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Private Equity
CrossBoundary has sold a minority stake to Brown Advisory as part of an overall strategic partnership aimed at exploring collaboration and co-investment opportunities ...
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CrossBoundary's office in Nairobi - the firm announced a partnership with a major US Asset Manager
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Private Equity
Zoscales Partners has made a follow-on investment in a healthcare business the private equity firm first backed in May last year. Following the transaction, the Addis Ababa-based fund manager how holds a...
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Private Equity
Following the signature of a joint venture agreement in December, Gemcorp has agreed to back the development of the Mulepe diamond deposit in Lunda Norte, a province in North-Eastern Angola...
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Private Equity
Janus Capital, the investment arm of Africa-based conglomerate Janus Continental Group, has acquired a stake in a British-headquartered renewable energy firm, Highview Power, as part of a...
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Private Debt
Fresh from closing a $14 million Series A round in December, SunCulture has arranged a syndicated debt facility backed by a group of investors led by SunFunder. The solar irrigation company received...
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Private Debt
The World Bank's International Finance Corporation is evaluating a potential investment of debt and equity into EthioChicken, a producer of day-old-chicks and poultry feedstuffs in Ethiopia. If approved...
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Venture Capital
Audio equipment manufacturer Bose Corporation's venture capital arm has led a group of investors backing a Series A round for hearX, a 5 year-0ld startup whose technology was developed at...
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Venture Capital
AgVentures has made its second investment, taking a stake in Skudu, an online marketplace matching farmers, their suppliers, and their customers based in South Africa's Western Cape. The amount being invested...
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Private Equity
In early December last year, DPI added a U.S. pension fund to the roster of LPs of its third fund, Africa Development Partners III. The Investment Committee of...
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Private Equity
It looks like International Finance Corporation will be making a commitment to Salt Capital's first private equity fund. The World Bank's development finance institution is...
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Venture Capital
South Africa's Mineworkers Investment Company (MIC) is making a commitment to Knife Fund III, helping anchor venture firm Knife Capital's new Africa Series B expansion fund...
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Projects & Portfolio Companies... |
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Education
Taaleem Management Services, a higher education provider in Egypt that CI Capital and a consortium of investors took control of in August 2019, announced last week that it has filed for an IPO on...
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Payments
The International Finance Corporation has signed off on an equity investment in Adumo, a payments and merchant acquiring platform business that came into...
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