Archive - Africa Private Equity News

The 5 most popular stories on Africa Private Equity News the past week

Here are summaries of the five most widely read stories from the past week on Africa Private Equity News.

Jul 18

Acumen agriculture fund secures $90m

The Acumen Resilient Agriculture Fund invests in food and agribusiness ventures that help smallholder farmers adapt to climate change.

Jul 17

FCMB and TLG close Series II private debt offer

The capital raised will be deployed as corporate debt into private credit opportunities in Nigeria.

Jul 17

From glass to banking: Five West African private capital deals

A selection of West African private capital transactions, as featured in our Dealmaker’s Log.

Jul 16

Meridiam and Roha increase backing for data centre platform Raxio

Raxio operates data centre facilities in six African markets and plans to expand into Tanzania.

Jul 16

South Africa’s Public Investment Corporation appoints acting CEO

Damoyi succeeds Patrick Dlamini on an acting basis following his precautionary suspension.

Jul 16

PwC Deals supports Infra Impact Investment Managers on its investment in Cape Town Biogas (CTB)

PwC supported Infra Impact with financial due diligence, tax due diligence and indicative valuation services.

Jul 15

GVCA Annual Conference: The case for more local currency funds

Brian Frimpong on how local capital can finance local opportunities while reducing dependence on foreign currency funding.

Jul 15

Standard Bank provides first $29m Social Documentary Credit Facility to Helios Towers

The facility will support the procurement and importation of telecommunications infrastructure and related services across Africa.

Jul 15

Knife Capital invests in AI customer service platform Cue

Cue provides customer service software for more than 500 companies across the UK and South Africa.

Jul 15

South Africa's Creation Capital launches listed private credit vehicle

The fund combines privately originated debt investments with a listed note structure.

Jul 15

South Africa: Competition Commission backs Harith’s acquisition of FlySafair

Harith entered into an agreement to acquire FlySafair earlier this year.

Jul 14

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