African Rainbow Capital (ARC) has bought a 27.5% stake in a specialist investment manager Colourfield Liability Solutions for an undisclosed amount, marking its fifth investment in the financial services sector.
8 Miles, African Capital Alliance (ACA) and DEG, the German development finance institution, have jointly invested in Beloxxi Industries, a market leading Nigerian biscuit manufacturing company.
Royal Bafokeng Holdings (RBH), a South African community-based investment company, has agreed to acquire infrastructure and energy assets from Aveng Capital Partners, for a cash consideration of R860m ($63.8m).
Rockwood Fund I, a R4.5bn South African leveraged buyout fund managed by Rockwood Private Equity, and Thebe Investment Corporation have exited Safripol to KAP Industrial Holdings for an equity value of R4.1bn ($310m).
The Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund (EAIF) has loaned $20m to Helios Towers Africa (HTA) to partly finance the purchase of approximately 950 telecommunications towers in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
Ethos Capital has successfully listed as an investment entity in the “Financials – Speciality Finance” sector of the main board of the securities exchange operated by the JSE.
The majority of African deals since 2013 have been for energy infrastructure (60%) as the emphasis on electricity generation and transmission in Africa intensifies, according to Preqin’s report.
Africa Special Opportunities Capital has launched ASOC Fund I, a special opportunities private equity fund focused on providing funding and turnaround services to South African companies in various states of distress.
FAFIN, an agribusiness‐focused private equity fund managed by Sahel Capital, has invested an undisclosed sum in Dayntee Farms, a commercial poultry farm located in Kwara State, in the North Central region of Nigeria.
Grovest Tech (GroTech) has re-opened its fund to raise an additional R38m by way of an issue of 38,000 no par value ordinary shares at an issue price of R1,000 per ordinary share.
Investisseurs & Partenaires, an impact investment group dedicated to African Small and Medium Enterprises, has announced three investments with its I&P Afrique Entrepreneurs (IPAE), which entered its last year of investment.
There is an anticipation that deal making in the oil & gas sector will grow in Africa, Claire Lawrie, EY Africa Energy Lead, has said.
South Africa’s current market conditions and the compelling value offering of infrastructure assets will further encourage pension funds to consider allocation to this asset class, according to Mark van Wyk, Head of Unlisted Investments at Mergence Investment Managers.
Development Partners International (DPI) has invested through its ADP II fund, EGP300m ($33.77m) in B.TECH, Egypt’s household appliances and consumer electronics retailer.
