The 5 most popular stories on Africa Private Equity News the past week
Here are summaries of the five most widely read stories the past week on Africa Private Equity News.
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Here are summaries of the five most widely read stories the past week on Africa Private Equity News.
1. Inspired Evolution commits $20m to East African warehousing business
Evolution III Fund, managed by Inspired Evolution, has committed $20 million to Cold Solutions East Africa Holdings (CSEAHL), a temperature-controlled warehousing and logistics platform.
CSEAHL is an investment vehicle owned by the ARCH Cold Chain Solutions East Africa Fund, which is managed by ARCH Emerging Markets Partners. African Rainbow Capital, through its subsidiary ARC Guernsey, is the controlling shareholder of ARCH Emerging Markets Partners. Read the full article
2. IFC proposes investment in early-stage climate-tech fund
The International Finance Corporation has disclosed a proposed equity investment of up to $6 million in Catalyst Fund, a venture capital vehicle targeting $40 million.
The fund will make pre-seed and seed-stage investments in climate-tech companies across Africa. Read the full article
3. African trade finance platform raises $1.8m
REasy, a pan-African trade finance platform, has raised $1.8 million in a pre-seed round. The funding follows a regulatory milestone in which the company co-developed with the Bank of Central African States the first foreign exchange mechanism tailored to small and mid-sized importers in Central Africa.
The round was backed by Ingressive Capital, Launch Africa, 54 Collective, Digital Africa, and Techmind alongside prominent fintech angels including Christophe Chausson (Chausson Partners), Mathias Léopoldie (Julaya), Marième Diop (Dakar Network Angels), and Joël Nana Kontchou (Makoe Ventures). Read the full article
4. South Africa: Sanari Capital-backed education group expands to Gauteng
EduLife, a South African private schools group backed by private equity firm Sanari Capital, has gained a foothold in Gauteng Province through the acquisition of Arrow Academy.
Arrow Academy, located in Centurion near Pretoria, has 400 learners, bringing EduLife’s total enrolment to over 4,000. The group plans to expand the school to include a high school. Read the full article
5. Johannesburg Stock Exchange announces new CEO
Valdene Reddy has been appointed chief executive of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE), effective 1 April 2026.
Reddy, currently the JSE’s director of capital markets, will succeed Leila Fourie, who steps down on 31 March 2026. Read the full article
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