27 May
News > Private Equity > Deals
Nedbank Corporate and Investment Banking (Nedbank CIB), an African banking partner to corporates and institutions across the continent, has extended its sustainable finance offering to Senegal with the closure of a €19.4m sustainability-linked development and term loan for Kasada, an independent real estate private equity platform dedicated to the hospitality sector in Africa.
25 Apr
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Mergence Investment Managers, an infrastructure investment firm, has acquired a controlling stake in strategic digital infrastructure assets located within the residential precincts of Waterfall City, Gauteng.
9 Apr
News > Private Equity > Deals
AfricInvest through their Cathay AfricInvest Innovation Fund (CAIF) has led a $4m investment round in PayTic with participation from Build Ventures, Axian Group, Mistral, Island Capital Partners, and Concrete.
8 Apr
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Verdant Capital Hybrid Fund, managed by Verdant Capital, has completed an additional investment of $4.5m in LOLC Africa Singapore.
3 Apr
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A consortium led by Actis, a global investor in sustainable infrastructure, has completed the acquisition of a 100% stake in Swiftnet, a telecom tower portfolio in South Africa, from Telkom for an enterprise value of c. $370m (R6.75bn).
3 Apr
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Janngo Capital, with participation from SANAD Fund for MSMEs (managed by Finance in Motion), Partech, Oikocredit, Enza Capital and Y Combinator, have invested $17m in Djamo, a financial services app revolutionizing mobile banking in francophone Africa.
5 Mar
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The Emerging Africa & Asia Infrastructure Fund (EAAIF), a Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG) company managed by Ninety One, has announced a $45m funding contribution to CrossBoundary Energy Holdings.
25 Feb
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Alterra Capital Partners has announced a strategic investment in ARP Africa Travel Group (ARP Africa), partnering with the founding family to accelerate expansion across East Africa and beyond.
24 Feb
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Futuregrowth Asset Management has led a $3m funding round in CubeSpace, a South African provider of satellite Attitude Determination and Control Systems (ADCS).
30 Jan
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Verdant Capital Hybrid Fund has completed its fifth investment of $2m, structured as junior convertible debentures in UsPlus in South Africa.
27 Jan
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SC Ventures, Standard Chartered’s innovation, fintech investment and ventures arm, and Yabx Technologies (Netherlands), a company of Tech Mahindra group, a global provider of technology consulting and digital solutions to enterprises across industries, have signed a set of shareholder and technology collaboration agreements to formalise their joint investment in Furaha.
22 Jan
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Adiwale Fund I has made a follow-on investment in Enko Education, a group of African international schools, to support its expansion across the continent.
15 Jan
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Futuregrowth Asset Management has announced a R150m investment into Sourcefin, a South African fintech and alternative funding provider dedicated to providing access to finance and specialist supply chain support for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMMEs).
14 Jan
News > Private Equity > Deals
Novastar Ventures has invested in Sistema.bio, a global leader in the delivery of biogas technology, financing, and services for family farmers worldwide.
