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Private Equity
Centum sells bottling assets to Coca-Cola
In a regulatory announcement last week, Centum Investments announced that it is selling its private equity interests in two bottling firms to a subsidiary of Coca-Cola...
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In the biggest deal of the week, Centum agrees to sell its interest in two bottling frims to Coca-Cola. Image Credit: Pixabay |
Private Equity
OMPE buys stake in South African footwear retailer
Old Mutual Private Equity is buying a stake in a leading South African footwear retailer...
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Private Equity
Ethos AI Fund makes investment in ARC's TymeBank
Ethos Private Equity is making an investment in TymeBank, a digital bank owned by African Rainbow Capital which was launched in February this year...
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Private Equity
ECP backs logistics sector fintech business
Emerging Capital Partners is making an investment for its fourth fund which closed with $640 million late last year. The private equity firm is taking...
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Private Equity
AfricInvest expands stake in publicly-listed insurer
Tunis-based AfricInvest has expanded its stake in Britam, a Nairobi Stick Exchange-listed insurance group. The private equity fund manager is investing...
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Private Equity
Sahel-managed FAFIN backs shea butter business
For the Fund for Agriculture Finance in Nigeria's (or FAFIN) latest investment, Sahel Capital has struck a deal to acquire a stake in Ladgroup...
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Private Debt
AgDevCo makes first deal in Kenya
Social impact investor AgDevCo is making its first deal in Kenya, backing a consortium of macadamia processors and exporters in partnership with...
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Infrastructure
Mergence invests in Namibian solar plant
Mergence announced that it has acquired a stake in a Namibian solar plant through its infrastructure and developmental investment arm, Mergence Unlisted Investment Managers, (Namibia)...
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Venture Capital
HAVAÍC backs MPost in pre-Series A round
Last week Cape Town-based HAVAÍC announced that it backed MPost in a pre-Series A round earlier this year...
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Funds & Fundraising news...
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Private Debt
SunFunder and SNV to manage financing facilities
SunFunder and SNV Netherlands Development Organization are joining forces to manage three new financing facilities for solar and clean cookstoves...
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Projects & Portfolio Companies...
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Private Equity Infrastructure
CDC launches new electricity platform company
CDC, the UK's development finance institution, is capitalizing a new electricity investment platform...
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Private Equity
Family office deal gives Twiga investors partial exits
Creadev, a French family office, is making a secondary investment in Twiga Foods, buying partial stakes in the Kenyan company from some...
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Private Debt
Nordic DFIs invest debt in Nigeria's StarSight
StarSight Power Utility, a Nigerian energy services business which counts some high profile private capital investors among its backers, has signed a debt financing deal....
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Cape Town, South Africa, November 11th to November 12th, 2019
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U.S.-Africa Business Summit 2019
Maputo, Mozambique, June 18th to June 21st, 2019
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Harare, Zimbabwe, July 3rd, 2019
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New this week...
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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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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