Private Equity
-
How has Covid-19 impacted private equity in Africa?
Over the past year or so, we’ve all become familiar with a whole host of terms we knew nothing about…
Read More » -
Private equity investment Hlayisani Growth Fund, secures R350mn funding
Hlayisani Capital, a pre-eminent African private equity investment, has secured R350-million in funding led by Standard Bank and prominent South African…
Read More » -
Private Equity Firm Ezdehar Considers 2 Funding Deals Worth US$50m With Its New Mid-Cap Fund
EGYPT – Ezdehar Management, an Egypt-based private equity firm, is currently studying two funding deals worth close to US$50m as inaugural…
Read More » -
Business
How Investors Can Go About Remote Due Diligence In A Pandemic World
“When written in Chinese, the word crisis is composed of two characters. One represents danger and the other represents opportunity.”…
Read More » -
MetroFibre Networx Raises US$97.6m In Funding Round
SOUTH AFRICA – Broadband provider MetroFibre Networx, which is led by former Absa CEO Steve Booysen, has raised US$97.6 million in a new funding round led by infrastructure-focused private…
Read More » -
Africa attracted $338mln in private equity investments in June 2020
Companies operating in Africa raised a total of $337.7 million in private equity investments in June 2020, we learned. This does…
Read More » -
IFC invests $20mln in SPE Capital’s SPE AIF I
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) is investing up to $20 million in SPE AIF I, a fund managed by private equity…
Read More » -
Covid-19: Africa’s private equity sector at risk of a slowdown
Private equity firms present or operating in Africa face the risk of a slowdown due to the current coronavirus pandemic.…
Read More » -
Vital Capital launches debt fund to help African companies survive COVID-19 crisis
Founded in 2011, Vital Capital is a leading impact investment, private equity fund that aims to benefit millions of people in low…
Read More »