Milost Global, a New York based private equity firm, has announced plans to invest $450m in Kings Pride Properties, a Nairobi based real estate development and investment company.
Kibo Capital Partners has acquired an undisclosed stake in Tropigalia, a Mozambican food and non-food FMCG items distributor.
10X Investments, a South African tech-enabled asset manager, has raised $6.14m in new funding from DiGAME Investment Company and existing shareholder Old Mutual Private Equity.
South African private equity performance relative to listed markets remains positive, according to the latest Q2 2017 RisCura-SAVCA South African Private Equity Performance Report.
Convergence Partners has recently acquired a significant minority stake in ESET Southern Africa, a local distributor and brand operator for leading global internet and endpoint security software vendor ESET.
Egypt-focused private equity fund manager BPE Partners has reached financial close for three solar power projects in Egypt in partnership with renewable energy developers Infinity Solar Energy and ib vogt.
SPE Capital, formerly Swicorp Private Equity, has agreed to exit its investment in Orchidia Pharmaceutical Industries, an Egyptian ophthalmic generic medicine manufacturer.
GuarantCo and InfraCo Africa have opened their first Africa office, which will cover East and Southern Africa from Nairobi, Kenya.
The African Rivers Fund, managed by XSML, has made its fourth investment in Uganda in Telcare, an operator of mobile money kiosks in Uganda.
Yellowwoods, a private investments group headquartered in Europe and active across 30 markets, and Hollard Insurance Group, have invested R20m in Naked Insurance, a new generation insuretech business in South Africa.
With an investment return of 3.3x, CDG Capital Private Equity, a private investment fund that manages family of funds focused on private equity investing in Moroccan and African SMEs, has exited from Jet Contractors through a sale on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
Musa’s Housing platform, the Skyward Group, and its partners has invested R50m in a township called Lehae, situated in the South of Johannesburg.
TPG Growth has led a Series A-2 financing round in Gro Intelligence, the New York and Nairobi-based agricultural data analytics business used by investment professionals, major corporations, governments and international organizations around the world.
HAVAÍC, Growth Grid Venture Capital Partners and a consortium of individuals have invested R5m in Digital Cabinet.
