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Private Equity
RMB Corvest backs MBO deal for KFC franchisee
RMB Corvest has acquired a significant stake in South Africa's largest KFC franchisee alongside the company's management team...
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RMB Corvest invests in KFC franchisee Roos Foods alongside the company's management
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Private Equity
Mergence in recap deal for 1K1V's trout farming business
Mergence Investment Managers has invested in one of One Thousand and One Voices' (1K1V) portfolio companies, acquiring a stake and helping to recapitalize...
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Venture Capital
New corporate vc fund in group backing Field Intelligence
A new corporate venture capital fund announced its first deal last week, backing Field Intelligence's Series A round as part of an investor group led by Blue Haven Initiative.
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Fund & Fundraising News...
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Private Equity
Yeelen Financial Fund adds another LP
The Yeelen Financial Fund has landed a commitment from a leading development finance institution which now joins the mix of fellow DFIs, pension funds, family..
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Private Equity
Beyond Capital in line for share in real asset fund's carry
Beyond Capital's impact investment activities look to set to benefit from a capital infusion down the line, reaping the rewards of an innovative arrangement with..
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Private Equity
Incofin to invest with Danone in innovative water firms
Incofin Investment Management is teaming up with Danone, the food and beverage multinational, to invest in water businesses..
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Venture Capital
EWB spins off gender lens impact tech fund
Engineers Without Borders Canada is spinning off a unit and launching Hummingbird Impact, a blended finance impact venture fund that will target..
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ESG
Africa's unlisted businesses and ESG best practices
Once again, Africa Capital Digest has partnered with KudosAfrica on the KudosImpact Pulse, a survey, analysis and report on the status of Africa's unlisted businesses and their adoption of ESG best practices. We'll be excerpting elements of the just-published report in the coming weeks, but, to start with, we're offering the whole report for download,
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Companies, People & Profiles...
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People
GreenTec Capital adds more depth to its bench
GreenTec Capital Partners has continued its recent run of appointments with another two hires in the last two weeks, Last week the firm announced that.
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Senior Portfolio Manager, Unlisted Debt at Sanlam
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Based in Cape Town, South Africa
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Director, Corporate Finance at Pawame
// pawame.com
Based in Nairobi, Kenya
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Investment Officer at IFC
// ifc.org
Based in Dakar, Senegal
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Johannesburg, South Africa, September 7th to September 11th, 2020
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New this week...
Paris, France, June 23rd to June 24th, 2020
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New this week...
Nairobi, Kenya, June 24th to June 25th, 2020
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Barcelona, Spain, June 30th to July 3rd, 2020
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Nairobi, Kenya, August 27th to August 28th, 2020
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