7 Jul
News > Private Equity > Deals
Development Partners International (DPI), through funds it advises, and co-investors, have signed a binding agreement for a $190m minority stake investment in Alameda Healthcare, Egypt’s private healthcare group.
4 Jul
News > Private Equity > Exits
Carlyle has agreed to sell Safety SA, a South African testing, inspection, certification and training (TICT) business, to Centre Testing International Group Co. (CTI).
2 Jul
News > Private Equity > Deals
Lagata, a specialist in forestry investment, has led a new funding round into Miro, the sustainable forestry and plywood manufacturing company which employs over 4,000 people in Sierre Leone and Ghana
26 Jun
News > Private Equity > Exits
Oasis Capital, an SME growth investor in West Africa, has exited its investment in Mansa Bank Côte d’Ivoire, a fast-growing bank in Côte d’Ivoire.
20 Jun
News > Private Equity > Deals
AfricInvest, through its Cathay AfricInvest Innovation Fund (CAIF), has led a R200m funding round for Nile.ag, an agricultural technology platform, with a co-investment from FMO, the Dutch entrepreneurial development bank, as well as renewed support from existing investor, Platform Investment Partners.
20 Jun
News > Private Equity > Deals
Nedbank CIB and Investec Investment Banking have provided a strategic funding package comprising equity and structured debt to Master Plastics, a dynamic Group of predominantly food and agricultural-focused businesses.
9 Jun
News > Private Equity > Deals
Vital Capital, a high-performing impact investor focused on addressing critical needs in growth markets, has made a strategic investment in Vastpoint to help scale its efforts in transforming land use, ownership and management in some of the world’s most vulnerable regions.
9 Jun
News > Private Equity > Deals
A consortium of investors, including RDF Ghana, Sahel Capital, and ABSA Bank, have invested over $1m in Mariseth Farms, a women-owned agribusiness in Ghana.
5 Jun
News > Private Equity > Fundraising
Mediterrania Capital Partners, a Private Equity firm focused on growth investments for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and mid-cap companies across North and Sub-Saharan Africa, has announced the final close of its fourth fund, Mediterrania Capital IV Mid Cap (MC IV), at €600m.
27 May
News > Private Equity > Deals
Nedbank Corporate and Investment Banking (Nedbank CIB), an African banking partner to corporates and institutions across the continent, has extended its sustainable finance offering to Senegal with the closure of a €19.4m sustainability-linked development and term loan for Kasada, an independent real estate private equity platform dedicated to the hospitality sector in Africa.
22 May
News > Private Equity > Fundraising
Incofin Investment Management, a global impact asset manager, has announced the final close of the Water Access Acceleration Fund (W2AF) at approximately €61m in committed capital, exceeding its original target of €50m.
20 May
News > Private Equity > Fundraising
The Emerging Africa & Asia Infrastructure Fund (EAAIF), a Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG) company managed by Ninety One, has successfully raised $325m in new debt facilities, bringing recent commitments to $620m and exceeding the Fund's $500m target ahead of schedule.
7 May
News > Private Equity > PE Industry News
The majority of Limited Partners (LPs) (71%) cite a weak exit climate and unpredictable exit windows as the biggest challenges to investing in Africa, according to the latest Deals to Dollars: Navigating Successful Private Equity Exits in Africa publication by Boston Consulting Group (BCG).
5 May
News > Private Equity > Fundraising
IFC and TLG Capital have announced the first close of a new private credit fund, TLG Africa Growth Impact Fund II (AGIF II), with $75m raised.