InfraMed, a €385m long-term investment vehicle dedicated to infrastructure, has agreed to acquire a 21% stake in ‘Broadband for Africa’, the venture set up by Eutelsat Communications to provide satellite broadband services on the African continent.
Accel Partners, an early and growth-stage venture capital firm, powering a global community of entrepreneurs, has led a $1.7m seed financing round for Instabug, Egypt-based provider of software bug reporting tools.
InVenfin, a venture capital arm of Remgro Group, has acquired a stake in De Villiers Artisan Chocolate (DV Chocolate), a South African bean-to-bar artisan chocolate maker.
Helios Investment Partners has announced the acquisition of a 60% shareholding in Telkom Kenya by Jamhuri Holdings Limited (JHL), a company owned 100% by HeIios Investors III, a fund advised by Helios Investment Partners.
Mergence Investment Managers, an independent majority black-owned boutique asset management company, has made its first investment into the South African social housing sector.
Mediterrania Capital Partners has announced the acquisition through its second fund, Mediterrania Capital II, of a stake in MedTech Group, Morocco’s IT business system integrator incorporating solutions from corporations such as Oracle, Microsoft, NCR, Alcatel-Lucent, Cisco, EMC and IBM.
Convergence Partners, an investment management firm focused on the telecommunications, media and technology sector in Africa, has invested $1m in a South African technology start-up, Snapt.
Tembo Capital, a mining-focused private equity fund group, has agreed to invest $6.6m in Strandline Resources to ensure that the firm is fully funded to advance its portfolio of high value Tanzanian mineral sands projects over the next two years.
Barnstone Education and the Schools and Education Investment Impact Fund South Africa have announced an additional investment as part of the second phase of the Prestige School project, which will fund the development and operations of six Prestige College affordable independent schools.
Africa’s largest private sector investment manager, Old Mutual Investment Group has increased its overall effective equity stake in African agriculture investment group, UFF African Agri Investments, to 49%.
Namibian private equity fund manager Eos Capital has acquired a majority stake in Elso Holdings, one of the oldest, environmentally conscious cleaning product manufacturers in Namibia.
Actis, an investor in growth markets across Africa, Asia and Latin America, with $6.6bn funds under management, has invested an undisclosed sum in Mundiapolis University, a private university in Morocco, as a bolt-on acquisition to its investment in Emerging Markets Knowledge Holdings.
The Pan African Housing Fund (PAHF), managed by Phatisa, has announced its plans to develop a middle income residential property on 21 hectares of prime land in the fast-growing Makeni suburb of Lusaka, Zambia.
Harith General Partners has invested in NOVO Energy, a power and technology company that specialises in supplying alternative fuel technologies and services in Africa.
