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Private Equity
SPE Capital backs Egyptian generics manufacturer
SPE Capital Partners announced has agreed to back an established generic pharmaceutical manufacturer in Egypt. The Tunis-headquartered private equity firm is investing...
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SPE Capital Partners invests in Egyptian generics manufacturer, Future Pharmaceuticals Industries
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Private Equity
Àrgentil completes follow-on deal for restaurant group
Àrgentil Asset Management has completed a follow-on investment in one of its portfolio holdings. The deal sees the investment firm invest...
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Private Equity
Fanisi Capital sells stake in Kenyan pharmacy chain
Fanisi Capital is reportedly exiting its stake in Haltons Pharmacy, the retail pharmacy chain it first backed in 2013...
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Funds & Fundraising News...
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Private Equity
Meridiam re-closes its Africa infrafund
Meridiam has re-closed the Meridiam Infrastructure Africa Fund, having landed more than two and a half times the capital it originally set out to raise...
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Private Equity
Uhuru Investment secures commitment for first fund
Uhuru Investment has raised some initial capital for its first fund. The Lagos-based private equity firm's first fund, Uhuru Growth Fund I, has secured...
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Private Equity
Adiwalé Partners lands investment in maiden fund
Adiwalé Partners has secured a commitment for its first fund. The African Development Bank's Board has approved an investment of...
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Private Equity
EIB mulls investment in Liberia's Gemini Fund
The European Investment Bank is considering a possible commitment to Gemini Capital's SME fund...
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The deals done, the funds raised and the new board seats granted during the first quarter
We've extracted all the key data from our reporting over the first quarter to give you a cost-effective,
comprehensive, one stop
source of data on the deal and fundraising activity that took place in Africa over the past 3 months.
Deal values, stake sizes, fund launches, closes, and commitments. And any
new board appointments that came about as a result of a deal. All presented in an excel workbook for you to add to your source library of private capital investment information in Africa today.
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Projects & Portfolio Company News...
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Private Equity
Uber buys Careem in MENA's largest ever tech deal
Careem, whose app-based car service is used in over 120 cities and towns from Morocco to Pakistan, is being acquired by industry behemoth, Uber...
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Sectors, Trends & Perspectives...
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Perspectives
Will Ethiopia become the continent's next powerhouse?
With one of Africa's fastest-growing economies, Witney Schneidman believes current political and economic reforms could make the country one of Africa's undisputed leaders....
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Companies, People & Profiles...
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Companies
Investor services group SGG rebrands as IQ-EQ
Global investor services firm SGG Group now has a new name, tieing together the group of acquisitions the Luxembourg-headquartered firm has made under one brand...
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This week's issue supported by...
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Based in London, United Kingdom or Washington, DC, United States
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Based in Johannesburg, South Africa
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Based in London, United Kingdom
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Based in Multiple Locations
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Lisbon, Portugal, June 11th to June 14th, 2019
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16th Annual AVCA Conference
Nairobi, Kenya, April 1st to April 5th, 2019
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AFSIC 2019, Investing in Africa
London, United Kingdom, May 8th to May 10th, 2019
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21st EMPEA Global Private Equity Conference
Washington, DC, United States, May 13th to May 15th, 2019
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London, United Kingdom, June 11th, 2019
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London, United Kingdom, November 28th, 2019
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Allan Cunningham
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