TPG/Satya, the partnership between TPG Growth and Satya Capital focused on investment in Africa, has made its first move into Africa by acquiring a minority stake in Ecoles Yassamine, the largest private school network in Morocco.
Kagiso Tiso Holdings (KTH), through its media subsidiary Kagiso Media, has acquired 37% of Global Media Alliance Broadcasting Company (GMABC), a broadcasting company in Ghana.
The Pan African Housing Fund (PAHF), managed by Phatisa, has entered into an agreement with Tamarind Properties to develop 140 single-family homes in a residential development in Nakuru Town, Kenya.
Injaro Agricultural Capital Holdings, an impact investment fund managed by Injaro Investments, has invested in Comptoir 2000, an indigenous producer of seeds in Mali.
AXA Group through AXA’s Real Estate division, has taken a 18.6% stake in the Eranove Group, a West African utility company with operations in power generation, transmission and distribution, from the Bouygues Group.
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.
