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New York Pension Fund to Invest up to 3% of its assets in Africa

London (Capital Markets in Africa):- At a conference in London last week, Vicki Fuller, the Chief Investment Officer of the New York State Common Retirement Fund, revealed that it is planning to allocate as much as 3% of its assets, (approximately $5 billion), to investing in Africa over the next 5 years. Private equity, venture capital, infrastructure and real estate opportunities all look set to benefit. With priority being given to managers with offices in African…

European investors support Vantage Capital with $75m

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Vantage Capital, Africa’s leading mezzanine debt provider, today announced that the DEG – Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH (“DEG”) and four other European investors are contributing a total of approximately $60m to Vantage’s third fund. DEG’s commitment to Fund III is $20m. In addition the DEG is providing $15m to a co-investment with Vantage in Surfline Communications, the leading 4G LTE network operator in Ghana. Vantage invested $15m in Surfline from its second fund late…

AFIG Funds invest in Primrose Properties Ghana Ltd

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Advanced Finance and Investment Group (“AFIG Funds”), manager of the Atlantic Coast Regional Fund (“ACRF”) is pleased to announce that it has completed an investment in Primrose Properties Ghana (“PPG”), a leading real estate development company based in Accra, Ghana. Primrose is focused on the development of commercial and residential properties and has developed a solid track record in Ghana’s growing real estate market. The ACRF investment will allow PPG to fund an attractive pipeline…

Nigeria’s Verod Capital in Union Trustees Limited Management Buyout

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Verod Capital has along with the management team of Union Trustees Limited acquired Union Trustees Limited. This is the third investment in Verod Capital’s Fund II. The company, a fully owned subsidiary of Union Bank of Nigeria is duly licensed and registered by the Securities and Exchange Commission as Trustees and Fund and Portfolio Managers. Union Trustees Limited, based in Lagos Nigeria, is well known as one of the top corporate Trustees’ and Fund Managers…

Atlas Mara in deal to buy Rwandan bank

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The EastAfrican: A firm linked to former Barclays executive Bob Diamond is expanding its footprint on the continent with the acquisition of a second Rwandan bank. The EastAfrican has learnt that the London Stock Exchange-listed Atlas Mara is at an advanced stages of finalising the acquisition of the majority stake in Banque Populaire du Rwanda (BPR), which effectively increases its presence in the country’s banking industry following last year’s purchase of some assets of Rwanda Development…

The Abraaj Group closes US$990 Sub-Saharan Africa fund

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Dubai, UAE, 13 April 2015: The Abraaj Group (“Abraaj” or “The Group”), an investor operating in global growth markets, today announced the final close of its third dedicated Sub-Saharan Africa private equity fund at US$ 990 million. Abraaj Africa Fund III (“AAF III” or the “Fund”) received support from a diverse range of global institutional investors, pension funds, sovereign wealth funds and development finance institutions. 64% of the capital committed to the Fund has come…

FMO exits Safripol investment

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Johannesburg, South Africa, April 8 2015: The Netherlands Development Finance Company (FMO) and Vantage Capital have exited their R220 million ($32 million) investment in Safripol, a Southern African plastic polymer manufacturer. Vantage is a Pan-African mezzanine fund manager with over R5 billion ($420 million) of assets under management. FMO is the Dutch development bank. In July 2007 Vantage and FMO funded Thebe Investment Corporation, one of South Africa’s most prominent black economic empowerment investment companies, to acquire…

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