The
weekly roundup of Africa's Private Capital news
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Here's the latest weekly wrap of the most interesting Africa-related private equity, infrastructure and venture capital deal stories, market opinion articles and information pieces.
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Private Equity
Consol plans return to JSE's main board
Consol, which was the subject of a take private deal by a group of private equity firms in 2007, is planning to re-list on the main board of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange.
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Private equity-owned Consol plans return to the main board of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange
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Growth Equity
Asoko Insight's Series A comes in 20% above target
Eight investors have teamed up to support Asoko's
Insight's Series A round
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Venture Capital
Proparco's investment in JUMO a first
Proparco is making its first direct investment in Africa's FinTech sector.
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Impact Investing
The Rise Fund and Kupanda seed energy finance play
TPG's Rise Fund is teaming up with Kupanda Holdings to seed Nithio Holdings, an energy finance company focused on off-grid sector opportunities in Africa.
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Sectors, Trends & Perspectives...
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Trends
Q1 secondary sales account for most private equity exits
Sales by private equity firms to fellow private equity firms dominated the portfolio exits
Africa Capital Digest reported on during the first quarter of this year.
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Trends
7 private capital fund closes recorded in first quarter
During the first 3 months of the year,
Africa Capital Digest tracked a combined total of seven interim and final fund closes for Africa-focused infrastructure, private equity and venture capital funds.
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Trends
Banks see uptick in Middle East and Africa M&A deals
Bloomberg reports that investment banks see the pace of transactions in the Middle East and Africa gaining momentum after a busy first quarter.
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Companies
BPE Partners' IPO more than 84x oversubscribed
Demand for shares in the retail tranche of BPE Partners' IPO proved to be very strong.
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Companies
500 Startups gets strategic investor
500 Startups, the venture firm and accelerator, got an investor of its own last week.
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Chief Administrative Officer, Financial Inclusion at Omidyar
// omidyar.com
Based in Washington, DC, United States
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Based in Johannesburg, South Africa
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Based in Johannesburg, South Africa
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Based in Seattle, United States
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Based in London, United Kingdom
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Investment Executive, Impact Funds, Intermediated Equity at CDC
// cdcgroup.com
Based in London, United Kingdom
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Based in Johannesburg, South Africa
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Based in Cape Town, South Africa
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- Allan
Allan Cunningham
Editor & Publisher
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