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Private Equity | Injaro invests in Gold Coast Fruits

ACCRA, Ghana, Capital Markets in Africa: Injaro Agricultural Capital Holdings Limited (IACHL), the impact investment fund managed by Injaro Investments, announces an investment in Ghana’s pineapple sector. IACHL, through its Ghanaian subsidiary Injaro Agricultural Venture Capital Limited (IAVCL), has signed an agreement to invest in Gold Coast Fruits Limited (GCF), a Ghanaian pineapple exporter based in Accra. Founded in 2005, GCF is one of Ghana’s leading exporters of ‘Golden Sweet’ (MD2) pineapple with customers in…

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…

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…

Investment | The Carlyle Group invests in Mazarine Energy

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London, Capital Markets in Africa: The Carlyle Group announced an investment in Mazarine Energy B.V., an upstream oil and gas company with existing assets in Tunisia. Carlyle will also grant Mazarine Energy access to an equity line of up to $500 million to fund future bolt-on acquisitions, focusing on low risk, near-term, conventional exploration, development and production opportunities in Europe, Africa and the broader Mediterranean region. Capital for this investment and for the equity line…

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