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Private Equity
Actis exits Mentor Management stake
Actis has agreed to sell its majority stake in Mentor Management, a Kenyan project management company.
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Senior executives of newly-merged MML Townsend & Turner following Actis' portfolio exit
Image Credit: MML Townsend & Turner |
Private Equity
AIIM and Helios back Nigerian energy services business
In its second deal in as many weeks, African Infrastructure Investment Managers announced it is backing Starsight Power Utility in partnership with Helios Investment Partners.
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Private Equity
EXEO makes debut deal for Agri-Vie Fund II
EXEO Capital has made is debut investment for its second fund, backing TerraSan, an aquaculture company operating on the South and West coasts of South Africa.
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Private Equity
Energy Access Ventures holds final close for Fund I
Energy Access Ventures has held the final close for its first fund, garnering fresh commitments from both new and existing investors who participated in the fund's first close in February 2015.
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Impact
Over 30 investors back Goodwell's latest fund raise
According to Goodwell Investments, more than 30 investors have made commitments to the impact investment firm's latest fund raise.
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Energy
Ethiopian geothermal is private equity's next $4bln bet
Bloomberg reports that U.S. private equity and hedge funds are backing an effort by Ethiopia become an exporter of electricity to the region, channeling at least $4 billion into geothermal projects across the nation.
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Media & Entertainment
Nigeria's entertainment sector ripe for Private Equity
Olumide Mustapha, a media and entertainment lawyer, tells
1 Africa Focus why Nigeria's media and entertainment sector is ripe for private equity.
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Private Equity
Private Equity investment in mining grows in 2017
A new report from law firm Berwin Leighton Paisner finds that private equity investment in the mining sector grew in 2017, with African assets benefiting from some 45% of the capital deployed.
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Venture Capital
Investing in Africa's startups
Writing in
Techpoint.ng, Grace Akinsosun points out the good, bad and hopeful aspects of startup investments in Africa..
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Companies, People & Profiles...
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Companies
ABAX acquired by private equity-backed Ocorian
ABAX, the Mauritius-based advisory, corporate and business services provider has agreed to be acquired by Ocorian, a global provider of specialist financial services.
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People
Snyders joins LeapFrog's Africa Financial Services team
LeapFrog Investments has hired the former CEO of 185 year-old insurer Mutual & Federal as a Partner in the private equity firm's Africa Financial Services team.
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People
Investec succession plan heralds executive moves
As part of a Investec Group's succession plan, the senior ranks of Investec Asset Management are shifting.
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This week's featured job...
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15th Annual AVCA Conference
Marrakech, April 22nd to April 26th, 2018
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SAVCA 2018 Annual Conference
Stellenbosch, February 21st to February 22nd, 2018
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4th Annual Powering Africa Summit
Washington, DC, February 28th to March 2nd, 2018
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Bonds, Loans & Sukuk Africa
Cape Town, March 13th to March 14th, 2018
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Cape Town, March 15th, 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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AFSIC 2018: Investing in Africa
London, May 2nd to May 4th, 2018
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20th Global Private Equity Conference
Washington, DC, May 14th to May 17th, 2018
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Accra, May 30th to June 1st, 2018
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