Novastar has led a Series A financing round in iProcure, the largest agricultural supply chain platform in rural Africa, connecting smallholder farmers with the high quality agricultural inputs.
Kalon Venture Partners, formerly Grotech, and Smollan Group SA have acquired a minority stake in South Africa’s fastest growing shopping community, SnapnSave.
Enko Capital Managers has completed an investment to provide expansion capital to AMI Logistics, a Dubai-headquartered logistics business, with significant operations in East and Southern Africa.
The Pan African Infrastructure Development Fund 2 (PAIDF2) managed by Harith General Partners has invested in Sheltam Mauritius through a share subscription for 30% of the total equity in Sheltam for an undisclosed sum.
The PRI has launched guidance on the incorporation of ESG provisions in private equity fund terms, the result of a year-long consultation with PRI signatories, expert counsel and industry associations.
Grotech, a Section 12J Venture Capital company in South Africa, has rebranded as Kalon Venture Partners.
Mesa Fund 1, a global opportunity fund that is managed by Milost Global, has partnered with TC’s Energy Limited on a Ghanaian energy project.
Vakayi Capital, a venture capital firm that is the country’s only small and medium enterprise (SME) focused impact investor, alongside Capria Ventures and Lendahand has committed to invest about $375,000 to Homelux Property Development.
Milost Global, an American private equity firm headquartered in New York, has announced the formation of a subsidiary company in Africa, Milost Bank Africa Limited (MBAL).
Greycroft Partners and Green Visor Capital with participation from Y Combinator and Glynn Capital, have invested over $10m in Flutterwave in a Series A round of funding.
TA Associates, one of the largest and most experienced global growth private equity firms, has backed Inspired, a leading group of premium schools in Europe, Africa, Latin America and Australia.
Chinese ride-hailing company DiDi Chuxing is investing an undisclosed amount in Estonian online taxi firm Taxify to help it expand in Europe and Africa, where it has gained share in some cities against US player Uber.
Wamda Capital - led investment consortium has invested $10.4m in Twiga Foods, a mobile-based food supply system for Kenya's urban retailers.
Convergence Partners Investments, an investment firm focused on the TMT sector in Africa, has exited its investment in specialist IT services and solutions company, Dimension Data Middle East & Africa (DiData), for an undisclosed sum. Convergence Partners Investments first invested in DiData in 2004 as part of the original DiData B-BBEE transaction and remained invested until June 2017. The contractual investment term ended in September 2016 and Convergence Partners and DiData negotiated a consensual exit to the investment. "Convergence Partners has now fully exited its shareholding in DiData and Andile Ngcaba has stepped down from the various group Boards on which he served and as Executive Chairman of DiData," the firm said in a statement. Convergence Partners continues to invest in TMT companies across sub-Saharan Africa that it believes will deliver enhanced returns for investors, while underpinning continental development. Dimension Data provides IT products and services, and has operations in five territories: Americas, Asia Pacific, Australia, Europe, and the Middle East & Africa.
