Private Equity Africa

Synergy Capital Managers invests in Ghanaian multiproduct company

ACCRA (Capital Markets in Africa) – Synergy Capital Managers (Synergy), through its Synergy Private Equity Fund (SPEF), has completed an equity investment in Vester Oil Mill Limited Ghana (Vester), a multiproduct company producing oilseed meals and oilseed crude oils including soybean, palm kernel nut and Copra (dried coconut kernel). Vester is one of the top five seed oil mill operators in Ghana evolving from a small scale processing plant in 2002 to a 50MT daily…

Private Equity | CDC Group makes new investment in Africa Internet Group

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LONDON, Capital Markets in Africa: CDC Group, the UK’s development finance institution, announced a EUR50mn equity investment in Africa Internet Group (AIG). AIG is the parent company of Jumia, Africa’s leading e-commerce firm, as well as nine other online consumer businesses operating in 23 countries across the continent. AIG currently connects more than 50,000 local and international companies with millions of African consumers. CDC’s capital will help AIG improve its existing operations and expand into…

Private Equity | Helios closes sale of HTN Towers to IHS

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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…

South Africa Pension Funds Neglecting Private Equity Investments

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Johannesburg, South Africa, Capital Markets in Africa — South African pension funds have mostly ignored investing in private equity because trustees aren’t familiar with the asset class despite rule changes five years ago allowing larger investments, according to bodies representing both parts of the industry. About 2.3 percent of the country’s $234 billion retirement pool in 2014 was invested in private equity, the Southern Africa Venture Capital and Private Equity Association said in a report on Tuesday, citing…

Private Equity | Agri-Vie founders & STANLIB launches independent Private Equity business

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Johannesburg, South Africa, Capital Markets in Africa — The founders of Agri-Vie Investment Fund, the African private equity fund focused on the food and agribusiness sector, and pan-African asset manager STANLIB, are proud to announce the formation of EXEO Capital – an Africa-focused private equity partnership – which will allow both parties the opportunity to expand their alternative investment offerings. STANLIB has taken a partnership stake in EXEO Capital. Following the success of the first…

The Abraaj Group acquires majority stakes in Al Kindy and Menara to create the largest private oncology and imaging diagnostics network in Morocco

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Casablanca, Morocco, Capital Markets in Africa — The Abraaj Group (‘Abraaj’ or the ‘Group’), an investor operating in global growth markets, announced the acquisition, through its second generation North Africa Fund, of a majority stake in Centre de Traitement Al Kindy (‘Al Kindy’), Casablanca’s private oncology clinic, and Clinique Spécialisée Menara (‘Menara’), an oncology and imaging diagnostics center in Marrakech. Al Kindy and Menara together form the largest private integrated network of imaging diagnostics and…

Adenia Partners exits Hôtel du Louvre investment and Newpack

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Port Louis, Mauritius, Capital Markers in Africa — Adenia Partners, a private equity firm investing in Sub-Saharan Africa, has exited its investment in Hôtel du Louvre, a flagship business hotel located in Antananarivo, the capital city of Madagascar, to a group of local investors. During the life of this investment, Adenia Partners transformed the formerly 2-star hotel into a 4-star hotel with 78 rooms and a solid international corporate client base. With significant upgrades to…

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