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Private Equity
IHelios Investment Partners has agreed to invest in the Moroccan subsidiary of a Turkey-based discount grocery retailer, in a deal that values the unit at more than...
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Helios buys 35% stake in BIM Maroc, Morocco's largest discount grocery chain
Image Credit: Pixabay
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Private Equity
InfraCo Africa is making an equity investment in a specialized local currency infrastructure credit guarantee institution based in Lagos...
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Private Equity
By acquiring the partial Channel VAS stake sold by Ethos Capital the week before last, Convergence Partners is expanding the size of its holding in the Dubai-based fintech startup held by...
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Private Equity
Inside Capital announced the sixth deal for Inside Equity, its inaugural private equity fund, last week. The fund is investing a total of $3.1 million, primarily fresh equity, in exchange for...
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Private Debt
TLG Capital's Credit Opportunities Fund has exited its investment in BAJ Stations Uganda in a secondary deal, earning an IRR in excess of 30% in U.S. dollar terms...
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Private Debt
After raising €2.2 million of seed capital a few months ago from a group of investors led by Change Ventures, Planet42 has landed another $10 million to support its expansion plans...
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Venture Capital
Having backed SunCulture's seed round in 2017, Nairobi-based Energy Access Ventures is back again, this time leading a group of investors investing...
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Venture Capital
Cathay AfricInvest Innovation and FMO announced last week that both organizations are investing in Aerobotics' Series B, a R250 million round led by Naspers Foundry. The capital will be used...
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Private Equity
Stanlib's second infrastructure fund has reportedly raised almost 70% of its final close goal from a range of South African investors. According to...
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Projects & Portfolio Companies... |
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Payments
Adumo, a private equity-backed business has acquired GAAP, a point-of-sale company. The amount being paid for the majority stake, which is being financed by Adumo's shareholders, Apis Partners and...
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Companies, People & Profiles... |
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Company
The all-share deal to merge Helios Holdings and Fairfax Africa has completed following the conclusion of a special meeting of Fairfax Africa shareholders ten days ago...
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Highlighted Job of the Week |
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Based in London, United Kingdom
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New this week...
Based in Lagos, Nigeria
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New this week...
Director, West and Central Africa Division at IFAD // ifad.org
Based in Rome, Italy before moving to West Africa
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New this week...
Director, Near East, North Africa and Europe Division at IFAD // ifad.org
Based in Rome, Italy before moving to the field
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New this week...
Based in Cape Town, South Africa
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Valuation Manager, Deals, Transaction Services at PwC // pwc.com
Based in Cairo, Egypt
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Principal Private-Public Partnership Value Chain Officer at AfDB // afdb.org
Based in Pretoria, South Africa
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London, United Kingdom, May 5th to May 7th, 2021
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Virtual Event, December 15th to December 16th, 2020
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Virtual Event, February 23rd, 24th and 25th, 2021
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Maputo, Mozambique, March 8th to March 9th, 2021
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Sun City, South Africa or Virtual Event, March 3rd to March 4th, 2021
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