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Private Equity | Helios closes sale of HTN Towers to IHS

London, Capital Markets in Africa: Helios Investment Partners (acting on behalf of Helios Investors, L.P.) and including The Pembani Group, First City Monument Bank and IFC, announced today the completion of the sale of HTN Towers (“HTN”), the pioneer of tower infrastructure sharing in Africa, to IHS Holding Limited, the largest mobile telecommunications infrastructure provider in Africa, Europe and the Middle East. Founded by Helios in 2006, HTN was the first independent telecom tower company…

Investment | Helios acquires majority stake in Telkom Kenya

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Nairobi, Kenya, Capital Markets in Africa: UK private equity firm, Helios Investment Partners, today announced the acquisition of a 60% shareholding in Telkom Kenya by Jamhuri Holdings Limited (JHL), a company owned 100% by HeIios Investors III, L.P. (a fund advised by Helios Investment Partners LLP) following receipt of regulatory approval. The transaction also included an increase in the shareholding of the Government of Kenya (GoK) in Telkom Kenya from 30% to 40%. Babatunde Soyoye,…

Investment | Mediterrania Capital Partners invests in MedTech Group, Morocco

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Casablanca, Morocco, Capital Markets in Africa: Mediterrania Capital Partners, the regional private equity firm focusing on growth investments for companies in North African and sub-Saharan countries, announces the acquisition through its second fund, Mediterrania Capital II, of a stake in MedTech Group, Morocco’s leading IT business system integrator incorporating solutions from corporations such as Oracle, Microsoft, NCR, Alcatel-Lucent, Cisco, EMC and IBM. With 25 years of experience in the IT industry, nowadays MedTech is operating…

Fund Raising | Actis raises over $500m for new African real estate fund

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LONDON, Capital Markets in Africa: Actis, a leading growth markets investor, is pleased to announce that it has reached final closing on its third opportunistic private real estate fund, Actis Africa Real Estate Fund 3 (“ARE3”) with commitments totalling more than $500m, comfortably exceeding its original $400m target. ARE3 is the largest opportunistic private real estate fund targeting sub-Saharan Africa raised in the market to date. ARE3 has a diverse investor base, including pension funds,…

Old Mutual Alternative Investments to manage R380mn investment deal

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Johannesburg, South Africa, Capital Markets in Africa: Barnstone Education and the Schools and Education Investment Impact Fund South Africa have announced an additional investment as part of the second phase of the Prestige School project, a multi-million rand deal, which will fund the development and operations of six Prestige College affordable independent schools. This brings the total finance allocated to the project to R380 million. The deal is the latest of its kind for the…

Investment | Private Equity | Actis invests in Mundiapolis University, Morocco

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LONDON, Capital Markets in Africa: Actis has invested in Mundiapolis University (Mundiapolis), a top ranking private university in Morocco, as a bolt-on acquisition to its investment in Emerging Markets Knowledge Holdings. Actis is investing in Mundiapolis to support an ambitious development plan that strengthens the university’s offering, accelerates its internationalisation, and strengthens its important contributions on the African continent. Across growth markets, education is at the centre of changing lifestyles, as employers pay premiums for…

Private Equity | Half of the Angola Sovereign Wealth Fund invest in Private Equity

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Luanda, Angola, Capital Markets in Africa: Angola’s sovereign wealth fund said it put more than half of its investments in private equity funds focused in the country and across sub-Saharan Africa last year, describing its performance as “solid,” particularly in light of the global economic turbulence. The fund, known as FSDEA, had assets worth $4.7 billion in 2015 after being endowed with $5 billion from the government in 2014, according to an investment update released on…

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