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Here's the latest weekly preview edition of the most interesting Africa-related private equity, infrastructure and venture capital deal stories, market opinion articles and information pieces.
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Infrastructure
IsDB's private sector arm launches $1bln Africa infra fund
The Islamic Development Bank's private sector arm, and IL&FS Investment Managers, an Indian private equity fund manager, are launching a $1 billion infrastructure fund for Africa.
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The CEOs of ICD and IL&FS Investment Management launch $1 billion infrastructure fund for Africa
Image Credit: IL&FS Investment Management |
Private Equity
Kuramo Capital seals Sterling Capital deal
Kuramo Capital has completed a deal to acquire a stake in Sterling Capital, a Kenyan Investment Bank.
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Private Equity
PIC invests equity in ZAR X
Africa's largest asset manager, the Public Investment Corporation, is making an equity investment in ZAR X, one of South Africa's newest stock exchanges.
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Infrastructure
InfraCo Africa doubles Corbetti Geothermal commitment
InfraCo Africa is doubling the amount of capital its committing to its equity investment in the Corbetti Geothermal project in Ethiopia.
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Infrastructure
EAIF in Mozambique Power debt club deal
The Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund has teamed up with a syndicate of development finance institutions in a debt refinancing deal for one of Mozambique's newest power stations.
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M&A
Sub-Saharan M&A trends down in 2017
An overview of M&A and capital markets data analyzed by Thomson Reuters shows M&A activity in sub-Saharan Africa hit a 6-year low in 2017.
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Private Equity
Africa's private equity firms set fair for 2018
In a piece for AVCA, Old Mutual Alternative Investments CEO Paul Boynton gives his perspective on the prospects for private equity in Africa for 2018.
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Private Equity
5 themes for African Private Equity in 2018
Writing in
AFK Insider, Kurt Davis highlights the five themes he thinks will impact private equity in Africa during the coming year.
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Venture Capital
Bridging Africa's technology company funding gap
CNBC Africa talks to Olawale Ayeni, the IFC's Africa lead for Venture Capital, on ways to bridge the funding gap for tech startups on the continent.
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Venture Capital
Craze for ICOs benefit Africa's Tech Companies
Disrupt Africa's Tom Jackson looks at the results of some of Africa's recent initial coin offerings and gets insights from some technology company CEOs about the benefits.
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Investing in African Mining Indaba
Cape Town, February 5th to February 8th, 2018
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SAVCA 2018 Annual Conference
Stellenbosch, February 21st to February 22nd, 2018
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Cape Town, March 13th to March 14th, 2018
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2nd Annual Pension Funds and Alternative Investments Africa
Balaclava, Mauritius, March 15th to March 16th, 2018
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4th Africa Mini Grids Summit
Nairobi, March 21st to March 22nd, 2018
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15th Annual AVCA Conference
Marrakech, April 22nd to April 26th, 2018
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AFSIC 2018: Investing in Africa
London, May 2nd to May 4th, 2018
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Allan Cunningham
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