March 18th, 2019
The  weekly roundup of Africa's Private Capital news

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This week's issue supported by...             
Africa Energy Forum 2019
Deal & Fundraising News...
Private Equity
H&S Invest buys back Amethis's Dislog stake
Amethis Finance is selling its stake in Dislog Group back to H&S Invest Holding, the investment vehicle of the Beklhayate family...

Jumia files for an IPO on the New York Stock Exchange.
Image Credit: Jumia
Private Equity
Cauris sells BPEC stake to SUNU Group
Cauris Management is selling its stake in Banque Populaire pour L'Epargne et Le Crédit or BPEC to SUNU Group, a financial services group, which...
Private Equity
Africa Healthcare Network closes its Series A
Africa Healthcare Network has closed its Series A round, raising capital from existing investor, Polaris Partners, and...
Projects & Portfolio Company News...
Private Equity
Jumia files for an IPO on the NYSE
Jumia, the pan-African e-commerce platform, filed for an IPO on the New York Stock Exchange last week.  The company is aiming to raise...
Private Equity
Network International plans London floatation
Network International, a Middle East and Africa payments processor, is planning an IPO on the London Stock Exchange next month...
Private Equity
Mastercard agrees to buy private equity-backed Transfast
Mastercard has agreed to buy Transfast, a cross-border payments company backed by, among others, Apis Partners. The terms of the deal...
Funds & Fundraising News...
Private Debt
EIB mulls backing for responsAbility's Clean Power Fund
responsAbility Investments' Clean Power Fund in line for a commitment from the European Investment Bank. According to...
This week's issue supported by...             

KudosAfrica 2019
Sectors, Trends & Perspectives...
Perspectives
Raising venture capital in South Africa successfully
Knife Capital's Keet van Zyl has published an overview of some of the key steps entrepreneurs should take when looking to raise venture capital...
Strategies
Gulf Capital plans several deals this year
Karim El Solh, Gulf Capital's Managing Partner, tells The National that the firm plans to exit up to four of its investments this year, as well as make a similar number of new deals....
Companies, People & Profiles...
People
McGlashan out at TPG Growth in college bribery scandal
Bill McGlashan, who founded and ran TPG Growth and The Rise Fund, the alternative investment giant's impact investment fund, has left the company. His departure follows...
People
Gulf Capital hires Sharaf for senior private debt role
Gulf Capital announced the appointment of a new senior executive for Gulf Credit Partners, its private debt business, last week...
People
NSIA announces appointment of executive directors
The Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority has announced the appointment of two Executive Directors to the sovereign wealth fund's board....
Current Job Postings...
Jobs of the week...             
Fund Partner & MD, East Africa at Samata Capital  // samatacapital.com
Based in East Africa
Sustainability & ESG Specialist at Actis  // act.is
Based in London, United Kingdom
Investment Associate, Africa Funds at CDC  // cdcgroup.com
Based in London, United Kingdom
Associate, The Africa List at CDC  // cdcgroup.com
Based in London, United Kingdom
Associate, Corporate Finance Advisory at JP Morgan  // cdcgroup.com
Based in Johannesburg, South Africa
Upcoming Conferences...
Highlighted Event...             
Africa Energy Forum: Off the Grid 
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, March 27th to March 29th, 2019
Africa CEO Forum 2019  // theafricaceoforum.com
Kigali, Rwanda, March 25th to March 26th, 2019
3rd Pension Fund & Alternative Investments Africa  // ametrade.org
Flic-en-Flac, Mauritius, March 20th to March 21st, 2019
Regional Energy Cooperation Summit East 
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, March 27th to March 29th, 2019
16th Annual AVCA Conference 
Nairobi, Kenya, April 1st to April 5th, 2019
AFSIC 2019, Investing in Africa 
London, United Kingdom, May 8th to May 10th, 2019
Africa Energy Forum 
Lisbon, Portugal, June 11th to June 14th, 2019
And finally...
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- Allan
 
Allan Cunningham
Editor & Publisher
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