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Private Equity
22/06/2020 at 18h34, by Aurelie Benoit
Former First Lady Zanele Mbeki’s WDB (Women’s Development Business) launches $170m fund
With a target of $170m, the South African organisation has big ambitions for its latest fund in support...
Advisory
19/06/2020 at 18h45, by Africa Business+
Charles Kié and Paulo Gomes are considering establishing NACP in Kigali
According to our sources, the ex-Ecobank boss and the former executive director at the World Bank are...
Private Equity
10/06/2020 at 18h47, by Gaëlle Arenson
Wendel closes its Casablanca office and suspends future investments in Africa
Along with other major investment firms worldwide, Wendel ultimately struggled to find opportunities...
Private Equity
08/06/2020 at 15h41, by Africa Business+
AfricInvest IV wins over the DFC to achieve a first closing of $200m
The American development agency has just invested in Karim Trad and Ziad Oueslati’s pan-African private...
Private Equity
28/05/2020 at 17h03, by Africa Business+
Genevieve Sangudi, co-founder of Alterra Capital Partners, to continue to work for Carlyle
The team at the Carlyle Sub-Saharan African Fund (CSSAF) has reached an agreement with the Carlyle Group...
Private Equity
06/05/2020 at 18h24, by Aurelie Benoit
AIIM (Old Mutual) shifts its AIIF2 portfolio away from renewables
The pan-African investment fund manager, a subsidiary of Old Mutual, has sold stakes in two projects...
Capital Market & Private Equity
22/04/2020 at 16h42, by Pierre-Olivier Rouaud
Canadian and Spanish investors take part in closing of Mediterrania Capital III
The Malta-based investment manager Mediterrania Capital Partners completed its final closing for its...
Private Equity
16/04/2020 at 16h39, by Africa Business+
Development Partners International brings in a new backer for ADP III
With its new pan-African fund, the UK private equity firm demonstrates an ambitious investment approach...
Private Equity
15/04/2020 at 16h52, by Africa Business+
SPE sets its sights on four to five new investors for its pan-African fund, AIF
After having brought the IFC into its fund with $15m, the Tunisia-based private equity firm is preparing...
Private Equity
08/04/2020 at 13h25, by Africa Business+
“The Covid-19 crisis, far from slowing us down, will act as a catalyst” (Tarik Haddi, Azur Innovation Fund)
Completed in mid-March, the Azur Innovation Fund (€31m) has become the largest funding vehicle dedicated...
Private Equity
03/04/2020 at 16h17, by Valentin Grille
EquaLife Capital’s new $2m Covid-19 Relief Fund: the details
Kenya-based EquaLife Capital, a firm specialising in venture debt, plans to invest in 10 to 20 businesses...
Private Equity
24/03/2020 at 17h26, by Aurelie Benoit
Benoit & Associés to open in Côte d’Ivoire in 2020
Historically focused on Asia and despite the Covid-19 crisis, the investment bank remains confident...
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