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Private Equity | Carlyle Sees Currency ‘Dislocation’ Stalling African Buyouts
LAGOS, Nigeria, Capital Markets in Africa: Volatile currencies and weaker commodity prices are keeping private equity investors focused on sub-Saharan Africa on the sidelines even though buyout firms have record amounts of cash to spend on acquisitions. “There’s been a dislocation in the market,” Marlon Chigwende, manager of Carlyle Group LP’s $698 million African fund, said by phone from London. “The dollar has appreciated strongly against a lot of African currencies so it’s had the effect of slowing…
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