The Rise Fund, a global impact investment fund managed by TPG, has invested in Pearl Dairy, the largest dairy processor in Uganda.
Visa has agreed to acquire a significant minority equity stake in Interswitch, a technology-driven company focused on the digitisation of payments in Nigeria and other countries in Africa.
Packaging Solutions Africa, a wholly owned special purpose vehicle established by Phatisa Food Fund 2, has offered to acquire the entire issued share capital of Rolfes, a South African industrial group.
Vantage Capital, Africa’s largest mezzanine fund manager, has provided €8m of mezzanine funding to Equity Invest S.A., the holding company for six Moroccan technology companies.
Goldman Sachs, with participation from existing investors including the IFC, TLcom Capital and Creadev, has invested $23.75m in a Series B equity round in Twiga Foods.
DOB Equity, a Dutch family-backed impact investor in East Africa, has invested in Moringa School, a technology learning accelerator in Kenya, to help it capitalize on the fast-growing demand for technical-skilled professionals.
Goodwell Investments has agreed to invest $2m in fast growing on-demand delivery platform Sendy in East Africa.
The Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund (EAIF) has completed its first project in affordable housing in Africa, by investing KES1.3bn ($12.7m) in a privately placed note issue in Kenya that raised a total of KES4.3bn.
Adenia Partners, a private equity firm investing in Sub-Saharan Africa, has completed a majority investment in Quick Mart.
Verod Capital Management has received regulatory approvals for its acquisition of 100% of the shareholding of Metropolitan Life Insurance Nigeria from South African-based Momentum Metropolitan Holdings.
Flourish Ventures, a venture company of The Omidyar Group, the partners of DST Global, and existing seed investors Newfund, Speedinvest, and Le Studio VC, have invested €10m in FairMoney in a Series A investment round.
Development Partners International (DPI), a pan-African focused private equity firm, and Convergence Partners have co-invested in Channel VAS, a fintech provider of mobile financial and airtime credit services operating in Africa, Asia and the Middle East.
South African based venture capital firm Vunani Capital has announced its recent investment into SnapnSave through the Vunani Fintech Fund.
Amethis, an investment fund manager dedicated to the African continent, has acquired a stake in VLH, the hospitality subsidiary of Rogers Group, a listed company on the Stock Exchange of Mauritius.
