Carlyle has agreed to sell Safety SA, a South African testing, inspection, certification and training (TICT) business, to Centre Testing International Group Co. (CTI).
Lagata, a specialist in forestry investment, has led a new funding round into Miro, the sustainable forestry and plywood manufacturing company which employs over 4,000 people in Sierre Leone and Ghana
Oasis Capital, an SME growth investor in West Africa, has exited its investment in Mansa Bank Côte d’Ivoire, a fast-growing bank in Côte d’Ivoire.
AfricInvest, through its Cathay AfricInvest Innovation Fund (CAIF), has led a R200m funding round for Nile.ag, an agricultural technology platform, with a co-investment from FMO, the Dutch entrepreneurial development bank, as well as renewed support from existing investor, Platform Investment Partners.
Nedbank CIB and Investec Investment Banking have provided a strategic funding package comprising equity and structured debt to Master Plastics, a dynamic Group of predominantly food and agricultural-focused businesses.
Vital Capital, a high-performing impact investor focused on addressing critical needs in growth markets, has made a strategic investment in Vastpoint to help scale its efforts in transforming land use, ownership and management in some of the world’s most vulnerable regions.
A consortium of investors, including RDF Ghana, Sahel Capital, and ABSA Bank, have invested over $1m in Mariseth Farms, a women-owned agribusiness in Ghana.
Mediterrania Capital Partners, a Private Equity firm focused on growth investments for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and mid-cap companies across North and Sub-Saharan Africa, has announced the final close of its fourth fund, Mediterrania Capital IV Mid Cap (MC IV), at €600m.
Nedbank Corporate and Investment Banking (Nedbank CIB), an African banking partner to corporates and institutions across the continent, has extended its sustainable finance offering to Senegal with the closure of a €19.4m sustainability-linked development and term loan for Kasada, an independent real estate private equity platform dedicated to the hospitality sector in Africa.
Incofin Investment Management, a global impact asset manager, has announced the final close of the Water Access Acceleration Fund (W2AF) at approximately €61m in committed capital, exceeding its original target of €50m.
The Emerging Africa & Asia Infrastructure Fund (EAAIF), a Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG) company managed by Ninety One, has successfully raised $325m in new debt facilities, bringing recent commitments to $620m and exceeding the Fund's $500m target ahead of schedule.
The majority of Limited Partners (LPs) (71%) cite a weak exit climate and unpredictable exit windows as the biggest challenges to investing in Africa, according to the latest Deals to Dollars: Navigating Successful Private Equity Exits in Africa publication by Boston Consulting Group (BCG).
IFC and TLG Capital have announced the first close of a new private credit fund, TLG Africa Growth Impact Fund II (AGIF II), with $75m raised.
African private capital activity showed notable resilience in 2024, marked by increased participation from African LPs, continued reliance on proven sectors like Consumer Staples and Financials, and an increase in exit volumes, according to the AVCA's 2024 African Private Capital Activity Report.
