Injaro Agricultural Capital Holdings, a $50m impact investment fund managed by Injaro Investments, has made an investment in Agricare, a Ghanaian-owned animal feed producer based in Kumasi.
Steadfast partnerships in African private equity often define the difference between success and failure, according to Ethos Private Equity.
Fanisi Capital has acquired a significant minority stake in Kijenge, a Tanzanian agro-processing company, for $6m.
IFC InfraVentures, an infrastructure project development fund, and Scatec Solar, an integrated independent power producer, will develop the $55m Scatec Segou solar power project in Mali with a local developer, Africa Power 1.
Private equity in South Africa remains an attractive asset class for pension funds and other institutional investors, Erika van der Merwe, CEO of the Southern African Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (SAVCA), has said.
The IFC Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Fund has raised $125m from IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development, the Arab Investment Company and the Arab Petroleum Investment Corporation.
The Public Investment Corporation (PIC) has funded the acquisition of AFGRI Poultry and AFGRI’s Kinross Animal Feeds Mill by AFPO Consortium, a South African black economic empowerment consortium led by Matome Maponya Investments.
The Abraaj Group has acquired a majority stake in Mouka, a mattress manufacturer in Nigeria, from previous shareholders, Actis and the founding family, with the latter retaining a minority stake in the company.
Helios Investment Partners and the Vitol Group have reached an agreement to acquire 60% of the economic rights and 51% of the voting rights in the West African downstream business of Oando, an integrated oil and gas company headquartered in Nigeria, for around $276m.
The Abraaj Group has sold its 13.6% stake in UAP Holdings, a pan-African insurance holding company, to Old Mutual, a London-listed international investment, savings, insurance and banking group.
The Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund (EAIF), GuarantCo and Frontier Africa Investment Resource (FAIR), all vehicles being subsidiaries of the Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG), have issued an invitation to tender for their management contracts.
Kibo Capital Partners, a manager of regional private equity funds, has fully exited its 40% stake in Uganda-based International Medical Group (IMG) to a consortium consisting of the Ciel Group, an investment conglomerate in Mauritius with growing activities East Africa, and Fortis, a healthcare operator from India.
American Capital Energy & Infrastructure (ACEI) has revealed its plans to invest in Senegal's first industrial-scale wind power project and the largest wind farm planned in West Africa.
Private equity firm KKR has been charged by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for misallocating more than $17m in so-called “broken deal” expenses to its flagship private equity funds in breach of its fiduciary duty.
