Apis Partners, through its fund Apis Growth Fund I, has agreed to exit its 11.7% stake in Retail Capital, a South Africa-based fintech that provides SME financing, to TymeBank, another Apis Partners portfolio company, for an undisclosed amount. Read more… Read More
Oui Capital reached a ~USD11m first close for its second fund Mentors Fund II. The vehicle focuses on pan-Africa pre-seed- and seed-stage startups and has a target of USD30m. Read more… Read More
Egypt-based furniture and home goods e-commerce platform Homzmart raised a USD23m pre-Series B from STV and existing investors Impact46, Outliers Ventures, Rise Capital and NUWA Capital. The startup raised USD17m in a Series Alast year. Read more… Read More
AfricInvest through its funds AfricInvest II and AfricInvest Financial Sector Fund exited Bridge Group West Africa, a Cote d’Ivoire-based financial services holding company controlled by Teyliom International Group, for an undisclosed amount. AfricInvest acquired a 30% stake in the company in March 2014. Read more here. Read More
Genser Energy, a Ghana-based natural gas independent power producer, closed an eight-year USD425m financing package consisting of a USD325m syndicated senior loan facility and a USD100m mezzanine loan. Standard Bank of South Africa, Absa Bank, Société Générale, Mauritius Commercial Bank, Ninety One, Barak Fund and the Development Bank of Southern… Read More
Amethis exited its minority stake in Pétro Ivoire, an Ivory Coast-based retail distributor of oil and gas, to state-owned Caisse Nationale de Prévoyance Sociale (CNPS) for an undisclosed amount. Amethis first invested in the company in July 2013 and sold part of its stake through a leveraged management buyout in… Read More
Mirova SunFunder and TDB co-arranged a USD50m debt facility for d.light, a Kenya-based, pay-as-you-go solar platform, with participation from FMO. Read more… Read More
DP World-owned Imperial completed the acquisition of a 51% stake in J&J Group, a Mozambique-based logistics company backed by Alterra Capital Partners and Ethos, at an enterprise value of USD300m. Imperial agreed to acquire 100% of J&J Group in 2021 and will acquire the remaining 49% stake through the second… Read More
Sudan-based digital banking startup Bloom raised a USD6.5m seed round from Global Founders Capital, Y Combinator, Visa, Goodwater Capital, VentureSouq and angels. Read more… Read More
AfricInvest and Cathay Capital reached a EUR110m (~USD111m) final close for their joint pan-African venture fund focusing on early- to growth-stage startups in fintech, mobility, healthtech, edtech, AI, digital content and agtech verticals. The vehicle received commitments from EIB, AfricaGrow, FMO, Bpifrance, AfDB, Triodos Investment Management, Proparco, SIFEM, BIO and… Read More
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