Bamboo Finance, a private equity firm specializing in investing in business models that benefit low-income communities in growth markets, has closed its second financial inclusion focused fund at $31m.
The Abraaj Group has final closed its Africa Fund III, a third dedicated Sub-Saharan Africa private equity fund, at $990m, receiving support from a diverse range of global institutional investors, pension funds, sovereign wealth funds and development finance institutions.
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, has announced the first closing of the IFC Financial Institutions Growth Fund (FIG Fund), committing $150m to the fund.
Development Partners International (DPI), a $1.1bn Africa-focused private equity firm, has raised $725m for its second pan-African fund from a range of institutional investors, exceeding its $500m target.
Carlyle International Energy Partners (CIEP) is planning to invest around 10% to 20% of the $2.5bn fund’s capital in oil and gas industry in Africa, according to The Carlyle Group, a global alternative asset manager.
Xterra Capital Advisors, a corporate finance and private equity advisory firm registered in Mauritius, has launched the Xterra Africa Property Development Fund, aiming to raise $300m from international investors.
The ARM-Harith Infrastructure Fund (ARMHIF) has raised $91m at the first close from AfDB and a number of Nigerian pension funds, according to ARM-Harith Infrastructure Investment, a joint venture between Asset & Resource Management Company (ARM) and Harith General Partners of South Africa.
STANLIB, a South African multi-specialist investment company, has reached a final close of its first private equity infrastructure fund, raising R1.2bn ($104.8m) in total commitments.
Helios Investment Partners, a pan-African private investment firm, has raised over $1bn for its third Africa-focused fund.
The Moringa SICAR, an agroforestry sector investment vehicle, is aiming to achieve a final close in February 2015, according to Clément Chenost, Technical Director at the Moringa Partnership, the investment advisor of the fund.
Warburg Pincus has announced the closing of Warburg Pincus Energy at $4bn, surpassing its fundraising target of $3bn and reaching the fund cap agreed with investors.
The AfricInvest Group has first closed its multi-sector private equity fund AfricInvest Fund III with a size exceeding €154m ($194.83m) in capital commitments.
Synergy Private Equity Fund has announced its first close of $56.25m on September 12, 2014.
