Goodwell Investments, via its West Africa partner Alitheia Capital, has led a €3.9m Series A investment round in Tomato Jos, an agro-processing company focused on the local production of high-quality tomato paste for the African market.
Ninety One, via its Africa Private Equity Fund 2 (91APEF2), along with Rand Merchant Bank Ventures (RMBV) and other shareholders, has sold a portion of its equity investment in Kamoso Africa to the Botswana Development Corporation (BDC).
The Clean Technology Fund (CTF), managed by the Climate Investment Funds (CIF), has extended a $10m concessional senior loan for development of the 50 MW Tulu Moyo Geothermal Power Plant project in Ethiopia.
East Africa Fruits, a Tanzanian company addressing food distribution challenges to improve efficiencies in the farm-to-market sector, has closed Series A equity funding totaling $2.05m.
Vantage Capital, Africa’s largest mezzanine debt fund manager, has fully exited its investment in Vumatel, the largest fibre-to-the-home network provider in South Africa.
African Infrastructure Investment Managers (AIIM), a member of Old Mutual Alternative Investments, has announced the successful divestment of AIIF2’s 14% stake in Cookhouse, a 139MW wind farm, and 34% stake in REISA, a 75MW solar PV facility.
DOB Equity, a Dutch family-backed impact investor in East Africa, has made a further investment in Moringa School, the technology learning institute based in Kenya.
Dubai-based Global Ventures has co-led a $7m investment with AAIC Japan in Helium Health, a West African digital medical records provider.
Nigerian investment firm Àrgentil Capital Partners has provided support to a number of initiatives to help with the healthcare emergency created by the COVID-19 pandemic.
TLcom Capital has participated in a $1m pre-seed fundraising in Okra, a Nigerian fintech platform.
DEG and co-investors including Amethis Fund II and the International Finance Corporation have agreed to invest up to $10m in a Kenyan supermarket chain Naivas.
Adjuvant Capital, a health-focused investment firm backed by IFC and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, have led a Series A round of $15m in 54gene, an African genomics research, services, and development company.
Phatisa Food Fund 2 (PFF 2) and a group of co-investors – Norfund, Mbuyu Capital and DEG – have acquired integrated agricultural solutions provider Farming and Engineering Services (FES).
Mediterrania Capital Partners, a dedicated private equity firm focusing on growth investments in SMEs and mid-cap companies in Africa, has reached a €286m final closing for its third fund for Africa, Mediterrania Capital III (MC III), exceeding its target size of €250m.
