DPI Invests in Alameda Healthcare
Development Partners International (DPI) has completed a $190m investment in Alameda Healthcare, Egypt’s private healthcare group.
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HAVAÍC’s African Innovation Fund 3 Achieves Third Close
Cape Town-headquartered venture capital (VC) firm HAVAÍC has announced the third close of its $50m African Innovation Fund 3, securing over $30m in commitments following the entry of South African impact investor E Squared Investments.
Phatisa Food Fund 3 Reaches $86m First Close, Signs First investment
Phatisa Food Fund 3 (PFF 3) has reached an $86m first close, with commitments from a group of leading development finance institutions and impact investors – British International Investment (BII), FinDev Canada, Norfund, Swedfund, the IFC and Phatisa.
Stears and Ventures Platform Launch Stears-VP Liquidity Index
Stears, Africa’s financial data provider, and Ventures Platform, a seed-stage venture capital firm in Africa, have launched the Stears-VP Liquidity Index (SVL Index), a first-of-its-kind index designed to unlock the next phase of capital flow into Africa by creating trusted, standardised data infrastructure across African private markets.
ISI Launches REDD Sovereigns
ISI Markets, a global market intelligence provider, has launched REDD for Sovereign Debt.
17 Feb
News > Funds > Markets and Industry News
Franklin Templeton and Binance Partner on Institutional Collateral Program
Franklin Templeton, a global investment manager and Binance, a cryptocurrency exchange, have announced a new institutional off-exchange collateral program, making digital markets more secure and capital-efficient.
16 Feb
News > Private Equity > PE Industry News
African Startups Raise $3.9bn in 2025 as Venture Market Steadies
African startups raised $3.9bn across 506 deals in 2025, signalling a steadying pulse for the continent’s venture ecosystem after two years of global market adjustment, according to AVCA’s newly released 2025 Venture Capital Activity in Africa report.
11 Feb
News > Private Equity > Exits
Vantage Capital Exits Investment in Seaton Estates
Vantage Capital, Africa’s largest mezzanine debt fund manager, has fully exited its investment in Seaton Estates, a residential coastal development located on the North Coast of Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa.
11 Feb
News > Private Equity > Deals
Harith to Acquire FlySafair
Harith and its affiliates have entered into a Sale and Purchase Agreement to acquire FlySafair, the airline confirmed today, in a transaction subject to the required regulatory approvals.
9 Feb
News > Private Equity > Deals
HAVAÍC Invests in Talk360
HAVAÍC, a South African venture capital firm, has led a $1.4m secondary investment in a global calling app Talk360.
9 Feb
News > Asset Servicing
Multifonds Partners With Ultumus
Multifonds, a global provider of fund administration software and SaaS solutions and Ultumus, a SIX Group company specialising in ETF infrastructure technology, have announced a strategic partnership designed to enable fund providers to rapidly expand into the fast-growing ETF market.
4 Feb
News > Asset Servicing
FactSet Launches AI Solution
FactSet, a global financial digital platform and enterprise solutions provider, has announced the beta release of AI Doc Ingest for Cobalt, a powerful AI-powered solution designed to revolutionize portfolio company data collection for private capital managers.
2 Feb
News > Private Equity > Deals
PIDG Exits InfraCredit Nigeria
The Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG), through its project development solution, InfraCo has exited its preference share investment in InfraCredit Nigeria for $26m, achieving a strong return despite challenging macroeconomic conditions.
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