26 Mar
News > Private Equity > Deals
Metier, an independently owned private equity fund manager, has signed a Joint Development Agreement with Tembo Power for its Kaptis project, a 14.7 MW run of river hydropower project in Kenya, together with its partner WK Construction, a leading contractor in the field of hydropower in sub-Saharan Africa.
19 Mar
News > Private Equity > Deals
Blue Haven Initiative, an innovative family office dedicated to putting wealth to work for competitive returns and positive social and environmental change, has led a Series A funding of $3.6m in Field Intelligence.
19 Mar
News > Private Equity > Deals
ARCH Emerging Markets Partners’ Africa Renewable Power Fund (ARCH ARPF) has committed up to $16.5m to fund CrossBoundary Energy (CBE) to develop and finance new Commercial & Industrial (C&I) solar assets.
17 Mar
News > Private Equity > Deals
AfricInvest Financial Inclusion Vehicle (FIVE) has acquired a minority shareholding in I&M Bank (Rwanda) through AfricInvest Evergreen Investments, a special purpose vehicle formed by AfricInvest.
16 Mar
News > Private Equity > Deals
Prime Ventures, Partech Africa and management have acquired TerraPay for an undisclosed sum.
14 Mar
News > Private Equity > Deals
Orange Digital Ventures Africa (ODV) has led a $1.5m seed investment round in Youverify. a start-up, founded in Lagos, Nigeria which automates identity and background verification processes, primarily serving financial and telecommunication service providers.
11 Mar
News > Private Equity > Deals
Actis has acquired a controlling stake in Nigeria’s independent, co-location business, Rack Centre.
4 Mar
News > Private Equity > Deals
Goldman Sachs, Odey Asset Management, Leapfrog Investments and existing investors have provided $55m in debt and equity funding to JUMO, a technology company building next-generation financial services for emerging market entrepreneurs.
2 Mar
News > Private Equity > Deals
Verod Capital Management alongside Tangerine Life Insurance have acquired a majority stake in ARM Life Insurance.
2 Mar
News > Private Equity > Deals
Actis and Westmont Hospitality Group have acquired Sheraton Casablanca, the largest internationally branded hotel in Casablanca, Morocco.
1 Mar
News > Private Equity > Deals
Amethis, alongside its partners DEG, MCB Equity Fund and IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, have acquired a minority equity stake in the Naivas Group.
21 Feb
News > Private Equity > Deals
GreenTec has invested in Ecodudu, a Kenya-based waste-to-value company producing high-quality insect-based protein for animal feed and organic fertilizers from recycled organic matter.
13 Feb
News > Private Equity > Deals
Phatisa, through its Food Fund 2 – together with Sabvest, Masimong Chemicals and Rolfes management – have acquired 100% of Rolfes Group.
11 Feb
News > Private Equity > Deals
Evolution II Fund has closed an equity investment and construction bridge loan in Gigawatt Global’s 7.5 MW solar PV project in Burundi.
