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

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…

AfricInvest to exit investment in Alios Finance S.A.

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Tunis, Tunisia, Capital Markets in Africa — AfricInvest is pleased to announce that its fund AfricInvest Ltd., acting as lead investor, alongside FMO (the Dutch development bank), Finnfund (Finnish Fund for Industrial Cooperation Ltd.), Bank of Africa Group (a pan-African bank majority-owned by BMCE bank of Morocco) and Gras Savoye (a French insurance broker), has completed the sale of its 59.34% equity stake in Alios Finance S.A. to TLG Finance, a holding company controlled by…

Synergy Capital Private Equity Fund closes at US$00 million

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Lagos, Nigeria, Capital Markets in Africa — Synergy Private Equity Fund I (SPEF) LP is pleased to announce the final close of its fund. The fund closed above its initial hard cap of $100m on September 9, 2015 ahead of the first anniversary of its first close, which was on September 12, 2014. Fundraising for SPEF, a Mauritius domiciled fund focused on mid- sized investments in high growth sectors in Nigeria and Ghana commenced in…

Actis announces exit of Globeleq Africa to CDC and Norfund consortium

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London, Capital Markets in Africa — Globeleq, a company owned by Actis, the pan-emerging market investor, has completed the sale and transfer of Globeleq Africa, the power generation platform in Africa, to a company owned by Norfund, the Norwegian investment fund for developing countries and CDC Group (“CDC”), the UK government’s development finance institution. Norfund acquired a significant minority stake (30%) in Globeleq Africa for a final cash consideration of US$227 million. CDC, which…

Injaro invests in Mali’s Seed Sector

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Bamako, Mali, Capital Markets in Africa — Injaro Agricultural Capital Holdings Limited (“IACHL”), the impact investment fund managed by Injaro Investments, announces its second investment in Mali’s agricultural sector. IACHL has signed an agreement to invest in Comptoir 2000 SA (“Comptoir 2000”), an indigenous producer of seeds in Mali. Founded in 1990 as a sole proprietorship, Comptoir 2000 started as a distributor of agro‐inputs such as herbicides and pesticides. Since 2000, the Company decided to expand…

Investisseurs & Partenaires announces investment in SCRIMAD Group

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Madagascar,Capital Markets in Africa —- Investisseurs & Partenaires welcomes a new company in its portfolio IPAE: the agribusiness company SCRIMAD Group, located in Madagascar. This is the third investment of the Fund I&P Afrique Entrepreneurs in Madagascar, after IOT (aquaculture) et ACEP Madagascar (Microfinance). Founded in 1993 and managed by Simon Rakotondrahova, SCRIMAD is specialized in the collect and export of litchi production, among other fruits and spices (vanilla, black pepper, cinnamon, etc.). The partnership with…

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