26 May
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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.
25 May
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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%.
24 May
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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.
20 May
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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.
19 May
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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.
18 May
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The Carlyle Group, a global alternative asset manager, has invested in Mazarine Energy, an upstream oil and gas company with existing assets in Tunisia.
18 May
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Zaad Holdings, a wholly owned subsidiary of Zeder, which serves as its focused platform for operationally complimentary investments in the strategic agri-inputs sector, has acquired a 49% stake in the Farm-Ag Group.
18 May
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Harith General Partners has invested in NOVO Energy, a power and technology company that specialises in supplying alternative fuel technologies and services in Africa.
16 May
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XSML via its African Rivers Fund (ARF) has invested an undisclosed amount in B.I.S., a Congolese manufacturer of generic pharmaceutical products.
13 May
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Singularity Investments, a private investment office primarily focused on investment opportunities in Africa and North America, has invested an undisclosed sum in Sliide Airtime, a privately-held technology company with offices in Lagos and London.
9 May
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African Rivers Fund (ARF), managed by the Dutch fund manager XSML, has made its first investment in Institut Aurora, an education provider in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
26 Apr
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Convergence Partners and Stockdale Street have acquired 100% of e4, a South African technology company with an international footprint in Africa, Europe, the US and Australia.
25 Apr
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Catalyst Principal Partners, an East Africa focused private equity firm, has invested in Orbit Chemical Industries, a Kenyan manufacturer providing end-to- end manufacturing production for household and personal care products, industrial chemicals and agro-chemicals.
25 Apr
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Vantage Capital, Africa’s largest mezzanine fund manager, has provided a debenture facility of N80m ($5.52m) to United Africa Group (UAG), an established hospitality and property-owning group in Namibia.
