The
weekly roundup of Africa's Private Capital news
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Private Equity
Mitsui & Co.'s ETG deal gives SCPE its exit
Mitsui & Co. has agreed to take a minority stake in ETG, an agricultural-commodity supply chain manager in Africa.
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Mitsui's stake acquisition in agricultural-commodity supply chain manager ETG gives SCPE a full exit
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Private Equity
Investec sells Daraju stake
Investec Asset Management has sold its stake in Ashwah Holdings, the parent company of Daraju Industries.
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Private Equity
Vantage backs Purple Capital
Vantage Capital is providing funding to Purple Capital, a specialist real estate and financial services investment firm.
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Private Equity
XSML backs Ugandan pharmacy chain
XSML's African Rivers Fund is backing Ecopharm, a pharmacy chain with eight branches in Uganda's capital city, Kampala.
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Private Equity
Àrgentil backs Nigerian restaurant and lounge company
Àrgentil Capital Partners is backing the restaurant subsidiary of Nigerian media and entertainment group company Chocolate City Group.
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This week's issue supported by...
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Private Equity
AfDB commits to Capitalworks' new vehicle
The African Development Bank has become the latest development finance institution to commit capital to Africa Capitalworks.
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Private Equity
Phatisa gets commitment for Food Fund II
Phatisa has landed more capital for the Phatisa Food Fund II, a successor fund to the Africa-focused private equity firm's African Agriculture Fund.
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Private Equity
Private equity confidence in Africa up, survey finds
Deloitte has just published the results of its 2017 Africa Private Equity Confidence Survey.
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Distressed Investing
Top sectors for distressed investing in Africa
While distressed asset deals in Africa are not booming, talk is growing. Kurt Davis in AFK Insider takes a shot at predicting which sectors offer distressed investors the most potential.
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Healthcare
The pharma startup getting major Silicon Valley support
A profile in Quartz Africa of mPharma, the Ghana-based startup disrupting Africa's pharmacy retail supply chain.
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This week's featured jobs...
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Gas Options North & West Africa
Marrakech, November 29th to November 30th, 2017
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Africa Renewable Energy Forum
Casablanca, November 30th to December 1st, 2017
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Cape Town, December 4th to December 6th, 2017
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Sharm El Sheikh, December 7th to December 9th, 2017
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New this week...
Regional Energy Cooperation Summit
Abidjan, January 24th to January 25th, 2018
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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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Bonds, Loans & Sukuk Africa
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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London, May 2nd to May 4th, 2018
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All the best,
- Allan
Allan Cunningham
Editor & Publisher
AfCD | Africa Capital Digest
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