Week's Roundup
Weekly Wrap, January 30th, 2017; AFC, Inspired Evolution, Pearl Capital Partners and others make private capital news in Africa last week
Last week in brief…January 30th, 2017 Actual deals were hard to come buy in Africa’s […]
Month: January 2017
Debt
AFC issues $150mln maiden sukuk
Africa Finance Corporation has issued it maiden Sukuk, raising $150 million and handily beating its […]
Funds
Inspired Evolution holds $90mln first close for Fund II
Inspired Evolution, the specialist investment business that focuses on investments in sustainable clean energy and […]
Funds
Pearl Capital Partners holds €12mln close for impact fund
Pearl Capital Partners, the Kampala headquartered private equity firm which specializes in agriculture investments, has […]
Deals
Real Foods wins approval for Highveld Honey Acquisition
Real Foods has been given the green light by South Africa’s Competition Commission to acquire […]
Companies
Africa Merchant Capital taps into Trade Finance opportunity
While the lack of trade finance available in Africa since the 2008 financial crisis is […]
Week's Roundup
Weekly Wrap, January 23rd, 2017; Carlyle, AfricInvest, GAIA Infrastructure and others make private capital news last week
Last week in brief…January 23rd, 2017 Private equity giant Carlyle Group‘s sub-Saharan Africa Fund made […]
Deals
Carlyle takes 50% stake in African ratings agency
The Carlyle Group has agreed to buy a significant stake in GCR, Africa’s largest credit […]
Deals
GAIA spends $37mln for 25% Dorper Wind Farm stake
GAIA Infrastructure Capital, an infrastructure investment holding company which started life as a special purpose […]
Funds
AfricInvest and Bpifrance launch French African Fund
Africa-focused private equity fund manager AfricInvest has teamed up with Bpifrance to launch the French […]