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LeapFrog secures a majority stake in GoodLife Pharmacy, Kenya

NAIROBI (Capital Markets in Africa) – LeapFrog Investments, a leading specialist investor in emerging markets, today announced its acquisition of a US$22mn majority stake in Kenya’s GoodLife Pharmacy, the largest direct investment in the East African retail pharmacy sector to date. LeapFrog will now build on its financial services specialism by diversifying its private equity investments into a closely linked sector – healthcare. This will develop a platform that combines both payers and providers, thereby…

Catalyst Principal Partners sells GoodLife Pharmacy, Kenya

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NAIROBI (Capital Markets in Africa) – East Africa focused private equity firm Catalyst Principal Partners (Catalyst) has announced its exit from pharmaceutical retailer Goodlife Pharmacy where it held a controlling stake. Catalyst sold its stake to LeapFrog Investments, a private equity investment company focusing on investments for emerging consumers in Africa and Asia. Catalyst, along with strategic partners Africa Chemist and Beauty Care and a seasoned management team, acquired a controlling stake in Mimosa Pharmacy…

Smaller deals in focus as big private equity fades in Africa

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JOHANNESBURG (Capital Markets in Africa) – A family-owned grocery chain selling lychees and almond milk would have been an unlikely target when giant private equity funds were spending big in Africa. But as times have got tougher for investors, small and midsize businesses like Food Lover’s Market are making up the bulk of deals on the continent. Two years ago, an $8.1 billion investment spree by some of the world’s biggest private equity funds led…

Flint Atlantic invests in Africa Healthcare Network

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LAGOS (Capital Markets in Africa) – Flint Atlantic Capital Partners (Flint Atlantic), a Nigerian based healthcare impact investment firm, has announced an investment into Africa Healthcare Network (AHN), the largest dialysis and kidney care services chain in Rwanda. The investment was made jointly with US-based Polaris Partners (Polaris), a leading global healthcare venture capital firm and will help to fund AHN’s expansion in Rwanda and across Africa over the next two years. AHN operates dialysis units…

Scatec Solar and Norfund sign Power Purchase Agreement for Mozambique’s Solar Plant

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MAPUTO (Capital Markets in Africa) – Scatec Solar and Norfund have signed the Power Purchase Agreement securing the sale of solar power over a 25 year period to the state owned utility Electricidade de Mozambique (EDM). The agreement was signed at a ceremony in Maputo yesterday in the presence of the Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Børge Brende, the Mozambican Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy, Mrs Letícia Klemens as well as Dr Mateus…

South Africa’s M&R exits infrastructure sector with $23 million sale

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JOHANNESBURG (Capital Markets in Africa) – South Africa’s Murray and Roberts (M&R) has sold its infrastructure and building business for 314 million rand ($23 million) as part of its drive to focus on projects for the global natural resources sector, it said on Tuesday. The engineering and construction group said in a statement it sold the business to Firefly Investments, which represents a consortium led by Southern Palace Group of Companies Proprietary Limited, a black-owned…

AfricInvest exits Tunisia’s Cotugrain Hortimag

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TUNIS (Capital Markets in Africa) – AfricInvest, a Pan-African midcap private equity firms, announced that its Maghreb Private Equity Fund II (MPEF II) has successfully sold its 20.06% stake in the Group Cotugrain Hortimag (Cotugrain Hortimag) to a consortium composed of BIAT Capital Risque (the private equity fund of BIAT, a leading private-sector bank in Tunisia) and the company’s owner, Mr. Adel Ghariani. Cotugrain Hortimag is a Tunisia-based leader in the production of seeds, fresh…

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