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weekly roundup of Africa's Private Capital news
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Private Equity
Growthpoint Investec Africa Properties gets underway
Growthpoint Investec African Properties, the real estate joint venture launched by Investec Asset Management and Growthpoint Properties in partnership with the IFC, began operations last week.
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| GIAP, the real estate platform backed by Investec, Growthpoint and the IFC, begins operations with $212 million in committed capital |
Private Equity
Helios-backed Telkom Kenya strikes tower sale deal
Telkom Kenya, in which Helios Investment Partners holds a controlling stake, has agreed to sell up to 723 of its towers to American Tower Company.
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Private Equity
Libstar's shares start trading on the JSE
Libstar Holdings, the South African food and personal care business majority-owned by The Abraaj Group, listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange last week.
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Private Equity
StanChart in market to sell buyouts worth $1.5bln
According to Bloomberg, Standard Chartered is looking for investors to buy its remaining portfolio of private equity assets and support a spin off of the team managing the buyout business.
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Private Equity
1K1V makes first education investment
One Thousand & One Voices is making its first investment in Africa's education sector.
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Venture Capital
Sanari Capital leads Sensor Network's Series B
Sanari Capital has led a group of investors backing Sensor Networks' Series B round.
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Fund and Fundraising News...
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Infrastructure
Bayakha launches South African infrastructure fund
Bayakha Investment Partners has launched the fund raising for the Transformational Infrastructure Fund.
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Policy, Regulation & Compliance...
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Policy
U.S. looks to create new investment agency
The U.S. Congress and the President are in rare agreement about legislation to consolidate several federal international development agencies and expand their successor's investment toolkit.
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Trends
African VC investment compared with emerging markets
In this piece,
Preqin analyzes and compares data on venture capital activity in emerging markets over the last decade.
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Perspectives
World Bank's strategy to boost digital economies
With technological proliferation threatening to leave Africa behind,
Devex looks at the World Bank's bid to help create and support digital economies on the continent.
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Companies, Profiles & People...
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Profile
A private equity firm betting big on renewable energy
Writing in Forbes, Gaurav Sharma profiles Bamboo Capital Partners, a private equity firm investing significantly in renewable energy deals in sub-saharan Africa.
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People
Alta Semper Capital appoints Head of Cairo office
Private equity firm Alta Semper Capital has Ahmed Rady to head the firm's new Cairo office.
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Accra, May 30th to June 1st, 2018
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20th Global Private Equity Conference
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Washington, DC, June 24th to June 26th, 2018
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