Partech, a tech investment firm, has launched “Chapter54”, a support programme for European start-ups wanting to expand into African markets.
Verdant Capital Hybrid Fund (VCHF), a new fund to support micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSME) growth in Africa, has reached its first closing with committed capital of $36m.
Alitheia IDF (AIF), Africa’s first women-led and women-focused private equity fund, has announced the final close of the $100m fund with European Investment Bank (EIB) joining as the closing investor with $24.6m.
Berkshire Partners, a Boston-based global investment firm, and Permira, a growth-focused global private equity firm, have agreed to exit Teraco Data Environments, Africa’s largest carrier-neutral data center and interconnection services provider.
Aruwa Capital Management, an early-stage growth equity and gender lens fund, has invested in CrowdForce, a financial services distribution platform facilitating delivery of banking services to last-mile customers in rural areas, serving the underserved and unbanked population in Nigeria.
Zebu Investment Partners (ZIP) has followed on from its 2020 investment in AMC Trade Finance (AMCTF), through its African Food Security (AFS), resulting in an equity buyout of the founders, Africa Merchant Capital (AMC).
Ventures Platform, an early-stage “discovery” venture capital fund, has announced the first close of its $40m Pan-African, early-stage fund to invest in market-creating innovations.
The Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund (EAIF) will act as a sole lender and provide $19m to Central Electrica de Tetereane SA (CET) for the construction of the Cuamba plant.
Mediterrania Capital Partners (MCP) has partially exited TGCC, a Moroccan construction company, through an IPO.
Chimera Investment has invested $50m through a secondary purchase of shares from a subsidiary of Airtel Africa in Airtel Mobile Commerce (AMC).
Medical Credit Fund (MCF), the only debt fund fully dedicated to the African health sector, has completed a €32.5m fundraise of its second fund, MCF II.
XSML has announced the final close of the African Rivers Fund III (ARF III) at $81m, exceeding its target of $75m.
4DX Ventures and Flutterwave have invested $2.4m seed capital in CinetPay, a digital finance platform that enables merchants in Francophone Africa.
The Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund (EAIF) alongside the African Development Bank (AfDB), and Proparco have acted as senior lenders to the 34MW Djermaya Solar project in Chad, committing €18m, €9.3m and €9.3m of senior debt to the project respectively.
