Kukula Capital, a Zambian venture capital investor, and eVentures Africa Fund (eVA), a Dutch venture capital fund specializing in E-commerce in Africa, have invested $500,000 in Dot Com Zambia, a growing e-commerce company.
Actis, a pan-emerging market private equity investor with $7,6bn assets under management, has acquired a significant minority stake in Coricraft Group, one of South Africa’s leading home furnishings retailers.
A consortium of investors led by Amethis Finance have extended a convertible loan to Elephant Africa Holding, the holding entity of Bel Papyrus and Bel Impex, producers of tissue paper products in Nigeria.
Synergy Private Equity Fund (SPEF) has invested in Viathan Engineering, a developer of captive and embedded power solutions in Nigeria.
Vantage Capital, Africa’s largest mezzanine fund manager, has provided R356m ($27.7m) of funding to over 30 Servest managers.
Investec Asset Management has acquired a significant shareholding in wiGroup, South Africa’s platform provider specializing in point-of-sale integrated mobile transacting, for an undisclosed sum.
Convergence Partners Communications Infrastructure Fund (CPCIF) has made its first West African equity investment, acquiring $20m minority stake in Venture Garden Nigeria (VGN), a diversified fintech company with significant operations in Nigeria.
Investec Asset Management has made a follow-on private equity investment in IHS Towers, the largest African mobile telecommunications infrastructure provider.
Investec Asset Management has recently invested in Intelligent Debt Management, South Africa’s leading and largest consumer debt management company, via its Africa Frontier Private Equity Fund.
Adenia Partners, a private equity firm investing in Sub-Saharan Africa, has invested in Cresta Paints, an auto-refinish and industrial coatings manufacturer and marketer in Africa.
Helios Investment Partners has acquired 100% ownership of Crown Agents’ financial services businesses, Crown Agents Bank (CAB) and Crown Agents Investment Management (CAIM).
The AAF SME Fund, a private equity fund focused on African food production and processing, managed by Databank Agrifund Manager Limited (DAFML), has successfully closed its investment in Norish, one of the largest producers of fortified blended foods and animal feed in Ethiopia.
BIMA, a provider of mobile-delivered insurance in emerging markets, has raised $38.4m from LeapFrog Investments, Investment AB Kinnevik and other existing shareholders.
Kagiso Tiso Holdings (KTH) has acquired a substantial equity stake in Me Cure Healthcare, Nigeria’s healthcare diagnostics company.
