Agribusiness in Africa: Investor reveals which areas hold the most potential
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AgDevCo is an impact investment firm specialising in agribusiness in sub-Saharan Africa. It has a...
11 September 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...
5 September 2020
Africa Deal Roundup: 15 noteworthy deals and announcements in August
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A selection of African private equity deal, fundraising and exit announcements that came across our...
31 August 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...
29 August 2020
Ascent Capital country director reveals Uganda’s hottest investment opportunities
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Investors seeking opportunities in Uganda should consider industries such as manufacturing, infrastructure-related services and business...
27 August 2020
17 African private equity exits so far this year
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An overview of reported African private equity exits during 2020. Africa-focused investor AHL Venture Partners...
24 August 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...
22 August 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...
15 August 2020
Helios Investment Partners has announced the launch of Africa Specialty Risk Group (ASR) in partnership...
19 September 2020
Here are summaries of the five most widely read stories this week on Africa Private...
19 September 2020
The I&P Acceleration Technologies programme, managed by impact investor Investisseurs & Partenaires, has added three...
18 September 2020
While South African venture capital (VC) investors may have seen a significant slowdown in deal...
18 September 2020
The Agri-Business Capital Fund (ABC Fund) has provided loans worth a combined amount of €1.2...
17 September 2020
Endeavor has announced the closing of Endeavor Catalyst Fund III, a $134 million venture capital...
17 September 2020
GSV Ventures recently invested $7 million into Valenture Institute, founded by South African entrepreneur Robert...
17 September 2020
Naspers Foundry, Naspers’s R1.4 billion (about $85.2 million) early-stage investment vehicle aimed at boosting the...
17 September 2020
PAPE Fund 3, the mid-cap South African private equity fund, has announced the successful acquisition...
16 September 2020
SAVCA would like to thank those who have registered for the launch of the SAVCA...
16 September 2020
Dutch development financier FMO has signed a $10 million investment in XSML’s third fund, African...
16 September 2020
Bamboo Capital Partners, the impact investing platform, and Palladium, the global impact advisory and management...
16 September 2020
The activities of the Djibouti Sovereign Fund (Fonds Souverain de Djibouti – FSD) were officially...
15 September 2020
African music and entertainment company Trace has acquired a majority stake in Okuhle Media, a...
15 September 2020
Xecced Ventures announced the launch of its $100 million Africa focused artificial intelligence (AI) venture...
15 September 2020
Leading African law firm, Bowmans, has been confirmed as the top multi-jurisdictional M&A adviser in...
14 September 2020
Kenya’s Capital Markets Authority (CMA) has granted a fund manager’s licence to African Diaspora Asset...
14 September 2020
Here are summaries of the five most widely read stories this week on Africa Private...
12 September 2020
AgDevCo is an impact investment firm specialising in agribusiness in sub-Saharan Africa. It has a...
11 September 2020
The US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) has approved two investments in East African e-commerce...
11 September 2020
Read Standard Bank’s Weekly Market Update 8 September 2020 here (downloads as PDF). Standard Bank...
10 September 2020
Africa is the most rapidly urbanising continent in the world – 50% of Africans will...
10 September 2020
South Africa’s Competition Commission has approved the proposed acquisition of insurance brokerage company Mpumalanga Risk...
10 September 2020
AMMP Technologies, a software company providing operations platforms for decentralised renewable energy systems, has raised...
10 September 2020
Small Foundation has announced an expanded partnership in the equipment finance sector with an equity...
9 September 2020
Rand Merchant Investments (RMI), through its fintech investment arm AlphaCode, has today exited its investment...
9 September 2020
GreenTec Capital Partners has announced an investment in Freshbag, a digital platform in Cameroon that...
8 September 2020
Singapore-based fintech startup Thunes, which operates a global B2B cross-border payments network, has attracted a...
8 September 2020
BIMA, a provider of digital health and insurtech services in emerging markets, has secured $30...
8 September 2020
Each month, our Dealmaker’s Log tracks the reported African private equity and venture capital deals, fundraising closes...
7 September 2020
The latest RisCura-SAVCA South African Private Equity Performance report reveals that private equity, like many...
7 September 2020
South Africa’s Competition Commission has approved a proposed transaction whereby Apex Partners Holdings intends to...
7 September 2020
Yellow Card, a cryptocurrency startup which started out in Nigeria, has announced a $1.5 million...
7 September 2020
Read Standard Bank’s Weekly Market Update 1 September 2020 here (downloads as PDF). Standard Bank...
7 September 2020
South Africa’s Competition Commission has approved the proposed acquisition of remittance company Remitix by ECP...
7 September 2020
Here are summaries of the five most widely read stories this week on Africa Private...
5 September 2020
Swedfund has announced an investment of $10 million in African Rivers Fund III, managed by...
4 September 2020
Following close to three years as the first CEO of FinDev Canada, Paul Lamontagne has...
4 September 2020
Energy Access Ventures (EAV) has announced a follow-on investment in Solarise Africa, a pan-African clean...
3 September 2020
XSML, a fund manager active in Central and East Africa, announced the first close of...
3 September 2020
Leading African law firms, Bowmans and Udo Udoma & Belo-Osagie (UUBO), have announced that they...
3 September 2020
Mawingu Networks, a last-mile wireless internet service provider, has closed a financing round with Energy...
3 September 2020
Christian Kettel Thomsen has been appointed Vice-President and Member of the Management Committee of the...
2 September 2020
Nigeria’s Flying Doctors Healthcare Investment Company plans to establish a $1 billion fund to back...
2 September 2020
Private equity firm Metier, through its most recent Sustainable Capital Fund, has made a substantial...
2 September 2020
At the recently held Startup Circles.ai Demo Day, 13 startups from around Africa showcased their...
1 September 2020
Best Health, a portfolio company of Amethis Maghreb Fund I, has finalised the acquisition of...
1 September 2020
Dutch development financier FMO has signed a $1.49 million investment in Azimuth Group Corp. (active...
1 September 2020
Swedfund, the Swedish Development Finance Institution, has committed $12 million to the Solar Energy Transformation...
1 September 2020
The Africa Food Security (AFS) Fund is expecting a final close in December 2020 at...
31 August 2020
A selection of African private equity deal, fundraising and exit announcements that came across our...
31 August 2020
West African data centre operator, Rack Centre, majority-owned by private equity firm Actis alongside Jagal,...
31 August 2020
The National Pension Service (NPS), South Korea’s state pension fund, has committed between $100 million...
31 August 2020
Venture fund Digital Horizon has invested in Healthlane, an African startup focusing on modern, online...
30 August 2020
Here are summaries of the five most widely read stories this week on Africa Private...
29 August 2020
CDC Group, the UK’s publicly owned impact investor, has announced a further $12 million commitment...
28 August 2020
PraxisIFM Group and Oak Group have announced that negotiations are underway to combine their global businesses. Heads of...
28 August 2020
Akinwumi Adesina has been re-elected to serve a second five-year term as president of the...
28 August 2020
EFG Hermes (through its non-bank financial institution arm EFG Hermes Finance Holding) and GB Auto...
28 August 2020
Investors seeking opportunities in Uganda should consider industries such as manufacturing, infrastructure-related services and business...
27 August 2020
Sahel Capital, fund manager for the Fund for Agricultural Finance in Nigeria (FAFIN), has announced...
27 August 2020
Cross-border payments company WorldRemit has agreed to acquire Sendwave, a rapidly growing app-based remittance company...
27 August 2020
Read Standard Bank’s Weekly Market Update 25 August 2020 here (downloads as PDF). Standard Bank...
26 August 2020
By Intercontinental Trust Ltd The Finance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2020 (referred hereinafter interchangeably as the...
26 August 2020
Ciel Healthcare – a sub-Saharan African healthcare platform with operations in Mauritius, Uganda and Nigeria...
26 August 2020
Zebu Investment Partners, through its sophomore fund, the Africa Food Security (AFS) Fund, has successfully...
26 August 2020
DOB Equity, a Dutch family-backed impact investor in East Africa, has made a further investment...
25 August 2020
SparkMeter, a provider of grid management services, equipment, and software solutions that increase access to...
25 August 2020
Enygma Ventures has announced that it has made a R4.2 million (about $250,000) investment into...
25 August 2020
DataProphet has raised a $6 million series-A funding round led by Knife Capital, joined by...
25 August 2020
EFAfrica Group has raised $12 million new equity for regional expansion and acquired EFTA, Tanzania’s...
24 August 2020
By Charles Douglas and Tholinhlanhla Gcabashe, Co-heads of M&A, Bowmans Having delivered an unprecedented systemic...
24 August 2020
An overview of reported African private equity exits during 2020. Africa-focused investor AHL Venture Partners...
24 August 2020
From import substitution to water to the facilitation of cross-border trade, Namibia offers several opportunities...
22 August 2020
Here are summaries of the five most widely read stories this week on Africa Private...
22 August 2020
Dutch development financier FMO has disclosed a proposed R42.75 million (about $2.5 million) investment in...
21 August 2020
African Infrastructure Investment Managers (AIIM), a member of Old Mutual Alternative Investments, plans to make...
20 August 2020
The I&P Afrique Entrepreneurs 2 (IPAE 2) fund, managed by Investisseurs & Partenaires (I&P), has...
20 August 2020
Read Standard Bank’s Weekly Market Update 18 August 2020 here (downloads as PDF). Standard Bank...
20 August 2020
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) is considering a total investment of about €59 million in...
20 August 2020
Tate & Lyle, a global provider of food and beverage ingredients, and Solevo, a distributor...
19 August 2020
French development financier Proparco is supporting Kenya Nut Company with a $18.7 million loan. This...
19 August 2020
Guidepost, a South African telemedicine company, has received joint investment from AlphaCode, the fintech investment...
19 August 2020
Africa Foresight Group (AFG), a network of freelance management consultants in Africa, has raised over...
19 August 2020
Helios Investment Partners has appointed Phil Davis as Director of Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG)....
18 August 2020
IHS Holding Limited has announced it is exploring an initial public offering in the United...
18 August 2020
Tembo Capital’s latest fund, Tembo Capital Mining Fund III, has a fundraising target of $300...
18 August 2020
Africa means business, and as a bank fully invested in Africa, we believe in enabling...
17 August 2020
Energy+, a Malian-owned and managed off-grid solar company with a mission of delivering affordable and...
17 August 2020
WorkPay, a company that builds HR and payroll solutions for Africa, announced that it has...
17 August 2020
The Cairo Angels (CA) investment network has closed its commitment to e-commerce company Fatura’s seven-figure...
17 August 2020
Sanari Capital, backed by institutional investor 27four, has announced a R25 million ($1.5 million) investment...
17 August 2020
Secha Capital has appointed Seema Lalloo as a private equity fellow. A corporate lawyer by...
16 August 2020
Here are summaries of the five most widely read stories this week on Africa Private...
15 August 2020
In the past months, Mauritius faced its fair share of challenges and after having successfully...
14 August 2020
The University Technology Fund (UTF) – a co-investment by the Technology Innovation Agency and the...
14 August 2020
By Rob Heath, partner at South African VC firm HAVAÍC At HAVAÍC, we invest in...
13 August 2020
Dutch development financier FMO has disclosed a proposed €500,000 investment in ZIZ Energie, a vertically...
13 August 2020
Kenyan supermarket chain Naivas has raised Ksh.6 billion (about $55 million) from the sale of...
13 August 2020
GBfoods, a global culinary products manufacturer, recently built a N20 billion ($53 million) tomato processing...
13 August 2020