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Private Equity
Investec makes first private equity deal in Egypt
Investec Asset Management announced its first private equity investment in Egypt buying a control stake in a supermarket chain from the insolvent Abraaj Group...
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Making its first private equity deal in Egypt, Investec buys supermarket chain Spinneys from Abraaj
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Private Equity
IDG, Sequoia China, GSR and others back Nigeria's OPay
OPay, a Nigerian mobile payments startup, has raised a significant amount of funding from a consortium of high-profile venture investors...
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Private Equity
GEMS Education gets backing from CVC Capital
GEMS Education, an education owner/operator of schools in countries around the world including Egypt, Kenya and Uganda, has a new significant minority shareholder...
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Private Equity
1K1V backs Lesotho-based health food company
One Thousand & One Voices announced it is making its second investment in a Lesotho-based company last week. The private family capital fund is investing...
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Venture Capital
Toyota Tsusho and others back Powerhive's Series B
Toyota Tsusho, a unit of global engineering giant Toyota Group, is participating in Powerhive's Series B round alongside...
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Venture Capital
Knife Capital backs Grindstone Accelerator alum
Knife Capital has made a Series A investment in one of the businesses selected to take part in the venture capital firm's Grindstone Accelerator program last year...
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Private Credit
Africa Finance Corporation buys Aker Energy notes
Africa Finance Corporation is investing in Aker Energy-issued subordinated convertible bonds to help finance the development of the Deepwater Tano Cape Three Points...
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Private Debt
Rent to Own lands debt financing from DGGF
Zambia-based Rent to Own, has secured debt financing from the Dutch Good Growth Fund's Seed Capital and Business Development facility...
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Projects & Portfolio Companies...
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Private Equity
Sterling Capital takes stake in private equity firm Afvest
Kenyan Investment Bank Sterling Capital which counts Kuramo Capital Management among its stakeholders has acquired a stake in a local private equity firm...
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Strategies, Trends & Perspectives...
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Strategies
Making an investment case for the DRC
Charles Robertson, Renaissance Capital's Chief Economist talks to CNBC about the investment case for one of the continent's largest countries...
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Perspectives
Private sector investment pitfalls in infra financing
An analysis from South African think tank SAIIA looks at some of the shortcomings of private capital infrastructure investment...
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Companies, People & Profiles...
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People
Ontario Teachers' former EMEA head tapped as next CEO
Last week, Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan announced the appointment of its current global development head as the Canadian pension giant's next chief executive...
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People
Emerging Capital Partners' Nairobi lead made Partner
Emerging Capital Partners announced a promotion for the Managing Director of its Nairobi office last week...
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Executive Director, Advisory at Lions Head Global Partners
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Based in London, United Kingdom
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Partner, Capital Services Projects at ERM
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Based in Johannesburg, South Africa
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Senior Consultant, Social Impact Assessment at ERM
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Based in Johannesburg, South Africa
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Based in London, United Kingdom
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Based in Woodlands, South Africa
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Based in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire
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Based in London, United Kingdom
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Based in Washington, DC, United States
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Cape Town, South Africa, October 22nd to October 24th, 2019
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Luanda, Angola, July 18th, 2019
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Bonds, Loans & Sukuk East Africa 2019
Nairobi, Kenya, September 17th, 2019
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Africa Property Investment Summit & Expo
Johannesburg, South Africa, October 2nd to October 3rd, 2019
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SuperReturn Global Infrastructure
London, United Kingdom, September 16th to September 18th, 2019
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Cape Town, South Africa, November 11th to November 12th, 2019
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London, United Kingdom, November 28th, 2019
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Cape Town, South Africa, December 2nd to December 4th, 2019
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Bonds, Loans & Sukuk Nigeria 2019
Lagos, Nigeria, December 3rd, 2019
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