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Deals and Fundraising News...
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Mezzanine
Ashburton holds first close for new Mezz fund
Ashburton Investments has held the first close for its inaugural mezzanine fund which launched last year.
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Ashburton's new mezzanine fund will target established mid-size and large cap opportunities in Southern Africa
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Private Equity
Àrgentil backs Tempo with in debt/equity deal
Àrgentil Capital Partners is backing a Nigerian housing developer for its second fund's third deal.
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Private Equity
IFC mulls commitment to Apis's second fund
Apis Partners' second private equity fund is in line for a capital commitment from the International Finance Corporation.
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Private Equity
Letshego raises capital from European investor group
Letshego Holdings has raised fresh funding from a group of European specialist and impact investors.
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Venture Capital
Nigeria's Piggybank.ng raises seed round
A group made up of high net worths and venture capital firms have backed Piggybank.ng's seed round.
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Venture Capital
HAVAIC leads first external investment in AURA
Cape Town-based HAVAIC has led the first external equity investment round in AURA, a cloud-based security and safety startup.
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AfDB, Africa50 and GCF team up for Sahel solar projects
Africa50, the Green Climate Fund and the African Development Bank are teaming up to support the development of solar projects in the Sahel.
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Perspectives
PE should promote gender equity in Africa's businesses
Writing in the
Financial Times, Aubry Hruby argues that the private equity industry is uniquely placed to drive gender equity in African business.
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Principal Investment Officer, AHWS at African Development Bank
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Based in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
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Based in London, United Kingdom
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Associate, Development Impact (Intermediated Equity) at CDC
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Based in London, United Kingdom
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Based in Johannesburg, South Africa
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Black River, Mauritius, June 19th to June 22nd, 2018
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Johannesburg, June 6th, 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 15th to November 16th, 2018
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Gas Options: North & West Africa Summit
Marrakech, November 15th to November 16th, 2018
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New this week...
Cape Town, November 5th to November 7th, 2018
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International Gas Cooperation Summit
Durban, December 4th to December 5th, 2018
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