5 Feb
News > Private Equity > Deals
Old Mutual Alternative Investments (OMAI), through its Hybrid Equity capability, a specialist in innovative financial solutions, has announced a R125m preference share facility to Afropulse Group, a wholly black women-owned investment holding company.
29 Jan
News > Private Equity > Exits
Carlyle has agreed to sell Amecor, a South African designer, manufacturer and distributor of security communication equipment, to ASSA ABLOY Group.
18 Jan
News > Private Equity > Deals
General Atlantic has agreed to acquire Actis, creating a diversified, global investment platform with approximately $96bn in combined assets under management.
18 Jan
News > Private Equity > Deals
The African Guarantee Fund (AGF) has signed a landmark partnership agreement with Vista Group Holding to accelerate access to finance for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) including women-led businesses in four West African countries: Burkina Faso, The Gambia, Guinea, and Sierra Leone.
17 Jan
News > Private Equity > Deals
Convergence Partners Digital Infrastructure Fund (CPDIF) has entered into a definitive agreement with Alviva Holdings to acquire 100% of Datacentrix Group.
16 Jan
News > Private Equity > Fundraising
Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG) company, the Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund (EAIF), has successfully raised $294m of additional debt facilities, achieving over half of the Fund's target to raise $500m by 2025.
16 Jan
News > Private Equity > Exits
Gulf Capital has successfully completed the sale of 100% of AmCan, an exclusive distributor of many of the top global sports nutrition brands across the MENA region, to a leading regional FMCG distributor operating across the Middle East and Africa.
15 Jan
News > Private Equity > Deals
Amethis, a member of the Edmond de Rothschild Private Equity Partnership, through its European strategy aimed at supporting SMEs in their internationalization, has taken a majority stake in Capital Banking Solutions (CBS) alongside Samer Hanna (President & CEO), Michel Tueni (COO) and Aziz Akl (CFO), as well as several key executives of the company who are reinvesting all their proceeds.
11 Jan
News > Private Equity > Fundraising
Africa50 Group, a pan-African infrastructure investment platform, has announced the successful first close of the Africa50 Infrastructure Acceleration Fund (Africa50 – IAF), securing $222.5m in commitments.
2 Jan
News > Private Equity > Deals
The Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund (EAIF), a Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG) company, has committed a $30m senior secured loan facility to AXIAN Energy, as part of the company's expansion plan to deliver more than 460 Megawatt (MW) of utility-scale renewable energy generation capacity across Africa over the next decade.
2 Jan
News > Private Equity > Deals
The Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund (EAIF), a Private Infrastructure Development Group Company (PIDG), has committed to de facto underwrite $50m of Zambia’s first US$53.5m green bond, to finance key solar infrastructure and support diversification of the country’s energy sector.
12 Dec
News > Private Equity > Deals
TLG Capital (TLG) has announced a debt facility of up to $5m in Flow 48, anearly-stage FinTech company at the forefront of redefining Alternative Finance in Africa.
29 Nov
News > Private Equity > Deals
BluePeak Private Capital (BluePeak), an alternative asset management firm supporting the growth of scalable businesses in Africa, has announced its first ESG-linked investment, a $20 million hybrid loan to a leading integrated East & Central African logistics group, Prime Logistics (Prime).
28 Nov
News > Private Equity > Deals
Development Partners International (DPI), a premier investment firm focused on Africa, and Verod Capital (Verod), one of the continent’s leading investment management firms, have co-invested in Pan African Towers (PAT), a digital infrastructure company based in Nigeria.