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This week, we're starting with some interesting fund news. Yeelen Capital announced that has held a €30 million initial close for the Yeelen Financial Fund, a new private equity investment vehicle fund focused on opportunities in the financial services sector in the WAEMU region.
Yeelen was selected by the West African Development Bank earlier this year to raise, invest and operate the new fund following a competitive bidding process.Ultimately, the fund manager, which is staffed by an investment team from Cauris Management, is seeking to raise a total of €150 million by the end of 2018.
Phatisa announced that it has agreed to buy JSE-listed Torre Industries' remaining interest in
Kanu Equipment. The transaction increases Phatisa's shareholding to 85%, with the remaining balance being held by Kanu's management. Pre-deal, Phatisa had a 40% interest, whilst the firm's management team held a 5% stake.
The deal is being transacted through Phatisa's $246 million African Agriculture Fund. The fund originally backed Kanu in June 2016, reportedly spending approximately $15 million for a 40% interest in the agricultural and construction equipment supplier.
In other control investment news,
Sanari Capital has completed its investment in
Fernridge Solutions, taking a 51% stake in the geo-spatial data and solutions provider. The deal was transacted, in part, through Sanari Growth Partners, the firm's $15 million 12J fund.
As a result of the transaction, Sanari will take three seats on Fernridge's Board of Directors. In addition to Samantha Pokroy, who led the deal for the investor, Moushmi Patel and Neo Maruatona Ratau will also be representing Sanari on the company's board.
EXEO Capital, the fund manager that oversees the Agri-Vie family of funds, is selling its interest in Fairfield Dairy to a private investment trust linked to the firm's founding family. The KwaZulu-Natal-based dairy producer had been part of the portfolio of Agri-Vie's $100 million first fund, which is now in its harvesting phase.
Agri-Vie Fund I originally invested in Fairfield Dairy in 2009, and was the fund's first foray into the dairy sector. Since then the firm has expanded considerably, both strengthening its operations and building a reputation as a dynamic, innovative dairy company. According to EXEO partner Izak Strauss, market interest in the asset prior to the conclusion of the sale was considerable.
In the latest of a string of deals,
XSML Capital announced yet another investment for the recently closed $50 million African Rivers Fund last week, this time taking an undisclosed stake in
Monishop, a well-known supermarket in Kinshasa.
Monishop is African Rivers Fund's fifteenth investment since it held its first close in May 2016. The fund follows much the same strategy as its $19 million predecessor fund and typically backs well-managed, growing small and medium businesses in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Congo and eventually Burundi with debt, equity or mezzanine capital in deals ranging from $100,000 to $5 million in size.
And finally, in an interesting profile,
Forbes Africa
sat down with father and son Jannie and Piet Mouton and heard how the family built up PSG, the investment giant founded 22 years ago. It makes for an interesting read.
That's it for this week.
As always, you can review these and other stories by scrolling down and clicking through to them below.
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EXEO Capital exits Fairfield Dairy in undisclosed deal
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Private Equity
Phatisa raises Kanu stake to 85%
Phatisa, the pan-African private equity firm, has agreed to buy JSE-listed Torre Industries' remaining interest in Kanu Equipment. The transaction increases Phatisa's shareholding to 85%, with the remaining balance being held by Kanu's management. Pre-deal, Phatisa had a 40% interest, whilst the firm's management team held a 5% stake. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
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Private Equity
EXEO Capital sells interest in Fairfield Dairy
EXEO Capital, the Africa-focused mid market private equity firm which manages the Agri-Vie family of funds, is selling its interest in Fairfield Dairy to a private investment trust linked to the firm's founding family. The KwaZulu-Natal-based dairy producer had been part of the portfolio of Agri-Vie's $100 million first fund, which is now in its harvesting phase. Terms of the deal, which is subject to regulatory approval, were not disclosed.
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Private Equity
Sanari takes 51% stake in Fernridge Solutions
Sanari Capital, a private equity investor targeting mid and small cap opportunities in South Africa, has completed its control investment in Fernridge Solutions, taking a 51% stake in the geo-spatial data and solutions provider. The deal was transacted, in part, through Sanari Growth Partners, the firm's $15 million 12J fund. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
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Private Equity
XSML backs Monishop in latest of a string of deals
XSML Capital, a Dutch private equity fund manager focused on opportunities in Central Africa announced yet another investment for the recently closed $50 million African Rivers Fund last week, this time taking an undisclosed stake in Monishop, a well-known supermarket in Kinshasa. The capital will be used to fund the development of a large, new supermarket in the centre of the city.
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Private Equity
Yeelen raises over €30mln for financial fund's first close
Yeelen Capital announced that has held a €30 million initial close for the Yeelen Financial Fund, a new private equity investment vehicle fund focused on opportunities in the financial services sector in the WAEMU region.
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Trends
The 'Chinafrica' trend will impact Silicon Valley and Wall Street
In a contributed article for Techcrunch, Lux Capital co-founder Josh Wolfe takes a macro look at how the relationship between China and Africa has evolved and how that is likely to impact the West's capital markets and technology ecosystems.
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Perspectives
African companies stay home for their IPOs
Baker McKenzie's latest cross-border IPO index reveals that, for the first time in 5 years, there were no cross-border IPOs from African companies in the first half of 2017. While the amount of capital raised via domestic listings his higher than the same period last year, a combination of political and economic instability appears to be affecting the volume of cross-border IPOs on the continent.
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Perspectives
Islamic Finance finds its feet in North Africa
With North African countries' share of global Islamic finance assets standing at just 1%, there is significant potential for the region's banking and finance sectors. Governments in several countries are increasingly searching for Sharia-compliant funding alternatives to rein in their current account and budget deficits.
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Companies, People & Profiles...
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Profile
Building PSG, the Mouton family's investment giant
Last week,
Forbes Africa sat down with father and son Jannie and Piet Mouton and heard how the family built up PSG, the investment giant founded 22 years ago.
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