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Welcome to 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
TPG-managed Rise Fund leads Cellulant deal
Cellulant, a digital payments provider, has raised a growth round from a group of investors led by the TPG Growth-managed Rise Fund.
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Cellulant raises capital from an investor consortium led by TPG Growth's The Rise Fund.
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Private Equity
Consonance Kuramo takes equity in Century
Consonance Kuramo Special Opportunities Fund is taking an equity stake in real estate platform Century Development.
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Private Equity
Moringa backs Togolese juice processor
The Moringa Fund announced its sixth investment last week, backing a Togolese company developing a juice processing factory.
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Trends
Sub-Saharan private investment slowed in 2015 and 2016
A brief analysis from
Brookings on the IMF's latest report that finds private investment growth slowed or turned negative in a majority of sub-Saharan countries in 2015-2016.
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Perspectives
Private investment in Africa is "about to explode"
In spite of a pull back in private investment in 2015 and 2016, TLG Capital's Zhi Yong Heng discusses his view that its set to explode in sub-Saharan Africa.
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Perspectives
Reasons to be bullish on FinTech in Africa
An op-ed piece for
CNBC Africa by investor and entrepreneur Issam Chleuh on why FinTech is the next big thing for financial services in Francophone Africa.
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Companies, Profiles & People...
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People
Bayakha taps Kodisang to head investment committee
Bayakha Investment Partners has appointed Ben Kodisang as Chair of the South African infrastructure fund manager's investment committee.
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People
Actis appoints new head of EMEA IR
Actis has appointed Sovereign Capital's former head of investor relations to head up fundraising and investor relations across Europe, the Middle East and Africa..
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People
Orrick boosts Abidjan team with Partner hire
International law firm Orrick has boosted the number of lawyers in its affiliate office in Abidjan.
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Associate, Development Impact (Intermediated Equity) at CDC
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Based in London, United Kingdom
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Investment Analyst, Financial Sector at African Development Bank
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Based in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
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Based in Johannesburg, South Africa
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Johannesburg, June 6th, 2018
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Accra, May 30th to June 1st, 2018
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Black River, Mauritius, June 19th to June 22nd, 2018
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Africa Trade & Investment Global Summit
Washington, DC, June 24th to June 26th, 2018
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London, September 19th, 2018
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Regional Energy Cooperation Summit
Accra, September 26th to September 28th, 2018
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Africa Renewable Energy Forum
Marrakech, November 30th to December 1st, 2018
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International Gas Cooperation Summit
Durban, December 4th to December 5th, 2018
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- Allan
Allan Cunningham
Editor & Publisher
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