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Private Equity
TPG's Rise Fund invests in drone company Zipline
The Rise Fund has become the latest high-profile investor to back Zipline, a healthcare drone delivery service with operations in Rwanda and Ghana...
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TPG's Rise Fund has become the latest high-profile investor to back healthcare drone delivery service business Zipline.
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Private Debt
LHGP-managed fund backs BBOXX with debt
BBOXX has raised some more debt, this time from the Facility for Energy Inclusion Off-Grid Energy Access Fund. The off-grid solar business has raised...
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Private Debt
XSML invests follow-on debt in DRC portfolio company
XSML Capital's African Rivers Fund is backing SOS Médecins de Nuit, a Kinshasa-based healthcare company in which XSML's first fund holds a minority stake, in...
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Venture Capital
Nigeria's Gokada raises healthy Series A
Another motorcycle ride-hailing business, this time in Nigeria, has raised capital. Gokada, which was founded in 2018, has landed...
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Funds & Fundraising News...
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Private Equity
Generation Investment closes third and largest fund
Generation Investment Management, the impact investment firm co-founded by former US Vice President Al Gore, has announced the final close for its third and largest growth equity fund to date....
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Private Equity
IFC mulls investment in Quona's second inclusion fund
Quona Capital's latest fund, the Accion Quona Inclusion Fund, is being considered for a potential capital commitment from the International Finance Corporation...
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Private Equity
CardinalStone's maiden fund in line for IFC commitment
The International Finance Corporation is considering a commitment to Lagos-based CardinalStone Capital Advisers maiden third-party fund...
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Sectors, Trends & Perspectives...
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Perspectives
Climbing mobile's value chain in Africa
In a report from the team at
Brookings' Africa Growth Initiative, a look at what's needed to meet the continent's unmet demand for other, underdeveloped financial services...
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Companies, People & Profiles...
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People
ALP's Co-founder and CEO steps down
A Co-founder of private equity-backed Africa Logistics Properties is stepping down as the company's CEO...
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People
Rencap hires new investment banking VP in Cairo
Renaissance Capital has hired a new Vice President for Investment Banking covering Egypt and the broader MENA region...
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