CDC, the UK’s development finance institutions, has recently allocated $20m to EuroMena III, a 9-year closed-end generalist private equity fund, and another $20m to Atlantic Coast Regional Fund II (ACRF II), a growth equity fund, managed by Dakar-based Advanced Finance and Investment Group (AFIG Funds).
Proparco, the private sector arm of the French Development Agency, has invested €1m to support the development of Afrimarket, a cash-to-goods money transfer company.
The MasterCard Foundation has committed $5.2m to Root Capital over five years to support early-stage agricultural businesses that generate transformational impact in rural communities in Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, and Senegal.
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, has announced a $200m investment package for Compagnie des Bauxites de Guinée (CBG), a bauxite mining company in Guinea.
East Africa’s insurance and financial services group, Jubilee Holdings has announced an additional Ksh5.5bn investment in Uganda’s 250-megawatt Bujagali Hydropower Project.
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, has signed a $667m financing package to increase the container capacity of Ghana’s main seaport, a deal that is expected to trigger increased trade flows and improved transport links across West Africa.
The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has approved a 7-year, non-sovereign guarantee, $100m corporate loan to the Export Trading Group (ETG), to finance part of part of the company’s five-year Agricultural Investment Program (IP) in Africa.
The African Development Bank (AfDB) and Japan have announced a $3bn private sector development initiative to boost growth and reduce poverty in Africa.
DOB Equity, a Dutch family office, has acquired a minority stake in Twiga Foods, a mobile-based supply platform for retail outlets, kiosks and market stalls in Kenya.
Hamilton Lane Advisors, a global private markets asset management firm, takes a global, opportunistic approach to investing, which may include Africa-focused private equity funds, AGF has learned.
CDC, the UK's development finance institution, has agreed to invest $65m in Zambeef Products, one of the largest integrated agri-businesses in Zambia, to refinance company's debt and to settle the RCL Foods put options.
Norfund, FMO and Rabobank have partnered to launch Arise, an investment platform that will take and manage minority stakes in African financial service providers (FSPs), starting from January 1, 2017.
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a $9m equity investment (approximately 12% of the fund’s capitalisation) in the Fund for Agricultural Finance in Nigeria (FAFIN) to provide expansion capital to agricultural small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
DEG, the German investment and development corporation, has increased its stake in ZEP-RE, an East-African reinsurance company, to 14.93% after investing an additional $14.63m.
