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Venture Capital
Partech handily hits hard cap with first Africa fund
Having held its first close a year ago, Partech Ventures announced the final close for is first Africa Fund last week, handily beating its goal...
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| Tidjane Deme and Cyril Collon, Partners of Partech's Africa Fund which closed with $143 million last weekr |
Private Equity
EXEO Capital takes stake in Jumbo Brands
EXEO Capital, managers of the Agri-Vie funds, announced an investment in South Africa's Jumbo Brands, a manufacturer of branded, non-alcoholic drinks...
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Private Equity
Kupanda and TPG's JV backs Nigeria's Mavin Records
Kupanda Holdings, a joint venture between private equity firms Kupanda Capital and TPG Growth is backing Mavin Records. The deal, which is...
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Private Equity
Inspired Evolution invests in SolarAfrica SPV
Inspired Evolution is backing Commercial Energy, a financing platform set up by solar system provider SolarAfrica.The deal, which is...
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Private Equity
I&P's Afrique Entrepreneurs I sells two portfolio assets
Investisseurs & Partenaires, the Africa-focused private equity impact investor, announced that is has realized two exits for the first of its two Afrique Entrepreneurs funds....
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Venture Capital
Yellow Door closes significant Series A
Yellow Door Energy, a MENA-focused solar developer, signed agreements with a number of investors last week, closing its Series A round...
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Sovereign Wealth
Airtel Africa gets backing from Qatar's SWF
Airtel Africa attracted another significant investment last week, this time from a middle eastern sovereign wealth fund. The Africa unit of Bharti Airtel has raised...
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Sectors, Trends & Perspectives...
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Trends
Africa's largest private equity deals in 2018
Africa Capital Digest tracked the following large and notable private equity-related deals which took place in Africa during the course of 2018...
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Trends
5 Funds holding $100mln plus closes last year
A.P. Moller Capital, ECP, Phatisa and others held $100mln plus closes for their latest funds last year...
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Companies, People & Profiles...
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People
CDC taps former StanChart exec as Managing Director
CDC Group has appointed a former regional head at Standard Chartered as its new Managing Director, Funds and Capital Partnerships. In his new role,...
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Based in Paris, France and West Africa
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In-house Commodity Trading Specialist at Trade & Development Bank
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Based in Nairobi, Kenya
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Based in Washington, DC, United States
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Stellenbosch, South Africa, February 27th to March 1st, 2019
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Kigali, Rwanda, February 15th to February 19th, 2019
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5th Powering Africa Summit
Miami, United States, February 25th to February 27th, 2019
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Renpower Rwanda - Off-Grid Renewable Energy, Power Infrastructure & Energy Efficiency Investors Conference
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Kigali, Rwanda, February 28th, 2019
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Bonds, Loans & Sukuk Africa
Cape Town, South Africa, March 13th to March 14th, 2019
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Pension Focus Africa Investment Summit
// f-evolutions.co.uk
Nairobi, Kenya, March 14th to March 15th, 2019
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3rd Pension Fund & Alternative Investments Africa
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Flic-en-Flac, Mauritius, March 20th to March 21st, 2019
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Regional Energy Cooperation Summit East
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, March 27th to March 29th, 2019
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Africa Energy Forum: Off the Grid
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, March 27th to March 29th, 2019
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16th Annual AVCA Conference
Nairobi, Kenya, April 1st to April 5th, 2019
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AFSIC 2019, Investing in Africa
London, United Kingdom, May 8th to May 10th, 2019
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