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...
12 June 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...
5 June 2021
Africa Deal Roundup: 15 deal, fundraising and exit announcements in May
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A selection of African private equity deal, fundraising and exit announcements that came across our...
31 May 2021
Seasoned investor sees opportunities in African luxury and premium brands
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Laureen Kouassi-Olsson, an experienced financial services and private equity executive, recently announced a new investment...
28 May 2021
[Standard Bank] 10 years on – reviewing the trends driving Africa’s allure
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By Simon Freemantle, senior political economist, Standard Bank A decade ago, amidst growing talk of...
26 May 2021
Why this investment firm bought into one of South Africa’s largest natural health retailers
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Pan-African private equity firm EXEO Capital recently invested in South African-based Maia Group, through its...
14 May 2021
The case for investing in African infrastructure: Interview with Meridiam
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This article is a shortened version of an interview produced and published by the African...
6 May 2021
Africa Deal Roundup: 15 deal, fundraising and exit announcements in April
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A selection of African private equity deal, fundraising and exit announcements that came across our...
30 April 2021
To help meet surging demand for housing in Kenya, IFC partnered with Kenyan firm Belco...
15 June 2021
Egypt-based B2B marketplace Fatura has closed its $3 million pre-series A funding round. The round...
15 June 2021
The G7 development finance institutions (DFIs), the IFC, the private sector arm of the African...
15 June 2021
Pan-African alternative investment firm EXEO Capital this week announced the exit of its food and...
15 June 2021
By Intercontinental Trust Ltd Introduction More than a year after its discovery, the coronavirus is...
15 June 2021
African Infrastructure Investment Managers (AIIM), one of Africa’s largest infrastructure-focused private equity fund managers, along...
14 June 2021
Proparco and the Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund (EAIF) have closed a €165 million project finance...
14 June 2021
Globeleq, an independent power producer, and the Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG), the infrastructure development...
14 June 2021
Here are summaries of the five most widely read stories this week on Africa Private...
12 June 2021
Following the announcement by the minister of public enterprises, Pravin Gordhan, the Takatso Consortium has...
11 June 2021
Read Standard Bank’s Monthly Market Update May 2021 here (downloads as PDF). Standard Bank Group...
11 June 2021
Following a pre-series A round of $3 million, investment company Webrock and Healthforce, a digital...
11 June 2021
AgVentures, a dedicated agrifood tech investor in Africa, has announced an investment in Matrix Software....
10 June 2021
Adiwale Fund I has announced the acquisition of a minority stake in Maintenance Climatisation Technique...
10 June 2021
Addis Ababa Angles Network has invested in Eshi Express, a delivery service firm. Delivery services...
9 June 2021
By Justin Milo – Executive Head of Trade & Supply Chain Finance Sales at Standard...
9 June 2021
Speedaf Express, a China-Africa integrated logistics service provider, officially announced the completion of a funding...
9 June 2021
Dutch development financier FMO has invested $15 million in the BluePeak Private Capital Fund, which...
9 June 2021
One Thousand & One Voices (1K1V), a private equity fund, the limited partners of which...
8 June 2021
Pawame, a UAE-based off-grid solar start-up, has announced that it has secured $1.7 million in...
8 June 2021
Groupe Premium, of which Amethis Fund II is a shareholder, received a loan of €4...
8 June 2021
Naspers announced a R42 million ($3 million) investment in Cape Town-founded, WhereIsMyTransport through its early-stage...
8 June 2021
Endeavor South Africa, a non-profit organisation that identifies and supports innovative, high-impact entrepreneurs in emerging...
7 June 2021
Social Investment Managers and Advisors LLC (SIMA), a new generation of impact investment manager, and...
7 June 2021
Following the approval of the competition board in Morocco, Dislog Group and SPE Capital Partners...
7 June 2021
Oasis Africa VC Fund has invested $1 million into appsNmobile Solutions, a payments solutions company...
5 June 2021
Here are summaries of the five most widely read stories this week on Africa Private...
5 June 2021
On 1 June 2021, the Competition Commission announced that it had formally blocked the process...
4 June 2021
Eos Capital, the Namibian private equity firm, will acquire The Mushara Collection through its Allegrow...
3 June 2021
ADAP Capital LLC, through its ADAP Fund 2, has announced an investment in FarmMoja. Based...
3 June 2021
Eos Capital (Eos), a Namibian private equity firm with N$1 billion(about $74 million) in assets...
3 June 2021
The IDH Farmfit Fund has signed an agreement to acquire a 21% ownership stake in...
3 June 2021
Statement by Competition Commission South Africa’s Competition Commission has prohibited a proposed transaction whereby ECP...
2 June 2021
OP Finnfund Global Impact Fund I, the first global emerging markets impact fund in Finland,...
2 June 2021
Toyota Tsusho Corporation and its group company CFAO have announced an investment in AiCare, a...
1 June 2021
Acrux Sorting Technology (AST), a wholly-owned subsidiary of commodity resource and technology specialists, Acrux Resources,...
1 June 2021
Gamesbandy, an Egyptian gaming startup, has secured an undisclosed seed fundraise from Flat6labs Bahrain and...
1 June 2021
Adenia Partners, a private equity firm investing in Africa, today announced it has completed the...
1 June 2021
A selection of African private equity deal, fundraising and exit announcements that came across our...
31 May 2021
Almentor.net, a video e-learning platform in the MENA region, has announced raising $6.5 million in...
31 May 2021
In 2020, the Swiss Investment Fund for Emerging Markets (SIFEM) made three investments in private...
31 May 2021
Here are summaries of the five most widely read stories this week on Africa Private...
29 May 2021
Laureen Kouassi-Olsson, an experienced financial services and private equity executive, recently announced a new investment...
28 May 2021
The Agri-Business Capital (ABC) Fund has provided loans to three agribusinesses to support their working...
28 May 2021
Egyptian agri-fintech platform Mozare3 has closed a seven-figure pre-seed funding round led by Algebra Ventures...
27 May 2021
The Vumela Fund, established by FNB Business and Edge Growth, today announced a new partnership...
27 May 2021
South African food company Tiger Brands has established a venture capital fund as part of...
27 May 2021
LifeQ, the South African provider of biometrics and health information derived from wearable devices and...
27 May 2021
Flat6Labs, a regional seed programme and fund, has announced the second close and increase of...
27 May 2021
Nigerian fintech company Mono has raised a $2 million seed round of funding from Entrée...
26 May 2021
By Ariana Issaias, Of Counsel, and Dominic Indokhomi, Partner, Bowmans, Kenya The regulatory net is...
26 May 2021
d.light, a leading innovator of solar energy products, announced that it had raised $10 million...
26 May 2021
The Non-Citizens (Property Restriction) (Amendment) Act 2021 was legislated on 29 April 2021 and brings...
26 May 2021
The U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) announced the first disbursement of a $5 million...
26 May 2021
By Simon Freemantle, senior political economist, Standard Bank A decade ago, amidst growing talk of...
26 May 2021
AfricInvest Private Credit has backed Vida e Caffè with $2.9 million in financing to support...
25 May 2021
Appian Capital Advisory LLP, the investment advisor to long-term value focused private equity funds that...
25 May 2021
WidEnergy Africa has secured funding from OPES-LCEF. Based in Zambia, WidEnergy was one of two...
25 May 2021
The National Basketball Association (NBA) has announced the formation of NBA Africa, a new entity...
25 May 2021
An international consortium named the Global Partnership for Ethiopia has been awarded a licence to...
24 May 2021
Vantage Capital, Africa’s largest mezzanine fund manager, announced today that it has provided $23 million...
24 May 2021
The IFC has disclosed an investment of up to €9 million in equity into Adiwale...
24 May 2021
The U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) and FMO, the Dutch entrepreneurial development bank, announced...
24 May 2021
SDG Global Group (SDG) has announced cooperation agreements with both Transformational Investment Portfolio One (TIP...
23 May 2021
Here are summaries of the five most widely read stories this week on Africa Private...
22 May 2021
South Africa’s largest black-owned asset manager, Sanlam Investments, is looking to raise an additional R35...
21 May 2021
SolarX Africa, a Malian based solar company, has announced the closing of additional funding from...
21 May 2021
Africa has long been known for its youthful population, and while the continent will continue...
21 May 2021
The Grassroots Business Fund (GBF), a global impact organisation that utilises blended capital to invest...
20 May 2021
Targeting sectors hit hard by Covid-19, the IFC announced a $2 billion commitment to support...
20 May 2021
The IFC has disclosed a proposed loan of up to $45 million to Integrated Diagnostics...
19 May 2021
Africa Private Equity News speaks to Jutami Augustyn, a partner at Bowmans, about the private...
19 May 2021
Telda, a Cairo-based digital banking app, has raised a $5 million pre-seed funding round, led...
19 May 2021
The Swiss Investment Fund for Emerging Markets (SIFEM) has made an investment in the Uhuru...
18 May 2021
Homzmart, an Egyptian furniture and home goods marketplace platform, has successfully closed a $15 million...
18 May 2021
African private equity fund manager Ascent today announced the first rolling close of its Ascent...
18 May 2021
The Private Infrastructure Development Group’s (PIDG) long-term infrastructure debt business, the Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund...
17 May 2021
South Africa’s Competition Commission has recommended the approval of a proposed transaction whereby Old Mutual...
17 May 2021
Here are summaries of the five most widely read stories this week on Africa Private...
15 May 2021
Pan-African private equity firm EXEO Capital recently invested in South African-based Maia Group, through its...
14 May 2021
By Intercontinental Trust Ltd Read the ITL e-News May 2021 brief for the latest business...
14 May 2021
Reatile Group, an investor in the energy landscape, and African Infrastructure Investment Managers (AIIM), on...
14 May 2021
Leading producer of fresh and frozen chicken in Uganda, HMH Rainbow, is in line for...
14 May 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 building 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