1 Sep
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African Infrastructure Investment Managers (AIIM), an infrastructure equity investment manager, has announced its industrial partnership with Hydroneo Afrique, a wholly-owned subsidiary of MECAMIDI, a global manufacturer and developer of small and medium hydro power plant equipment.
24 Aug
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A growing consumer middle-class, powered by rapid urbanisation and shifting demographic trends is driving both property demand and growth opportunities in the real estate industry across the African continent, according to Standard Bank.
13 Aug
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TriLinc Global Impact Fund has provided $16.6m in term loan and trade finance transactions to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in South Africa, Zambia, Namibia, and Nigeria.
12 Aug
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South Africa’s agriculture sector has emerged as a viable asset class amidst the low interest rate environment, according to Old Mutual Investment Group’s Director of Strategic Projects, Craig Chambers.
7 Aug
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Regional and Pan-African private equity firms continue to invest in North Africa despite the recent economic and political events that have occurred in the region, according to Ponmile Osibo, Research Analyst at African Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (AVCA).
6 Aug
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East Africa is quite active and growing impact investment market, according to Abhilash Mudaliar, Research Manager at Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN).
6 Aug
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The development of an Islamic finance industry in Africa could help plug the region's large infrastructure gaps over the coming decade, according to a new report by Standard & Poor's Ratings Services.
31 Jul
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KfW, the German Development Bank on behalf of the German Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development, along with AgDevCo and Root Capital, have launched an investment holding company, the Lending for African Farming Company (LAFCo).
13 Jul
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Steadfast partnerships in African private equity often define the difference between success and failure, according to Ethos Private Equity.
10 Jul
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IFC InfraVentures, an infrastructure project development fund, and Scatec Solar, an integrated independent power producer, will develop the $55m Scatec Segou solar power project in Mali with a local developer, Africa Power 1.
9 Jul
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Private equity in South Africa remains an attractive asset class for pension funds and other institutional investors, Erika van der Merwe, CEO of the Southern African Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (SAVCA), has said.
2 Jul
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The Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund (EAIF), GuarantCo and Frontier Africa Investment Resource (FAIR), all vehicles being subsidiaries of the Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG), have issued an invitation to tender for their management contracts.
29 Jun
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Private equity firm KKR has been charged by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for misallocating more than $17m in so-called “broken deal” expenses to its flagship private equity funds in breach of its fiduciary duty.
29 Jun
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The realisation market in the South African private equity industry has returned the highest amount of capital since 2011, according to the 2015 KPMG and SAVCA Venture Capital and Private Equity Industry Performance Survey.
