Sanlam Investments, South Africa's largest black-owned asset manager, is looking to raise an additional R35bn for its range of impact funds.
Ascent has announced the first rolling close of its Ascent Rift Valley Fund II (ARVF II) at more than $100m, significantly exceeding its initial target of $80m.
Uhuru Investment Partners, a middle-market private equity firm, has announced the first close of Uhuru Growth Fund I (UGF) at $113m.
Misr Capital, the investment arm of Banque Misr, and Elevate Private Equity have launched a $380m healthcare investment platform, Nile Misr Scan & Labs.
CardinalStone Capital Advisers (CCA), a Lagos based private equity fund manager, has announced the final close of its maiden private equity fund, the CardinalStone Capital Advisers Growth Fund (CCAGF) at $64m.
RisCura has launched the South Africa’s first Impact fund of funds (FoF) series in line with the globally recognised definition of impact investing “to generate positive, measurable social and environmental impact”.
HSBC Asset Management and IFC have announced the final closing of the HSBC Real Economy Green Investment Opportunity GEM Bond Fund (REGIO), boosting access to climate finance and helping further develop the market for green bonds.
Savannah Fund, Africa’s technology venture capital firm, has launched Savannah Fund II, a $25m fund that will invest in early-stage startups across sub-Saharan Africa with a focus on supporting women entrepreneurs and disruptive companies in high-growth sectors.
SunFunder has fully closed its oversubscribed $70m Solar Energy Transformation (SET) Fund, a blended finance vehicle focused on distributed solar and storage investments in Africa and Asia.
HAVAÍC, an African focused venture capital investor, has announced the second close of its Universum Core African Fund, a joint venture between HAVAÍC and Universum Wealth.
Adjuvant Capital has announced an oversubscribed $300m Global Health Technology Fund, focused on accelerating the development of medical innovations for historically overlooked public health challenges.
African Alliance Asset Management, has joined forces with Tshikululu Social Investments, a social investment manager and advisor, to offer global investors Thrive Africa, a unique Impact Investment offering for Africa.
Phatisa Food Fund 2 (PFF 2) has reached a $143m final close following an $82m joint commitment from a a group of development finance institutions (DFIs) – CDC Group, Norfund, Finnfund, FinDev Canada and BIO.
SPE Capital Partners has announced the final close of SPE AIF I, an Africa-focused private equity fund, at $258m, well above its initial hard cap of $200m.
