju Mohandas....
25 February 2021
Sanlam Investments through its private equity business, Sanlam Private Equity (SPE), has acquired a majority...
24 February 2021
Logistics solutions provider Imperial acquired 60% of e-commerce logistics business, ParcelNinja. ParcelNinja offers an outsourced...
24 February 2021
The Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund (EAIF), a Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG) company, has committed...
24 February 2021
Tyme, a digital banking network for emerging markets, announced its $110 million series B capital...
24 February 2021
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, announced the recent disbursement of a loan...
23 February 2021
Emerging Capital Partners (ECP), a pan-African private equity firm, announced on 3 February 2021 that...
23 February 2021
Hlayisani Growth Fund (HGF) has announced its first close at R350 million (about $23.9 million)...
23 February 2021
Tariye Gbadegesin, the managing director and chief investment officer of ARM-Harith Infrastructure Investments Limited, has...
23 February 2021
500 Startups, an active global early-stage venture capital firm, has partnered with Sanabil Investments, a...
23 February 2021
Ascent Capital Africa is a private equity firm with investments in Kenya, Uganda and Ethiopia,...
22 February 2021
Dear SAVCA Members and Friends, We are excited to announce that voting is now open...
22 February 2021
Dutch development financier FMO is proposing an equity investment of €10.9 million which will be...
22 February 2021
CDC Group has invested in a $300 million fund from Adjuvant Capital focused on accelerating...
22 February 2021
VeggieVictory, Nigeria’s first plant-based food company, has successfully closed a pre-seed round attracting investments from...
20 February 2021
Here are summaries of the five most widely read stories this week on Africa Private...
20 February 2021
Tshegofatso Makoe, Business Manager in Standard Bank’s Consumer Sector team, shares her insights on the...
19 February 2021
hearX Group, an impact-driven scale-up with a mission to increase access to hearing healthcare through...
19 February 2021
Apex Group, a global financial services provider, announced the final close of the acquisition of...
19 February 2021
Metier, through its most recent Sustainable Capital Fund, has made a substantial investment into Energy...
19 February 2021
As one of South Africa’s most active venture capital investors, HAVAÍC says 2020 saw the...
18 February 2021
The U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) announced the disbursement of a $1 million equity...
18 February 2021
Launched in July 2020 with the support of the European Union through the Emergency Trust...
17 February 2021
CDC, the UK’s publicly owned impact investor, has strengthened its non-executive director line-up with two...
17 February 2021
Dubai and Riyadh-based Nuwa Capital has announced the first close of its flagship fund –...
17 February 2021
Automation data automation company Synatic has raised seed funding from UW Ventures in partnership with...
16 February 2021
Fintech marketplace for home loans, MortgageMarket.co.za, has completed its latest funding round of R10 million...
15 February 2021
Today, Amitruck announced an undisclosed investment led by US-based Dynamo Ventures with participation from Plug...
15 February 2021
Zoscales Partners has secured a follow-on investment into Pioneer Diagnostics Center (PDC), a diagnostic imaging...
15 February 2021
The IFC is considering to provide a loan of up to $10 million to EthioChicken...
15 February 2021
UK-based global insurance solutions firm, Linkham Group will acquire a stake in Resolution Insurance after...
15 February 2021
Here are summaries of the five most widely read stories this week on Africa Private...
13 February 2021
Following several months of deliberations, the Southern African Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (SAVCA),...
12 February 2021
Small Foundation, a philanthropic foundation focused on catalysing income-generating opportunities in sub-Saharan Africa, has invested...
12 February 2021
Ghanaian education company Stars From All Nations (SFAN) has raised $250,000 pre-seed funding from King...
12 February 2021
By Linda Manda, Sector Head of Agribusiness, Corporate and Investment Banking, at Standard Bank The...
11 February 2021
SunCulture, a solar irrigation company headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya, received the first disbursement from a...
11 February 2021
JCG’s investment arm Janus Capital takes stake in Highview Enterprise Limited. Janus Continental Group (JCG),...
11 February 2021
South African venture capital firm Empowerment Capital Investment Partners, through its investment funds – Andzani...
10 February 2021
Isqan.com, the growing real estate listings platform has raised a six-figure USD seed funding round...
10 February 2021
The IFC will make an equity investment of up to $10 million (not to exceed...
10 February 2021
Mineworkers Investment Company (MIC) has committed $10 million to venture capital firm Knife Capital’s new...
10 February 2021
CrossBoundary Group and Brown Advisory announced the formation of a strategic partnership. CrossBoundary Group is...
9 February 2021
Sakneen, the Egypt-based online portal that helps homebuyers search for properties, has raised $1.1 million...
9 February 2021
Charis UAS, Rwanda’s leading drone company, announced that it has received a major investment from...
8 February 2021
SPARK Schools has announced a series C fundraise led by Creadev, alongside Finnfund and Imaginable...
8 February 2021
Incofin Investment Management signed a multi-million dollar debt investment in EFC Uganda Limited through its...
8 February 2021
Africa Private Equity News is offering its readers a special 10% discount to attend the...
8 February 2021
Futuregrowth’s Development Equity Fund (DEF) has invested in South African company hearX – a disruptive,...
8 February 2021
Linda Oniwe, Sector Analyst in the Consumer team at Standard Bank, provides further insights and...
7 February 2021
Here are summaries of the five most widely read stories this week on Africa Private...
6 February 2021
Africa-focused agrifood tech investor AgVentures recently acquired a stake in Skudu, an online farmer marketplace....
6 February 2021
Lagos-based fintech investment company GreenHouse Capital has invested in Kenyan startup Popote which is solving...
5 February 2021
We are delighted to share another edition of our monthly Dealmaker’s Log, which tracks the...
5 February 2021
Written by Bowmans Introduction Following the enactment of the Companies (Amendment) Act, Act No. 28...
4 February 2021
Investisseurs & Partenaires (I&P), via I&P Education to Employment (IP2E), announced a partnership with the...
4 February 2021
A group of leading development finance institutions (DFIs) and impact investors – CDC Group, Norfund,...
4 February 2021
A loan from the IFC and the Dutch entrepreneurial development bank (FMO) to United Exports...
4 February 2021
FRAGG Investment Management Ltd has been appointed as the fund manager by the board of...
3 February 2021
CDC Group, the UK’s development finance institution and impact investor, has today announced a $100...
3 February 2021
After 10 years supporting Orange’s growth in the Malagasy market, a consortium of minority investors...
3 February 2021
The IFC is considering an equity investment of up to $24 million in Eastcastle Infrastructure...
3 February 2021
A selection of African private equity deal, fundraising and exit announcements that came across our...
2 February 2021
Investment fund manager Amethis has acquired a minority stake in Nouvelle Minoterie Africaine (NMA), an...
2 February 2021
CDC Group, the UK’s publicly owned impact investor, has appointed two of the best-known names...
1 February 2021
The South African government on Tuesday launched the Tourism Equity Fund aimed at creating an...
1 February 2021
Odiggo, the Egypt-based digital marketplace for automotive spare parts, has raised $600,000 in a seed...
1 February 2021
Atlas Mara, the sub-Saharan African financial services group, issued the following statement in response to...
31 January 2021
Helios Investment Partners’ portfolio company TPAY Mobile, the full-service digital payments platform for the Middle...
31 January 2021