Browsing: Private Equity

At the end of a tour de table, LAfricaMobile has just raised 300 million CFA francs from the investment fund…

Private equity investor Verod Capital Management announced Wednesday (September 17th) that it has received the necessary regulatory approvals for the…

China National Offshore Oil Corp. (CNOOC), has acquired 55, 55% stake in Australian group FAR Limited in the oil licenses…

Investment bank Sterling Capital, based in Kenya, announces the acquisition of a 20% stake in private equity firm Afvest. The…

Investec Asset Management (IAM) announced on Sunday (July 14th) its first private equity investment in Egypt with the acquisition of…

African international schools network Enko Education just announced the closing of a 1.4 million dollars funding round from a pool…

Kasada Capital Management, a new investment platform dedicated to hospitality in sub-Saharan Africa, closed its first round of fundraising for…

 Seedstars is partnering with First Growth Ventures to launch Seedstars Africa Ventures, a sub-Saharan Africa fund targeting $100mn to make early-stage minority investments from USD 250,000 to USD…

In a report released on March 16, 2019, the African Venture Capital and Venture Capital Association (AVCA) reports that private…

The Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund (EAIF) provided a USD 27 million loan to Kikagati Power Company, a Ugandan company specializing…

Small businesses set up by Africans will receive 50 million rand, or about 3.6 million USD from Spartan SME Finance,…

Nigerian company Quantum Capital Partners raised $ 5.5 million for TeamApt, a provider of payment solutions. This funding will allow…

Launched in February 2017, Outlierz Ventures, the Moroccan-based venture capital fund dedicated to African technology startups, announces the first five…

The South African Standard Bank Group Ltd bought the technology platform of the short-term insurance business of South African insurer…

Development Partners International (DPI), a London-based private equity firm, has launched its second fund called African Development Partners II for…

By Abdoulaye Sow Investors & Partners (I & P) completed the intermediate closing of I & P Afrique Entrepreneurs 2…

Agri-Vie Fund II has acquired a 36.5% stake in Jumbo Brands, an agribusiness firm in South Africa. Indeed, the investment…

The I & P Afrique Entrepreneurs 1 (IPAE 1) fund, launched by Investisseurs & Partenaires in 2012, is now completing…

The French group EDF strengthens its presence in Africa with the acquisition of 49% stake in Conergies-group, a leader in…

Sawari Ventures today announced the US$35 million first closing of Sawari Ventures North Africa Fund I (SVNFI) during a press…

This transaction represents Vantage Capital’s 27th mezzanine financing transaction on three generations of mezzanine funds, with its mezzanine investment portfolio…

The Kadio-Morokro family, founder of Petro Ivoire, takes over the majority of the company with the exit of the capital…

ECP Africa Fund IV has just completed its fundraising and is thus the largest African investment fund raised since September…

The investment firm Wendel announced Wednesday evening that all the accounts of IHS, a telecom infrastructure company that represents one…

Enko Capital has invested in Nigeria Mortgage Bank Mortgage Bank Ltd. (IHMB) through the Africa Private Equity Fund (“EAPEF”). This…

Equator Capital Partners LLC announced, on October 30, 2018, an investment from its new fund, ShoreCap III LP, into fintech…

The Impact Investment Group dedicated to the African continent, Investors & Partners (I & P) led by Jean Michel Severino,…

In June 2018, CDG Capital Private Equity concretized its entry, through the Capmezzanine II Fund, into the capital of Maymana…

Mergence opens an office in Maseru; institutional investment is aimed at supporting local projects and jobs Mergence Investment Managers is…

Sources reported in Libreville on Tuesday, Total Gabon signed an agreement with Assala Upstream Gabon SA for the sale of…