Private equity fund manager Kerogen Capital has invested US$100 million in convertible preference shares in HKN Holding, a holding company for Iraq-based oil developer HKN Energy. The investment, which was structured through Kerogen Energy Fund will be used for the initial development of an oil project on the Sarsang… Read More
Africa-focused private equity firm Development Partners International will invest US$20 million in Morocco-based private university Université Privée de Marrakech (UPM). The investment, which will be structured through African Development Partners II, will be used to support UPM’s growth plans in Morocco and Sub-Saharan Africa. UPM provides undergraduate, graduate and… Read More
What is Emerging Markets Mezzanine Financing? Access to finance is one of the most prevalent challenges facing countless entrepreneurs and business owners across the emerging markets. Local banks have traditionally focused their lending on only a handful of large companies—in part, because they view smaller firms as having insufficient assets… Read More
Foursan Group, a private equity firm primarily focused on the Middle East, has completed investments in Jordan-based solar energy project Shamsuna Power, Jordan-based freight management company Nafith Logistics and Iraq-listed private sector bank National Bank of Iraq (NBI). The transactions were structured through Foursan Capital Partners I. Foursan now… Read More
Key findings from the 2014 Global Limited Partners Survey include: 41% of LPs* plan to increase the percentage of their total PE allocation targeted at emerging markets over the next two years, higher than the 32% reporting similar intentions in the 2013 survey. 54% of LPs* expect to increase the dollar value… Read More
Infra Invest, a management company for investment funds specializing in infrastructure projects in Africa and a subsidiary of asset manager RMA Capital, has reached an agreement with UPC North Africa Renewables, part of wind energy project developer and operator the UPC Group, to acquire a 25 percent ownership position… Read More
Global growth markets investor The Abraaj Group has acquired a stake in Kool Food, a Morocco-based chocolate confectionery manufacturer. Kool Food specializes in developing, producing and selling chocolate confections and powder drinks, as well as other sweet and salted food products under its own brand. The investment will be… Read More
Global private equity firm Warburg Pincus has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Mercator, a United Arab Emirates-based provider of software and technology-enabled outsourcing solutions to the global aviation industry, from air services provider Dnata, which will retain a minority stake. Warburg Pincus’s investment will be used to… Read More
Pan-emerging markets private equity firm Actis has sold a 2.6 percent equity stake in Egypt-based Commercial International Bank (CIB) on the open market to a group of international investors for a reported EGP816 million (approximately US$117 million). Actis, which will retain a 6.5 percent stake in CIB, became the… Read More
Swicorp, a MENA-focused investment banking and asset management firm, has listed Tunisia-based paper producer Sotipapier on the Tunis Stock Exchange. The listing included an offering of 9.5 million shares, representing 40 percent of the company’s share capital and giving Sotipapier an expected market capitalization of TND120 million (approximately US$76… Read More
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