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Private Equity
Actis takes over two Abraaj funds
Actis confirmed last week that it has assumed management rights to a pair of private equity funds from the now insolvent Abraaj Group. With almost...
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OMPE=backed Footgear acquires Edcon Group stores chains Edgars Active and High Key
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Private Equity
EXEO Capital makes fifth deal for $146mln Agri-Vie II
EXEO Capital, managers of the Agri-Vie funds, announced last week that it had completed an investment in a Tanzanian packing manufacturer last month...
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Private Equity
AHL Ventures and DOB back agriservices business
AHL Venture Partners has led an equity investment in a Kenya-based agricultural laboratory and agronomy services company. Dutch family office DOB Equity is...
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Private Equity
XSML invests in Uganda's Ice Industries
XSML Capital's African Rivers Fund is backing Uganda's Ice Industries, a producer of the flake ice needed to keep produce fresh and cold...
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Private Equity Infrastructure
CBEA seals first deal with PowerGen transaction
CrossBoundary Energy Access (CBEA), a mini-grid project financing facility set up earlier this year, has struck its first deal. The blended finance structure is investing...
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Funds & Fundraising News...
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Private Equity
EIB approves commitment to Okavango's first fund
Following the announcement in April that the European Investment Bank was considering a commitment to Okavango Capital's first fund...
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Venture Capital
SA SME Fund anchors 4Di's latest venture fund
4Di Capital has landed the SA SME Fund as the anchor investor for Capital Fund III, its recently-launched venture investment fund...
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Private Equity
OMPE's Footgear buys
Edcon
assets
Following last month's acquisition of a majority of its shares by Old Mutual Private Equity, Footgear is buying two divisions from the Edcon Group...
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Strategies, Trends & Perspectives...
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Trends
China's "hidden lending" in Africa
Brookings' Africa Growth Initiative analyses the extent of China's "hidden lending" in Africa.
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Trends
South Africa's 10 largest venture deals of 2019
Industry publication
Ventureburn lists South Africa's ten largest venture deals so far this year.
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Executive Director, Advisory at Lions Head Global Partners
// lhgp.com
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 London, United Kingdom
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Based in Johannesburg, South Africa
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Based in London, United Kingdom
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SuperReturn Global Infrastructure
London, United Kingdom, September 16th to September 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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Cape Town, South Africa, October 22nd to October 24th, 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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