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Bamboo Finance and Louis Dreyfus Holding Launch Impact Investment Fund NISABA, Focusing on Agribusiness in Sub-Saharan Africa

Lagos, Nigeria, Capital Markets in Africa — Bamboo Finance, a private equity firm specializing in investing in business models that benefit low-income communities in developing economies and Louis Dreyfus Holding, which owns a controlling stake in leading global agribusiness Louis Dreyfus Commodities, announced today a partnership to launch and jointly manage NISABA, a US$50 million impact investment fund project with a focus on small- and medium-sized agribusiness enterprises (SMEs) in Sub-Saharan Africa. As project sponsor, Louis Dreyfus Holding…

Mediterrania Capital Partners in Société Meunière Tunisienne acquisiton

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Tunis, Tunisia, Capital Markets in Africa — Mediterrania Capital Partners, the regional Private Equity firm focusing in growth investments for SMEs in North Africa and Sub-Saharan countries, announces the acquisition of a 23% stake in Société Meunière Tunisienne through its second fund Mediterrania Capital II (“MC II”). Mediterrania Capital II has acquired a 23% stake in Société Meunière Tunisienne (SMT), a Tunisian company specialising in wheat collection, transformation and distribution. SMT, with its brand “Randa”,…

Abraaj Group partners with Egyptian education provider Tiba

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Cairo, Egypt, Capital Markets in Africa — The Abraaj Group (‘Abraaj’ or the ‘Group’), a leading investor operating in global growth markets, today announced a partnership, through its second generation North Africa Fund (‘ANAF II’), with Tiba Group (‘Tiba’ or the ‘Company’), an education service provider in Egypt. Tiba operates across three verticals and through seven educational institutions in Egypt, serving approximately 20,000 students. The Group also announced the formation of an Education Management Company that…

African Guarantee Fund Aquires GARI Fund

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Nairobi, Kenya, Capital Markets in Africa — The African Guarantee Fund for Small and Medium Enterprises (AGF) has today completed its USD 35million acquisition of Guarantee Fund for Private Investments in Africa (GARI). The process that began in April 2014 has been approved by the Central Bank of West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) and will culminate in AGF’s acquisition of 80.56% of the outstanding shares of GARI. GARI was incorporated as an initiative…

Investisseurs & Partenaires takes minority stakes in Enval and PEG Africa

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Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire, Capital Markets in Africa — The €54 million I&P Afrique Entrepreneurs (IPAE) fund, managed by Investisseurs & Partenaires, has recently invested, as minority stakeholders, in two companies based in West Africa. Both of them demonstrate the great innovation capacity of African SMEs, as they play a pioneering role in their respective domains of activity. ENVAL LABORATOIRE, located in Ivory Coast, is one of the most important laboratories of physico- chemical and microbiological…

African Renewable Energy Fund, successfully reaches final close at its target of US $200 million

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Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire, Capital Markets in Africa —The African Renewable Energy Fund (AREF), a dedicated renewable energy fund focused on sub-Saharan Africa, announced during the African Development Bank’s “Energy Week” that it successfully reached its final close at its hard cap, with US $200 million of committed capital to support small- to medium-scale projects, with investment at the final close from European Investment Bank (EIB) and the Global Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Fund (GEEREF), among…

Emerging Capital Partners exits Continental Reinsurance Plc

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Lagos, Nigeria, Capital Markets in Africa — Emerging Capital Partners (ECP), an international private equity firm focused on investing across the African continent, along with its investment partners, announces the sale of C-Re Holding Limited (“C-Re Holding”) to Saham Finances S.A (“Saham”), the insurance arm of Saham Group. C-Re Holding holds a 53.6% stake in Continental Reinsurance Plc (“Continental Re”), a private reinsurance company in Africa, excluding South Africa. Under ECP’s ownership, Continental Re has…

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