Ashburton Investments has raised just under $250m of the $450m final target at the first close of the RMB Westport Real Estate Development Fund II (Westport II).
Medu Capital, a South African private equity company focused on established medium sized owner-managed businesses, has acquired 100% ownership stakes in Universal Paints and Elite Truck Hire for a total of R450m ($29.32m).
AIIM Hydroneo, a 50/50 joint venture between African Infrastructure Investment Managers (AIIM) and Hydroneo Afrique, has announced plans to develop, finance, build and operate a number of hydroelectric power plants in Gabon.
The Agriculture Fast Track Fund (AFT), a multi-donor fund contributed by United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA), and Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA), has announced an Ongoing Call for Concept Notes for Project Grants.
Angola Capital Investments (ACI), an international investment firm headquartered in Angola, has invested an undisclosed amount in Sphera Bluoshen, a subsidiary of Oshen Group and part of Sphera Global Health Care.
With over $50bn of collected premiums each year across the continent, and unprecedented year-on-year growth, it is important that African insurers think more strategically at where they invest their portfolios, Papa Madiaw Ndiaye, Founder and CEO of AFIG Funds, has said.
Futuregrowth Asset Management, a boutique of Old Mutual Investment Group, is capital raising for its third South African focused agriculture fund, Africa Global Funds can reveal.
Africa Internet Group (AIG), the parent of Jumia, an e-commerce platform in Africa, has secured more than €300m in funding from new and existing investors, including the previously announced funding commitment from AXA.
Actis, a growth markets investor, has confirmed an agreement to sell Emerging Markets Payments (EMP), Africa and the Middle East payments business, to Network International, a provider of payment solutions in the Middle East.
Seven Energy International, an integrated gas company in south east Nigeria, has secured $100m in a new equity funding round from existing shareholders and other institutional investors.
Gulf Capital, an alternative investment firm in the Middle East, has partnered with Serengeti Capital, an Africa-focused investment bank, to expand its private debt business to Sub-Saharan Africa.
Gulf Capital's portfolio company Middle East Glass has acquired 100% of Misr Glass Manufacturing (MGM), a company that specialises in the manufacturing and marketing of container glass for the food and beverage industry in Egypt.
Qalaa Holdings’ Finance Unlimited subsidiary has announced plans to divest its 70% ownership stake in Tanmeyah Microenterprise Services, a private-sector provider of microfinance solutions in the Egyptian market, to EFG Hermes.
The UK-based global technology investor Amadeus Capital Partners, has invested $2m in Hepstar, a digital insurance distributor in South Africa.
