14 May
News > Private Equity > Deals
Moringa, a private equity impact investment fund specialized in agroforestry projects in Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America, has invested in Jus Délice, a Togolese company developing a juice processing factory supplied by a large network of organic producers who cultivate their fields according to organic practices.
4 May
News > Private Equity > Deals
AfricInvest and Amethis have announced a minority equity investment in CFG Bank, a pioneering investment bank which is now extending its activities to become a universal bank.
3 May
News > Private Equity > Deals
Partech’s recently launched Africa Fund has led a $3m Series A round in TradeDepot, the SaaS platform for FMCG distribution in Africa.
3 May
News > Private Equity > Deals
Orange Digital Ventures Africa, the Orange investment fund’s new initiative for Africa, has announced its first investment, helping Africa’s Talking to raise $8.6m, alongside the IFC World Bank and Social Capital.
2 May
News > Private Equity > Deals
Uqalo, a South-African private equity fund, has bought Sh404m($4m) worth of shares in Kenyan fast food chain Big Square for an undisclosed stake.
2 May
News > Private Equity > Deals
The Yield Uganda Investment Fund, managed by Pearl Capital Partners (PCP), has made its maiden investment in Uganda, committing Ushs 1.6bn ($4.31m) to Sesaco, a soy processing company.
29 Apr
News > Private Equity > Deals
Five major banks and funds across three continents have financed the global for-profit social enterprise d.light’s next phase of growth to empower millions more off-grid families.
29 Apr
News > Private Equity > PE Industry News
Exits to private equity and other financial buyers continued to increase in 2017, to 37%, and now represent the most common exit route, as evidenced by the sixth annual PE exit study, presented by EY and the African Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (AVCA).
27 Apr
News > Private Equity > Deals
Knife Capital has invested in Cape Town-based machine learning startup DataProphet, which develops and implements product development solutions to a wide range of industries.
27 Apr
News > Private Equity > Deals
Vantage Capital has provided $8m of funding to Rosslyn Riviera Shopping Mall, a convenient neighbourhood shopping mall in the upmarket suburb of Rosslyn/Runda in Nairobi that officially opened for trading in 2017.
25 Apr
News > Private Equity > PE Industry News
Quantum Global has been subjected to a barrage of baseless and damaging allegations in the press in Mauritius while it prepares to contest actions taken by the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) in the Mauritius Court.
21 Apr
News > Private Equity > Deals
DOB Equity, a Dutch family-backed impact investor, has recently completed its first investment in Rwanda, by acquiring an equity stake in Sarura Commodities, a grain trading company.
20 Apr
News > Private Equity > Deals
Edge Growth’s Vumela Fund with participation from Omidyar Network, the Brozin family’s Forever Young Capital and Catapult Trust, have invested in Giraffe, a South African automated high-volume recruitment start-up.
18 Apr
News > Private Equity > Deals
LUN Partners Group, a China-based global investment management group, alongside Goodwell Investments and several angel investors have invested $4.5m in MFS Africa, a Pan-African fintech company, in a Series B funding round.
