Sanari Capital, backed by 27four, has invested R25m in LightWare LiDAR, a South African company supplying world-class microLiDAR sensor technology to global companies.
Clean Energy Ventures and Breakthrough Energy Ventures, alongside Goodwell Investments, in partnership with Alitheia Capital, Total Energy Ventures, and other notable investors, have invested $12m in a Series A round in SparkMeter, a provider of grid management services, equipment, and software solutions.
Verod Capital Management has acquired 100% of AXA Mansard Pensions, a licensed pension fund administrator that offers retirement savings accounts and pension fund administration services to both private and public sector employees in Nigeria.
8 Miles, a Pan-African private equity firm, has agreed to sell its entire 42% holding in Orient Bank, a mid-tier commercial bank in Uganda, to I&M Holdings.
LionPride, a South African venture capital fund manager, has launched a joint venture (JV) with ETS PLATFORM to bring a preventative care telemedicine platform to Africa.
Apis Growth Fund I’s (AGFI) investee company DPO Group (DPO), a high-growth online commerce platform in Africa, has entered into an agreement to be acquired by Network International (NI), a provider of digital commerce across the Middle East and Africa.
InfraCo Africa, part of the Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG), has signed an agreement with Joule Africa to provide $6m of funding to the 143MW Bumbuna Hydro II initiative in Sierra Leone.
Vantage Capital, Africa’s largest mezzanine fund manager, has provided R82m of mezzanine funding for the development of Kayalane Heights, a first-of-its-kind affordable housing development located in Lebowakgomo, Limpopo.
Vital Capital, an impact investment private equity fund focused on companies in Sub-Saharan Africa, has joined forces with the US Government’s Kenya Investment Mechanism (KIM), to provide financing to Kenyan businesses affected by COVID-19.
FirstRand’s Vumela Fund, managed by SME Venture Fund Manager Edge Growth, has invested $1m in an animation, gaming and AR/VR company Sea Monster.
Futuregrowth via its Development Equity Fund has invested in SweepSouth, a disruptive online platform for booking, managing and paying for home cleaning, and now a variety of other services.
Novastar Ventures, AXA Investment Managers (through the AXA Impact Fund: Climate & Biodiversity), FMO and Mirova’s Land Degradation Neutrality Fund, have invested $28m in a Series B round in Kenya-based tech-enabled sustainable forestry company Komaza.
Fairfax Africa, an investment holding company traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange, has entered into a definitive agreement with Helios for the combination of their complementary businesses on one unified platform.
LeapFrog Strategic Africa Investments (LSAI) has agreed to acquire a 24% stake in ICEA LION Insurance Holdings (ICEA LION Holdings).
