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Actis exits Edita Food Industries After Four Years

CAIRO (Capital Markets in Africa) – Actis, a leading growth markets investor, has announced the sale of its remaining 7.5% stake in Edita Food Industries (Edita) to 42 blue-chip international investors from the USA, UK, Germany, South Africa, and the UAE through an accelerated book build on the Egyptian Stock Exchange. Actis originally became a 30% shareholder in 2013, and with this final sale of 7.5% has now fully exited. Edita was founded in 1996…

Enko Capital Starts $200 Million Bond Fund Focused on Africa

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LAGOS (Capital Markets in Africa) – Enko Capital Management LLP is starting a $200 million bond fund that will focus on African sovereign and corporate debt to provide investors with yields higher than those available in developed markets. African and European institutions are backing the fund, which aims to eventually raise as much as $1 billion, and has so far invested in Zambian, Ghanaian and Nigerian government bonds, Alain Nkontchou, managing partner of Enko Capital, said by phone from London. Enko…

Goldcar’s Owners Said to Hire Deutsche Bank to Weigh a Sale

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LAGOS (Capital Markets in Africa) – European private equity firm Investindustrial is exploring a sale of its low-cost car rental company Goldcar Spain SL, which could fetch more than 500 million euros ($533 million), according to people familiar with the matter. The buyout fund, led by Italian businessman Andrea Bonomi, has hiredDeutsche Bank AG to help find a buyer for Goldcar, which operates in southern European markets including Spain, Italy, and Portugal, as well as Mexico and Morocco,…

CDC and IFC Invest up to US$35m in Africa Logistics Properties

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LONDON (Capital Markets in Africa) – CDC Group, the UK’s development finance institution, and IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, will invest up to US$35 million in Africa Logistics Properties Holding (ALP), a developer and manager of modern grade-A warehousing, filling an important gap in logistics infrastructure in the region. The investment – US$25m from CDC and US$10m from IFC – will be used for ALP’s developments in Nairobi, Kenya, the trading hub…

Africa Finance Corporation and others Commit US$350m to Rwanda’s Power Projects

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LAGOS (Capital Markets in Africa)- A US$350 million deal to finance an 80 megawatt (MW) peat to power project in Rwanda, which will improve access to electricity for the three quarters of the country’s population that is currently off the grid, has reached financial close. The power plant, which is expected to increase installed capacity in Rwanda by 40%, will utilise the Country’s significant peat reserves to improve the national installed generation capacity. Despite its…

Why Investors Should Consider A “Private Equity Approach” To Africa

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LAGOS (Capital Markets Investors are desperately searching for new opportunities in order to counter the challenging current low-interest rate environment. For those who have turned to “frontier markets”—and particularly Africa—there has been something of a roller-coaster ride. In 2000, as the world entered the new millennium with great optimism, Africa was viewed with suspicion. It was even branded “the hopeless continent” by The Economist. And yet, between 2002 and 2008, the African stock markets enjoyed…

Mediterrania Capital Partners raises €250 million for third fund

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Malta/Barcelona (7 March 2017) – Mediterrania Capital Partners, the regional Private Equity firm focusing on growth investments for companies in North African and Sub-Saharan countries, announces its plans to raise €250 million for its third fund, Mediterrania Capital III (MC III). Through MC III, Mediterrania Capital will maintain its focus in North Africa while expanding into selected Sub-Saharan countries such as Ivory Coast, Senegal and Cameroon. The firm is planning to continue investing in strong…

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