While volume remains relatively low in Africa with almost 11% of the microfinance portfolio of all microfinance investment vehicles (MIVs), investment in Africa has grown by 211% over the past five years, according to the latest survey by Symbiotics.
Over the past year there has been a greater number of pension funds looking at Africa, according to Runa Alam, CEO and Co-Founder of Development Partners International (DPI), a $1.1bn Africa private equity specialist.
Helios Investment Partners has repaid in full a $50m loan to the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), the US government’s development finance institution.
Quantum Global’s alternative investments arm has recently joined the Forest Stewardship Council International (FSC International).
African Infrastructure Investment Managers (AIIM), an infrastructure equity investment manager, has announced its industrial partnership with Hydroneo Afrique, a wholly-owned subsidiary of MECAMIDI, a global manufacturer and developer of small and medium hydro power plant equipment.
A growing consumer middle-class, powered by rapid urbanisation and shifting demographic trends is driving both property demand and growth opportunities in the real estate industry across the African continent, according to Standard Bank.
TriLinc Global Impact Fund has provided $16.6m in term loan and trade finance transactions to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in South Africa, Zambia, Namibia, and Nigeria.
South Africa’s agriculture sector has emerged as a viable asset class amidst the low interest rate environment, according to Old Mutual Investment Group’s Director of Strategic Projects, Craig Chambers.
Regional and Pan-African private equity firms continue to invest in North Africa despite the recent economic and political events that have occurred in the region, according to Ponmile Osibo, Research Analyst at African Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (AVCA).
The development of an Islamic finance industry in Africa could help plug the region's large infrastructure gaps over the coming decade, according to a new report by Standard & Poor's Ratings Services.
East Africa is quite active and growing impact investment market, according to Abhilash Mudaliar, Research Manager at Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN).
KfW, the German Development Bank on behalf of the German Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development, along with AgDevCo and Root Capital, have launched an investment holding company, the Lending for African Farming Company (LAFCo).
Steadfast partnerships in African private equity often define the difference between success and failure, according to Ethos Private Equity.
IFC InfraVentures, an infrastructure project development fund, and Scatec Solar, an integrated independent power producer, will develop the $55m Scatec Segou solar power project in Mali with a local developer, Africa Power 1.
