The case for investing in African infrastructure: Interview with Meridiam
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6 May 2021
Africa Deal Roundup: 15 deal, fundraising and exit announcements in April
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30 April 2021
East Africa: Five manufacturing opportunities with good potential for investors
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Despite the setbacks caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, the manufacturing sector in East Africa still...
28 April 2021
Investing in Nigeria: Private equity firm African Capital Alliance shares its experiences
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20 April 2021
Agribusiness in Africa needs disruptive, non-traditional investment models
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By Henri de Villeneuve The telecommunications and renewable energy industries understand a lot about disruption....
9 April 2021
Opportunities in Côte d’Ivoire: Investor highlights potential in healthcare, education and agribusiness
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Investisseurs & Partenaires (I&P) is an impact investment firm with offices in seven African countries....
31 March 2021
The 5 most popular stories on Africa Private Equity News this week
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20 March 2021
Ethiopia: First-mover advantage for investors with long-term outlook
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David Owino, founding partner of Nairobi-based private equity firm Ascent Capital Africa, shares his thoughts...
28 February 2021
Kasada Hospitality Fund LP, advised by Kasada Capital Management, an investment platform dedicated to the...
13 May 2021
African Infrastructure Investment Managers (AIIM) and Helios backed Starsight Energy announced its expansion into East...
13 May 2021
Reunert and A.P. Moller Capital have announced the establishment of a new joint venture, Lumika...
12 May 2021
South African buildings materials company Everite has been fully acquired by a private equity consortium...
12 May 2021
Lami Technologies, a Kenyan insurance technology (insurtech) company that aims to democratise insurance products and...
12 May 2021
The IFC has disclosed an investment of up to $20 million in Learn Capital Venture...
11 May 2021
Read Standard Bank’s Monthly Market Update April 2021 here (downloads as PDF). Standard Bank Group...
11 May 2021
The board of directors of the African Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (AVCA) has...
11 May 2021
Independent South African-based fund manager, Tamela Capital Partners, a subsidiary of Tamela Holdings, has during...
11 May 2021
South African investment firms Kalon Venture Partners and Caleo Private Equity today announced a $2.5...
10 May 2021
Impact investment fund I&P Afrique Entrepreneurs (IPAE) 2, managed by Investisseurs & Partenaires, has invested...
10 May 2021
CDC Group, the UK’s development finance institution and impact investor, has announced a $100 million...
10 May 2021
8 Miles, a pan-African private equity firm, is exiting Orient Bank after a six-year holding...
10 May 2021
Acre Impact Capital, an impact-focused investment manager, announced the closing of a catalytic capital investment...
8 May 2021
Here are summaries of the five most widely read stories this week on Africa Private...
8 May 2021
FinDev Canada is proposing an additional investment of $10 million in the African Development Partners...
7 May 2021
Mergence Unlisted Investment Managers (Namibia) has increased its shareholding in the two Ejuva renewable energy...
7 May 2021
The IFC is considering an equity investment of up to $10 million in the TIDE...
7 May 2021
This article is a shortened version of an interview produced and published by the African...
6 May 2021
The Vumela Fund, established by FNB Business and Edge Growth, has announced a new investment...
6 May 2021
The Dutch entrepreneurial development bank, FMO, intends to participate in the series A-2 equity round...
5 May 2021
Finnfund, a Finnish development financier and impact investor, announced today a $10 million commitment to...
5 May 2021
Carry1st, the mobile games publishing platform that enables global gaming studios to unlock the untapped...
5 May 2021
Global impact investor FCA Investments has committed $1 million to Ugandan fintech company Ensibuuko, which...
4 May 2021
U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) has announced a rolling call for applications from private...
4 May 2021
Cepheus Growth Capital Partners has announced an investment into JP Textile Holding Company Limited, the...
4 May 2021
Expensya, an automated spend management solution for businesses, has concluded a $20 million fundraise. Two...
4 May 2021
By Jason Wilkinson and Wandisile Mandlana, Partners, Adéle de Jager, Executive: Tax, and Ivan Vorster,...
3 May 2021
Moove Africa could receive an IFC investment of up to $30 million comprising of: (i)...
3 May 2021
Uhuru Investment Partners, a middle-market private equity firm based out of Lagos and Abidjan, has...
3 May 2021
The IFC has disclosed a proposed equity investment of up to $25 million, not to...
3 May 2021
Here are summaries of the five most widely read stories this week on Africa Private...
1 May 2021
A selection of African private equity deal, fundraising and exit announcements that came across our...
30 April 2021
TIBU Health, a Kenyan healthtech startup, has successfully raised seed funding from the Blue Haven...
30 April 2021
RENEW, an impact investment firm, has expanded to its third African country, Rwanda. RENEW Investment...
30 April 2021
Adenia, a private markets investment firm in Africa, today announced that it has finalised the...
29 April 2021
Goodwell Investments, an impact investment firm, today announced the launch of Goodwell V. Following on...
29 April 2021
Revego Africa Energy Limited has announced its first major acquisition, in the form of a...
29 April 2021
While the COVID-19 pandemic slowed private equity (PE) deal-making and fundraising in Southern Africa in...
29 April 2021
Misr Capital, the investment arm of Banque Misr, and Elevate Private Equity, have announced the...
29 April 2021
Ajua, the integrated customer experience management solution for businesses in Africa, has acquired WayaWaya, the...
28 April 2021
The IFC has proposed an equity investment of up to $10 million in the Knife...
28 April 2021
Despite the setbacks caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, the manufacturing sector in East Africa still...
28 April 2021
Birimian, the first operational investment company dedicated exclusively to African luxury and premium heritage brands,...
28 April 2021
South African fintech startup Payflex has secured investment from Zip Co Limited, an Australian-listed multinational....
27 April 2021
Upon receipt of all necessary approvals from the National Pension Commission (PenCom), AXA Mansard Pensions...
27 April 2021
According to a new survey by CoreDataResearch Ltd, 40% of the surveyed global institutional investors...
26 April 2021
Atlas Mara Limited, the sub-Saharan African financial services group, has announced that its subsidiary, ABC...
26 April 2021
Small Foundation has announced a new partnership with Founders Factory Africa (FFA), a Johannesburg-headquartered venture...
26 April 2021
Venture capital fund Powerhouse Ventures has participated in Nithio’s $7.1 million series A round, led...
26 April 2021
Here are summaries of the five most widely read stories this week on Africa Private...
24 April 2021
The IFC has proposed an investment of up to $20 million in the Greenpoint Capital...
23 April 2021
OKO, an insurtech start-up that provides inclusive agricultural insurance to secure farmers’ income across Africa,...
22 April 2021
Persistent, a venture capital investor in the off-grid energy sector, has announced a strategic venture...
22 April 2021
The annual foundation programme kicks off in four weeks’ time and we encourage you to...
22 April 2021
MetroFibre Networx, a portfolio company of African Infrastructure Investment Managers (AIIM), has acquired the fibre-to-the-home...
22 April 2021
TLG Capital announced today that it is commencing a private placement partnership with Calbank Ghana,...
21 April 2021
Nigerian fintech platform Okra has secured a $3.5 million seed raise. The round was led...
21 April 2021
Dutch development bank FMO intends to commit up to €12 million in a long-term facility...
21 April 2021
Laverie, an Egypt-based dry-cleaning and laundry app, has announced an undisclosed six-figure funding round from...
20 April 2021
Altica Partners, an Africa-focused investment firm that provides credit strategies to impact and ESG conscious...
20 April 2021
This article is a shortened version of an interview produced and published by the African...
20 April 2021
While progress towards the gender equality Sustainable Development Goal is growing in many industries, the...
19 April 2021
Samurai Incubate has officially closed its second Africa fund after having raised 2.026 billion yen...
19 April 2021
By Intercontinental Trust Ltd On 16 April 2021, Cabinet agreed to proceed with the drafting...
19 April 2021
Toyota Tsusho Corporation has announced an investment in the Samurai Africa Fund 2, a fund...
19 April 2021
The African Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (AVCA) has published its sophomore Industry Survey....
18 April 2021
Here are summaries of the five most widely read stories this week on Africa Private...
17 April 2021
The IFC has committed investment of up to $2 million in Antler East Africa, based...
17 April 2021
Cape Town-based cryptocurrency investment platform, Revix, with offices in Cape Town and London, has raised...
16 April 2021
Moshesh Partners, a mid-market alternative asset manager, has reached a first close for its first...
16 April 2021
Read Standard Bank’s Monthly Market Update March 2021 here (downloads as PDF). Standard Bank Group...
15 April 2021
Crossfin Ventures, the angel investment arm of Crossfin Technology Holdings, announced its investment in Troygold,...
15 April 2021
Numida, a Uganda-based fintech business, has closed a $2.3 million seed round led by pan-African...
15 April 2021
Quro Medical, a South African digital health startup, has closed its seed funding round led...
14 April 2021
Finnfund, a Finnish development financier and impact investor, today announced a $26 million commitment to...
14 April 2021
Africa Private Equity News speaks to Michael Rudnicki, a tax executive at law firm Bowmans,...
14 April 2021
Keiwa and Legafrik, two Ivorian start-ups operating in the tech sector, have received seed funding...
14 April 2021
Harith General Partners has announced a $200 million capital raise in a follow-up fund to...
13 April 2021
South African venture capital firm Kalon Venture Partners has announced its follow-on investment in cyber-security...
13 April 2021
By Hari Chaitanya, Head of Investor Services, Product Management at Standard Bank A year ago,...
13 April 2021
Algebra Ventures, an Egyptian VC firm, announced the launch of its $90 million second fund,...
13 April 2021
Appzone, the pan-African fintech software provider building proprietary solutions for the continent’s banking and payments...
12 April 2021
Mahlako Financial Services, a subsidiary of South African alternative investments fund manager Mahlako a Phahla...
12 April 2021
A consortium consisting of Agile Capital and RMB Corvest has completed a management buyout of...
12 April 2021
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10 April 2021
By Intercontinental Trust Ltd The Financial Services (Special Purpose Fund) Rules 2021 (referred hereinafter as...
9 April 2021
By Henri de Villeneuve The telecommunications and renewable energy industries understand a lot about disruption....
9 April 2021
Paymob, Egypt’s market-leading digital payments provider, has announced the largest ever series A fundraise by...
9 April 2021
Ampersand Rwanda Ltd, Africa’s first electric motorcycle company, has just secured a $3.5 million investment...
9 April 2021
The Annual AVCA Conference returns virtually, bringing together world-class investors, policymakers and business leaders for...
9 April 2021
By Intercontinental Trust Ltd Read the ITL e-News April 2021 brief for the latest business...
9 April 2021
The IFC is proposing an A-Loan investment of up to €20.9 million to African Hotel...
8 April 2021
AgDevCo has announced a $3 million follow-on mezzanine debt investment into Uzima Chicken Limited, a...
8 April 2021
By Nafiisah Jeehoo, associate Bowmans, Mauritius. Mauritius is well known among promoters and institutional investors...
8 April 2021
Verdant Capital serves as Tugende’s financial advisor and arranger for its equity and debt capital...
8 April 2021
Sawari Ventures, the Cairo-based VC, has announced the final closure of its Egypt-focused fund, with...
7 April 2021
The Raxio Group, a pan-African data centre developer and operator, and Meridiam, a global asset and fund manager specialising...
6 April 2021
Infra Impact Investment Managers, the specialist infrastructure investment firm, has reached the ZAR 250 million...
6 April 2021
The Sovereign Fund of Egypt (TSFE) and EFG Hermes announced that TSFE has committed EGP...
6 April 2021