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...
18 September 2021
CDC backs African private credit with $60m commitment
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CDC Group, the UK’s development finance institution (DFI) and impact investor, has made a $60...
14 September 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...
11 September 2021
African Infrastructure Investment Managers expands to Asia and Latin America
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Old Mutual Alternative Investments (OMAI), Africa’s largest alternative investment manager, acting through its subsidiary, African...
8 September 2021
African PE transactions | Dealmaker’s Log: August 2021
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From banking in Ghana to macadamia production in Malawi, August 2021 saw a solid number...
3 September 2021
Yield Uganda Investment Fund backs organic farming company
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Yield Uganda Investment Fund and FCA Investments (FCAI) have announced a €1.3 million investment in...
1 September 2021
Amethis completes first close of its MENA Fund II
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Private equity firm Amethis has announced the first close of its Amethis MENA Fund II...
31 August 2021
Swiss LP invests $10m in Metier fund
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The Swiss Investment Fund for Emerging Markets (SIFEM) has invested $10 million in Metier Sustainable...
30 August 2021
Here are summaries of the five most widely read stories this week on Africa Private...
18 September 2021
Dopay, the B2B2C payments platform serving unbanked workers in emerging markets, has closed a $18...
17 September 2021
54gene, the health technology company advancing African genomics research for improved global health outcomes, has...
17 September 2021
The U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) announced Lauren Cochran has been appointed as Vice...
16 September 2021
South African healthtech company Aviro Health announced the successful closing of a pre-series A funding...
16 September 2021
Africa Capitalworks (ACW), a sub-Saharan Africa-focused private equity company, has announced a significant equity investment...
16 September 2021
SAVCA Private Equity Industry Survey highlights the need for more African investment and increased exit...
16 September 2021
By Intercontinental Trust Ltd Read the ITL e-News September 2021 brief for the latest business...
15 September 2021
ARM-Harith Infrastructure Investments Limited, a Mauritius-regulated infrastructure fund manager and parent company of ARM-Harith Infrastructure...
15 September 2021
Releaf, an agtech start-up that develops proprietary hardware and software solutions that make African farmers...
15 September 2021
SunFunder, which provides debt financing for solar enterprises working in emerging and frontier markets, announced...
15 September 2021
Africa Private Equity News’ new Chat Feature allows you to directly message other members in...
14 September 2021
Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) has created an independent asset management arm, AFC Capital Partners, with...
14 September 2021
CDC Group, the UK’s development finance institution (DFI) and impact investor, has made a $60...
14 September 2021
Capiter, a Cairo-based B2B e-commerce startup that brings together manufacturers, brands, wholesalers and retailers on...
14 September 2021
Read Standard Bank’s Monthly Market Update August 2021 here (downloads as PDF). Standard Bank Group...
14 September 2021
Listed Moroccan real estate company Aradei Capital has acquired a 51% stake in Akdital Immo,...
13 September 2021
InfraCredit, a ‘AAA’ rated specialised infrastructure credit guarantee institution, has announced an equity investment of...
13 September 2021
Ergo Media Ventures and Film Clinic announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement...
13 September 2021
Here are summaries of the five most widely read stories this week on Africa Private...
11 September 2021
Prospa, a Nigerian startup offering software and financial services to entrepreneurs and micro-businesses, closed a...
10 September 2021
Proparco, via FISEA +, the AFD Group facility advised by Proparco and part of the...
10 September 2021
Actis, a global sustainable infrastructure investor, has appointed Charles Daulon du Laurens as head of...
10 September 2021
Lurra Capital AG, a Swiss-based private capital investment firm, has launched The Fynbos, a development...
10 September 2021
Swedish-based impact investment platform Trine announced its new partnership with Solarise Africa, a pan-African energy...
9 September 2021
Private equity firm Amethis has acquired a minority stake in Avacare, a distributor and manufacturer...
9 September 2021
MNT-Halan, Egypt’s leading fintech ecosystem, announced today an investment of about $120 million by major...
8 September 2021
A global digital platform that addresses the unsolved payment needs of communities, through innovation and...
8 September 2021
Old Mutual Alternative Investments (OMAI), Africa’s largest alternative investment manager, acting through its subsidiary, African...
8 September 2021
Wave, a mobile money provider in Senegal and Côte d’Ivoire, announced a series A investment...
8 September 2021
By Bryan Turner, Partner, SPEAR Capital Despite the limitations of a global pandemic and its...
7 September 2021
By Claire Tucker, Head of Public Law and Regulatory, South Africa, Bowmans Our previous newsflashes...
7 September 2021
Are you seeking private equity or venture capital investment to grow your company? Africa Private...
7 September 2021
Pezesha, a pan-African fintech company building scalable lending infrastructure for SMEs and institutions, announced the...
7 September 2021
Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (ETI), the Lomé based parent company of the Ecobank Group, has announced...
7 September 2021
Autochek, the automotive technology company facilitating auto financing across Africa and Ringier One Africa Media...
6 September 2021
SPE Capital has announced the promotion to partner of Ahmed El Oraby. Ahmed joined in...
6 September 2021
LoftyInc Capital Management (LCM), an early-stage African-focused technology fund, has achieved the first close of...
6 September 2021
Here are summaries of the five most widely read stories this week on Africa Private...
4 September 2021
From banking in Ghana to macadamia production in Malawi, August 2021 saw a solid number...
3 September 2021
Agricorp International, a Nigerian based spices producing, processing, and exporting company has raised $17.5 million...
3 September 2021
The Sanlam Investments Sustainable Infrastructure Fund has launched with commitments of R500 million (about $35...
2 September 2021
A first-of-its-kind relief fund has been launched with a first close of $68 million and...
2 September 2021
Amethis has sold its 22% stake in Sodigaz APC, the leading gas bottle (LPG) distributor...
1 September 2021
The Abadali Equity Equivalent Investment Programme (EEIP) – a joint initiative by South Africa’s Department...
1 September 2021
Yield Uganda Investment Fund and FCA Investments (FCAI) have announced a €1.3 million investment in...
1 September 2021
German development financier DEG has invested $8 million in Africa Mobile Networks (AMN) to support...
31 August 2021
By Intercontinental Trust Ltd Over nearly the past 2 years, amidst travelling restrictions that were...
31 August 2021
Swvl, a Dubai-based provider of transformative mass transit and shared mobility solutions in Egypt and...
31 August 2021
Private equity firm Amethis has announced the first close of its Amethis MENA Fund II...
31 August 2021
East Africa Private Equity & Venture Capital Association (EAVCA)’s Esther Ndeti will at the end...
30 August 2021
Fortis Green Renewables Investment Management, an investment firm providing capital to small-scale renewable energy assets...
30 August 2021
The Swiss Investment Fund for Emerging Markets (SIFEM) has invested $10 million in Metier Sustainable...
30 August 2021
African investment company Arise has sold its shareholding in Banque Populaire du Rwanda Plc (BPR)...
30 August 2021
Here are summaries of the five most widely read stories this week on Africa Private...
28 August 2021
Newly launched impact venture capital firm Beyond Capital Ventures has announced its first investment: Viebeg...
27 August 2021
African payments company pawaPay, has secured $9 million in seed funding. The round was co-led...
27 August 2021
Zepz, formerly WorldRemit, a digital cross-border payments platform operating two brands (WorldRemit and Sendwave, acquired...
26 August 2021
Africa Search Capital (ASC) announced the acquisition of a majority stake in Falcon Security Hub,...
26 August 2021
Mobility 54, the corporate venture capital subsidiary of Toyota Tsusho Corporation and CFAO, has participated...
26 August 2021
Old Mutual Limited has announced that it is expanding its investments in innovation through a...
26 August 2021
OPay, one of the largest payment services in Africa, has raised $400 million in a...
25 August 2021
MaxAB, the largest Egyptian B2B e-commerce platform that serves food and grocery retailers, has acquired...
25 August 2021
Many African utilities are failing to meet the energy needs of citizens, calling into question...
24 August 2021
Egypt-based on-demand auto-repairs startup Odiggo has successfully raised $2.2 million in its latest funding round...
24 August 2021
Gridworks, the UK’s developer and investor in African electricity networks, and New GX, the South...
24 August 2021
The African Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (AVCA) recently released its second Venture Capital...
23 August 2021
BlueOrchard Finance Ltd, an impact investment manager and member of the Schroders Group, has announced...
23 August 2021
LeapFrog Investments has acquired a 16.94% stake in Ghana’s largest privately-owned bank, Fidelity Bank Ghana...
23 August 2021
UK Climate Investments has fulfilled its cornerstone commitment of R500 million (about $32.7 million) to...
23 August 2021
Here are summaries of the five most widely read stories this week on Africa Private...
21 August 2021
South African venture capital firm Imvelo Ventures, founded by Capitec Bank and Empowerment Capital Investment...
20 August 2021
Alerzo, a business-to-business technology and services platform focused on Nigeria’s informal retail sector, announced $10.5...
20 August 2021
Grand Parade Investments has advised shareholders that it has reached agreement with South Africa’s Competition...
20 August 2021
Oasis Capital Ghana, manager of the Oasis Africa VC Fund (OAF), has announced a dual...
20 August 2021
Finnfund has provided a $12 million senior loan to Bandwidth and Cloud Services Group (BCS),...
19 August 2021
On 21 May 2021, Seba Foods Zambia Limited (260 Brands) made the first withdrawal of...
19 August 2021
The african|markets team is proud to announce the launch of the public version of the...
19 August 2021
African financial data platform Pngme has raised a further $15 million in series A funding...
18 August 2021
MCB Equity Fund, the private equity arm of MCB Group, the largest banking group in...
17 August 2021
When the pan-African fund manager Emerging Capital Partners (ECP) became a shareholder in the Eranove...
17 August 2021
The African Development Bank has reached financial close on financing agreements for a $20 million...
16 August 2021
This article is a shortened version of an interview produced and published by the African...
16 August 2021
Nigerian fintech company Chaka has closed a $1.5 million pre-seed funding round led by Breyer...
16 August 2021
RMB Corvest has made an investment in South African education company Inscape. Established in 1981,...
16 August 2021
Digitisation is driving the convergence of industries across the globe resulting in traditional financial services...
14 August 2021
Here are summaries of the five most widely read stories this week on Africa Private...
14 August 2021
Allegis Capital, a prominent Silicon Valley VC, and New Frontier Capital Management International (NFCM), an...
13 August 2021
Private equity firm Amethis has recruited Nicolas Manardo as a partner in order to launch...
12 August 2021
Cairo-based credit card management platform and fintech startup CreditFins has signed an undisclosed amount in...
12 August 2021
Revego Africa Energy Limited, South Africa’s only yieldco geared towards the renewable energy sector through...
11 August 2021
The IFC is considering an equity investment of $5 million in Brimore, an assisted e-commerce...
11 August 2021
I-G3N, a company which develops lithium-ion batteries specifically for the African continent, has successfully raised...
11 August 2021
Africa Merchant Capital (AMC) Advisory advised the management team at Gala Agriculture Company, a macadamia...
11 August 2021
Moove, an African mobility fintech, has raised $23 million in Series A funding. The round...
10 August 2021
Wapi Pay, a fintech company based in Singapore and headquartered in Kenya, has raised $2.2...
10 August 2021
The Yield Uganda Investment Fund, which is managed by Pearl Capital Partners, has announced an...
9 August 2021
Here are summaries of the five most widely read stories this week on Africa Private...
7 August 2021
Qatar Holding LLC, an affiliate of the Qatar Investment Authority (QIA), has agreed to a...
6 August 2021
Enygma Ventures has announced a R4 million (about $277,700) investment into Feelgood Health, a natural...
6 August 2021