Private equity firm Development Partners International (DPI) has closed its second pan-Africa-focused fund, ADP II, with approximately US$725 million in capital commitments. Investors in the fund include corporate and public pension funds, endowments and foundations, funds of funds, family offices and development finance institutions from the United States, Europe, the… Read More
Global growth markets investor The Abraaj Group has reached a final close for its Sub-Saharan Africa-focused Abraaj Africa Fund III with US$990 million in capital commitments, surpassing its original target of US$800 million. The fund intends to invest in mid-sized companies, diversified by sector, country and deal type. Investors in… Read More
Amethis Finance, a fund manager that provides debt and equity financing to companies in Africa, and National Bank of Canada, a commercial bank, have agreed to acquire a 26 percent stake in NSIA Participations, a Cote d’Ivoire-based financial group, from pan-African private equity firm Emerging Capital Partners (ECP). ECP will… Read More
Private equity firm Verod Capital has fully exited Nigeria-based property development and construction company HFP Engineering and has partially exited Nigeria-based aluminum can manufacturer GZ Industries (GZI). Verod initially acquired a 33 percent stake in HFP in 2008 and a 45.3 percent stake in GZI in 2009. Post-transaction, Verod continues… Read More
Pan-African private equity firm AfricInvest has entered into an agreement with Elephant Group, a Nigeria-based agricultural commodities trading, production, processing, marketing and distribution company, to acquire a minority stake in the company. Elephant Group intends to use the funding to increase its market share in commodities trading and expand its… Read More
The value of private equity deals in Africa reached their second-highest level on record in 2014 as population growth and an increasingly stable political climate helped drive international interest in the continent. The total value of deals in Africa last year was $8.1bn, just short of the $8.3bn high recorded in 2007, according… Read More
Bridge International Academies, backed by investors including Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg, has opened more than 400 schools in Kenya in a bid to bring inexpensive, private education to some of the world’s poorest children. In rural Kenya, 6-year-old Sharon Ndunge, sitting in a rough-built classroom with chicken-coop wire for windows,… Read More
Enko Capital Managers, an Africa-focused asset management firm, has acquired a minority stake in Madison Financial Services, a Zambia-based insurance and financial services company. The transaction was structured through Enko Africa Private Equity Fund. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. Read More
Metier, a private equity and alternative asset firm, has completed a first close for Metier Capital Growth Fund II with an undisclosed amount of committed capital. Investors included South African institutional investors, as well as development finance institutions FMO and DEG. The fund will target mid-cap growth investment opportunities in… Read More
Amethis Finance, a fund manager that provides debt and equity financing to companies in Africa, has acquired a 17.1 percent stake in CIEL Finance, the Mauritius-based banking and financial services division of CIEL Group. Amethis Finance plans to increase its stake to 24.9 percent later in 2015. CIEL Finance intends… Read More
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