Private equity firm Ascent Capital has invested US$2.5 million in Ethiopia-based pharmaceutical company Medpharm Holdings Africa. The transaction was structured through Ascent Rift Valley Fund. Medpharm will use the investment to develop a pathology department, as well as to expand its presence throughout East Africa. Read More
Private investment fund manager One Thousand & One Voices has invested in South Africa-based RedSun Dried Fruit & Nuts, a processor and distributor of raisins. The company intends to use the financing to double its current workforce over the next year. Financial details of the transaction, which was structured through… Read More
Cordiant Capital, a fund manager specializing in emerging markets investments, and development finance institution International Finance Corporation (IFC) have provided a financing facility to Tanzania-based solar leasing company Off Grid Electric. The new facility consists of a US$4.5 million loan provided through the IFC Cleantech Innovation Facility and an additional… Read More
Private equity fund manager Phatisa has invested in Kenya-based General Plastics, a manufacturer of packaging products for the food, beverage and agro-chemical sectors. The company intends to use the capital injection to expand its operations across East Africa. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. Read More
Pan-African private equity firm AfricInvest, global growth markets investor The Abraaj Group and development finance institution Swedfund have entered into an agreement to sell their collective 37.3 percent stake in Kenya-based insurance provider UAP Holdings to Old Mutual Holdings, a wholly-owned subsidiary of insurance and banking group Old Mutual, for… Read More
South Africa-focused fund manager Ethos Private Equity has acquired a majority stake in South Africa-based automotive parts retailer AutoZone. The transaction was structured through Ethos Fund VI. As part of the transaction, Ethos acquired the stake held by RMB Corvest, the private equity arm of Rand Merchant Bank and Zico… Read More
Pan-African private investment firm Helios Investment Partners has agreed to sell a 12.2 percent stake in Kenya-based banking group Equity Group Holdings to development finance institution Norfund and NorFinance, a joint venture investment company between Norfund and Norwegian private investors. The stake represents half of Helios’s interest in Equity Group,… Read More
Pan-African private investment firm Helios Investment Partners has exceeded the US$1 billion target set for its third Africa-focused fund, Helios Investors III, and will be closing the fund shortly with US$1.1 billion in capital commitments, reaching the fund’s hard cap. Investors in the fund include sovereign wealth funds, corporate and… Read More
West Africa-focused fund manager Sahel Capital has acquired a 25 percent stake in Nigeria-based dairy producer and processor L&Z Integrated Farms. The transaction was structured through Sahel Capital’s Fund for Agricultural Finance in Nigeria (FAFIN). L&Z has an integrated facility that produces yogurt, fresh milk and ice cream from its… Read More
Private equity fund management company Advanced Finance and Investment Group (AFIG) has agreed to invest up to US$14 million in Nigeria-based producer and distributor of pharmaceutical products and bottled beverages Nigerian-German Chemicals (NGC). The transaction will be structured through Atlantic Coast Regional Fund. NGC intends to use the capital to… Read More
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