The Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund (EAIF) has provided a €6.6m financing to Melec PowerGen (Matelec Group), the owner and operator of the Tobene power station in Senegal.
Fanisi Capital is targeting Sh10bn over next 12 months for its closed-ended 10-year SME venture fund.
ABO Capital, an international investment firm headquartered in Angola, has purchased Complexo Escolar Privado Internacional, the Turkish school in Benfica, a neighbourhood in the Samba district, south of Luanda.
African Infrastructure Investment Managers (AIIM), through its AIIF3 fund, has acquired a 44% stake in Albatros Energy Mali.
The Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund (EAIF) has signed a Participation Agreement with the IFC to provide a $16.9m B Loan, with a +16-year term, to Central Solar de Mocuba (CESOM), the private sector developer of the Mocuba solar farm in Northern Mozambique.
Rand Merchant Investment Holdings (RMI) and Nedbank Private Equity (NPE) have each acquired minority shareholding in SA fintech company Entersekt in a multi-million dollar transaction.
AfricInvest Private Equity Fund III has invested in International Community School (ICS), a private K-12 school in Ghana.
Africa Special Opportunities Capital (ASOC) Fund I, South Africa’s first dedicated distressed private equity fund, has recently concluded its first transaction by acquiring OptiCo.
There appears to be a gradual, yet notable shift in the approach taken by both South African and global private equity fund managers towards fund structuring, according to the Southern African Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (SAVCA).
Danone, together with the Abraaj Group has invested $25m in Fan Milk (Ghana), adding three new production lines to its factory in Accra.
Adenia Partners, a private equity fund manager focused on mid-cap buyouts and growth capital investments in Sub-Saharan Africa, has reached the final closing of Adenia Capital (IV).
Victus Global Capital (VGC) is in the process of building its initial $50m fund with the stated objective of assisting women-led and/or women-focused agri-businesses in Africa, Africa Global Funds has learned.
The African Rivers Fund (ARF), managed by XSML, has made its first investment in Uganda in KARE Distribution (KARE), a wholesaler and distributor of essential consumer goods.
Caleo Capital, an international wealth and asset management business, has recently invested in and partnered with Secha Capital, a patient capital impact investment holding company that invests in established FMCG and agribusiness SMES in South Africa.
