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
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 January 2021
Investor highlights opportunities in Nigeria’s insurance and education sectors
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Nigeria’s insurance industry is a “screaming opportunity” while demand for good quality schools far exceeds...
4 January 2021
Africa Deal Roundup: 15 deal, fundraising and exit announcements in December
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A selection of African private equity deal, fundraising and exit announcements that came across our...
31 December 2020
PE firm Verod bullish about import substitution in Nigeria
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Verod Capital Management is a Lagos-based private equity fund manager which invests across multiple sectors...
29 December 2020
Pearl Capital Partners: Lessons learnt from backing East African agribusiness companies
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Pearl Capital Partners is a fund manager that invests in agribusiness enterprises in East Africa....
16 December 2020
Africa Deal Roundup: 15 deal, fundraising and exit announcements in November
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A selection of African private equity deal, fundraising and exit announcements that came across our...
2 December 2020
Opportunities in Africa’s food industry: Silk Invest CEO shares his perspective
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Through its African Food Fund, specialist investment manager Silk Invest has invested in a Nigerian...
26 November 2020
uLesson, the African learning technology platform, has closed a $7.5 million series A round led...
19 January 2021
By Bowmans The long-awaited relaxation of the rules relating to ’loop structures’ has finally been...
19 January 2021
The European Union (EU) has committed €19.7 million to Climate Investor Two (CI2), the second...
19 January 2021
Egypt’s Opio, a direct-to-consumer everyday women’s wear brand, has raised a $300,000 seed funding round...
18 January 2021
Globeleq, an independent power generation company in Africa, has confirmed it will take a 74%...
18 January 2021
Emerging Energy Corp. (EEC), a private equity firm focused on financing energy companies that pursue...
18 January 2021
Delivery Hero, the world’s leading local delivery platform, announced the launch of DX Ventures, an...
18 January 2021
Here are summaries of the five most widely read stories this week on Africa Private...
16 January 2021
SPE Capital Partners today announced the final close of SPE AIF I, an Africa-focused private...
15 January 2021
Khumovest has announced the launch of the Khumovest Private Equity Fund I, which is a...
15 January 2021
Hichem Omezzine has joined TPG Growth as a partner based in London, according to his...
14 January 2021
Starsight, the leading commercial and industrial (C&I) solar power provider in West Africa, has announced...
14 January 2021
Actis, a private capital investment firm, has successfully exited its stake in C&I Leasing Plc,...
14 January 2021
OZÉ, a Ghana-based fintech startup focused on helping African small businesses grow by digitising their...
14 January 2021
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) is proposing a loan of up to $10 million in...
13 January 2021
By Intercontinental Trust Ltd Read the ITL e-News January 2021 brief for the latest business...
13 January 2021
Docspert Health, a telemedicine startup with offices in the UK and Egypt, closed a six-figure...
13 January 2021
The Facility for Energy Inclusion (FEI) has received a further $24 million subscription by KfW....
13 January 2021
Daystar Power, a provider of hybrid solar power solutions to businesses in West Africa, today...
12 January 2021
Gro Intelligence has raised $85 million in series B funding. The round was co-led by...
12 January 2021
Refinitiv today released the 2020 investment banking analysis for the sub-Saharan African region. According to...
12 January 2021
The Regional MSME Investment Fund for Sub-Saharan Africa (REGMIFA), an impact investment fund advised by...
11 January 2021
U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) chief executive officer Adam Boehler visited Morocco to explore...
11 January 2021
In 2004, private equity firm Pearl Capital Partners set up African Agricultural Capital (AAC) with...
11 January 2021
Here are summaries of the five most widely read stories this week on Africa Private...
9 January 2021
XSML, the fund manager active in Central and East Africa, announced its fourth investment in...
9 January 2021
The Microfinance Enhancement Facility (MEF) has announced €40 million of additional first loss capital provided...
8 January 2021
Nawah Scientific, the Egypt-based healthtech startup, has closed a second pre-series A fundraise of $1...
8 January 2021
The second round of funding for the first Finnish impact fund to invest in emerging...
8 January 2021
Cassbana, the Egypt-based startup that uses AI to run a behaviour-based credit scoring system, has...
7 January 2021
InfraCo Africa, part of the Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG), and Global Logistics Services Inc...
7 January 2021
Arise B.V. has acquired a 34.9% shareholding previously owned by Rabobank in NMB Bank Plc,...
7 January 2021
Access Bridge Ventures (ABV), a newly launched regionally-focused early-stage venture capital fund, has made a...
7 January 2021
Sub-Saharan African fintech investment fund – GreenHouse Capital – has invested in Indicina, an innovative...
6 January 2021
Enygma Ventures has announced it is extending the period for its final 2020 call for...
6 January 2021
Akhdar, an Egypt-based book summary mobile app, has raised a six-figure seed funding round from...
6 January 2021
The IFC has disclosed an equity investment of up to $10 million in Ascent Rift...
6 January 2021
South Africa’s Competition Commission has unconditionally approved the proposed merger whereby Temo Capital 2 intends...
5 January 2021
The Competition Authority of Kenya has approved the proposed acquisition of shares, with veto rights,...
5 January 2021
We are delighted to share another edition of our monthly Dealmaker’s Log, which tracks the...
5 January 2021
The Dutch entrepreneurial development bank, FMO, has approved a €5 million investment in the IDH...
5 January 2021
Dutch development financier FMO has approved a $10 million investment to Ascent Rift Valley Fund II...
4 January 2021
The Africa Finance Corporation, an infrastructure solutions provider in Africa, today announced it has successfully...
4 January 2021
As part of its ongoing effort to foster sustainable investing across the firm, AfricInvest, a...
4 January 2021
Nigeria’s insurance industry is a “screaming opportunity” while demand for good quality schools far exceeds...
4 January 2021
A selection of African private equity deal, fundraising and exit announcements that came across our...
31 December 2020
We look back at Africa-focused private equity investor Helios Investment Partners’ major deals and announcements...
30 December 2020
Inspired Evolution, an Africa-focused investment advisory firm that specialises in clean and renewable energy, led...
29 December 2020
Africa Private Equity News looks at a selection of agribusiness- and food-related private equity deals...
29 December 2020
Verod Capital Management is a Lagos-based private equity fund manager which invests across multiple sectors...
29 December 2020
Société Tunisienne d’Elevage de Poissons (STEP) is a modern aquaculture business based in Bekalta, Tunisia....
28 December 2020
Cleopatra Hospital Group (CHG), one of private equity investor Actis’ current portfolio companies, has entered...
28 December 2020
Egypt-based private equity firm B Investments has entered into an agreement to sell 20% of...
28 December 2020
Here are summaries of the five most widely read stories this week on Africa Private...
26 December 2020
The USAID-funded West Africa Trade & Investment Hub has announced its first co-investment partnership with...
26 December 2020
By Intercontinental Trust Ltd Read the ITL e-News December 2020 brief for the latest business...
24 December 2020
By Berhane Demissie, co-founder and managing partner of Ethiopian private equity firm Cepheus Growth Capital....
24 December 2020
TLG Capital yesterday announced its exit from Branch Nigeria, an investment made through its Credit...
24 December 2020
Solar debt finance company Sunfunder has completed a new $500,000 loan with InspiraFarms, which will...
23 December 2020
FSD Africa Investments (FSDAi), the investment arm of the UK aid-funded financial inclusion organisation FSD...
23 December 2020
Umba, the digital bank for emerging markets, has announced a $2 million seed funding round...
23 December 2020
GOODsoil VC, an Africa-focused early-stage venture capital firm, has invested $940,000 seed capital in Ghanaian...
23 December 2020
A selection of African private equity exits that came across our desk in 2020. AfricInvest, through...
22 December 2020
The USAID-funded West Africa Trade & Investment Hub has announced a co-investment partnership with Koster...
22 December 2020
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has disclosed a $10 million working capital loan for Kioo...
22 December 2020
Dutch development financier FMO has signed a $70 million working capital loan to Agri Commodities and...
22 December 2020
Enygma Ventures announced its final investment of 2020 into PremierCredit, an online microlending platform operating...
21 December 2020
The Société Moderne d’Industrie Plastique et d’Emballage (SOMIPEM), a Tunisian plastics and packaging company, has...
21 December 2020
The Swedish development finance institution, Swedfund, is making an additional investment in African Development Partners...
21 December 2020
The African Development Bank’s board of directors on Monday 14 December 2020 approved $15 million...
21 December 2020
Here are summaries of the five most widely read stories this week on Africa Private...
19 December 2020
Alterra Capital Partners, an Africa-focused private equity firm with offices in Johannesburg and Lagos, has...
18 December 2020
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has approved an equity investment of up to...
18 December 2020
Sanlam Investments has announced that the first round of transactions from one of its three...
18 December 2020
This article is a shortened version of an interview produced and published by the African...
17 December 2020
Pearl Capital Partners is a fund manager that invests in agribusiness enterprises in East Africa....
16 December 2020
STANLIB has announced that it has successfully raised R5.5 billion (about $370.2 million) from a...
16 December 2020
The European Investment Bank (EIB) is considering an equity investment of up to $18 million...
15 December 2020
Ilara Health, a healthtech start-up focused on bringing essential, affordable and life-saving diagnostics to African...
15 December 2020
Ethos Private Equity today announced an agreement with JSE and LSE-listed investment manager Ninety One,...
15 December 2020
By Nina Triantis, Head of Telecoms and Media for Standard Bank Group COVID-19 has impacted...
15 December 2020
Starsight, the commercial and industrial (C&I) solar power provider in West Africa, and Chapel Hill...
14 December 2020
Minet Group and Africa Lighthouse Capital have announced their intention to acquire Aon’s shareholding in...
14 December 2020
Oolu, a solar distributor in West Africa, has closed a $8.5 million series B investment...
14 December 2020
Zeal Rewards, a mobile payments and loyalty startup, announced the completion of an undisclosed round...
14 December 2020
FMO and Cathay AfricInvest Innovation have made an investment in Aerobotics, a South African agritech...
13 December 2020
Here are summaries of the five most widely read stories this week on Africa Private...
12 December 2020
InfraCo Africa, part of the Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG), has announced the completion of...
11 December 2020
By Intercontinental Trust Ltd ITL recently hosted a webinar titled “Mauritius opens doors to Foreign...
11 December 2020
TLG Capital announced today it is exiting its investment in BAJ Stations Uganda, after nearly...
11 December 2020
Helios Investment Partners, the Africa-focused private investment firm, has announced today a partnership with BİM...
10 December 2020
The African startup StarNews, specialised in the field of mobile video, has secured investment from...
10 December 2020
CredPal, a fintech startup that offers consumer credit, has raised $1.5 million in a recent...
10 December 2020
Following shareholder approval at the Fairfax Africa Holdings Corporation special meeting of shareholders on December...
10 December 2020
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has disclosed a proposed investment in AK Life Sciences Limited...
9 December 2020
German development financier DEG has signed a $10 million investment in African Infrastructure Investment Fund...
9 December 2020
Read Standard Bank’s Weekly Market Update 8 December 2020 here (downloads as PDF). Standard Bank...
9 December 2020
SunCulture, a Kenya-based technology company and leader in solar power systems, water pumps, and irrigation...
9 December 2020
Jersey Finance recently commissioned African Business magazine to produce an independent research report on the...
8 December 2020
Secha Capital has announced two investments through its new fund, Secha Capital Impact, which backs...
8 December 2020