Private financial services group Swicorp has invested in Jordan-based health and fitness club management business Fitness House Company (Fitness One). The transaction was structured through Swicorp’s Intaj II vehicle. Fitness One owns and operates fitness centers, including six women-dedicated fitness centers, and “Vega” centers offering diving, rock climbing and… Read More
The Global Firms’ Views Koenraad Foulin, Co-Founder and Senior Managing Partner, Capital International Private Equity Funds For Capital Group, 2013 was a year to invest beyond the BRICs. Our 2011 fund, CIPEF VI, completed four new investments—three of which were in emerging markets outside the BRIC countries. We made our… Read More
Saudi Arabia-based engineering firm SaudConsult and BPE Power and BPE Investments, two investment funds managed by Beltone Private Equity (BPE), an affiliate of Egypt-based Beltone Financial Holding, have concluded an agreement to acquire 40 percent of Egypt-based Power Generation Engineering and Services Company (PGESCo), a provider of engineering, procurement,… 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 announced the acquisition of a 20 percent ownership position in Morocco-based Mass Céréales Al Maghreb, a subsidiary of the family-owned conglomerate Holmarcom Group. The transaction was… Read More
Mediterrània Capital Partners, a division of the Spanish financial group Riva y Garcia, has announced the first closing of Mediterrània Capital II with EUR90 million (approximately US$122 million) in capital commitments. Investors include development finance institutions International Finance Corporation, European Investment Bank and European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. Read More
Global asset manager PineBridge Investments Middle East has acquired a United Arab Emirates-based school campus operated by global education services provider GEMS Education in a sale and leaseback transaction. Under the terms of the agreement, GEMS Education will lease the school campus for a term of over 20 years,… Read More
NBK Capital, an alternative investment firm focused on growth capital in middle market companies throughout the MENA region, has acquired a 49 percent stake in United Arab Emirates-based casual dining chain Shakespeare and Co. The transaction was structured through NBK Capital Equity Partners Fund II. Shakespeare and Co., which… Read More
NBK Capital, an alternative investment firm focused on growth capital in middle market companies throughout the MENA region, has reached a first close on its second private equity fund, NBK Capital Equity Partners Fund II, with US$217 million in capital commitments. The fund will continue the firm’s strategy of… Read More
Global growth markets investor The Abraaj Group has announced its full exit from Tunisia-based pharmaceutical company Opalia Pharma. The Abraaj Group, which originally invested in Opalia in 2009, sold its entire stake to Italy-listed Recordati, an international pharmaceutical company. In addition to The Abraaj Group’s stake, Recordati has agreed… Read More
AfricInvest Group, a private equity house focused on North and Sub-Saharan Africa, has invested in Tunisia-based textile manufacturer Maille Club. The company, which operates under the Mabrouk brand, was established in 1976 and designs, manufactures and markets textiles through a network of a dozen shops in Tunisia. Financial details… Read More
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