Wendel, a French investment company, has announced its first investment in the African shopping malls sector by acquiring a 40% stake in SGI Africa, alongside the CFAO group.
Angola Capital Investments (ACI), an international investment firm headquartered in Angola, has announced a major investment through one of their major holding companies Bluoshen, in Hotel Casa Rosa.
RMB Holdings (RMH) has acquired a 34% stake in urban renewal property company, Propertuity Development Company, a South African urban renewal group.
Vantage Capital, Africa’s largest mezzanine fund manager, has disbursed the second and final tranche of a R250m ($17m) expansion capital facility to Vumatel.
The Private Equity team at Nedbank Corporate and Investment Banking (CIB) has become a 25% shareholder in Comsol Networks, alongside existing shareholders Convergence Partners and the management team of Comsol.
Development Partners International (DPI), a $1.1bn Africa-focused private equity firm, has committed around 36% of its second private equity fund, ADP II, according to Runa Alam, CEO and co-founder.
Phatisa has invested in Torre Equipment Africa (TEA), a pan-African equipment distributor with operations in Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Cameroon and Botswana, among others.
Injaro Agricultural Capital Holdings (IACH), through its Ghanaian subsidiary Injaro Agricultural Venture Capital (IAVC), has invested in Gold Coast Fruits (GCF), a Ghanaian pineapple exporter based in Accra.
PEG, an off-grid solar company in Ghana, has closed a $4.3m A-2 round, led by Energy Access Ventures, that also includes Blue Haven Initiative, as well as follow-on investment from existing investors, Investisseurs & Partenaires (I&P) and Engie Rassembleurs d’Energies.
Yellowwoods Capital Holdings has acquired a significant shareholding in DataProphet, a Cape Town-based machine learning startup.
InfraMed, a €385m long-term investment vehicle dedicated to infrastructure, has agreed to acquire a 21% stake in ‘Broadband for Africa’, the venture set up by Eutelsat Communications to provide satellite broadband services on the African continent.
Accel Partners, an early and growth-stage venture capital firm, powering a global community of entrepreneurs, has led a $1.7m seed financing round for Instabug, Egypt-based provider of software bug reporting tools.
InVenfin, a venture capital arm of Remgro Group, has acquired a stake in De Villiers Artisan Chocolate (DV Chocolate), a South African bean-to-bar artisan chocolate maker.
Helios Investment Partners has announced the acquisition of a 60% shareholding in Telkom Kenya by Jamhuri Holdings Limited (JHL), a company owned 100% by HeIios Investors III, a fund advised by Helios Investment Partners.
