There was some notable deal and fundraising activity in Africa's private capital markets last week. Global alternative investment giant TPG dipped its toe into the continent;s investment market once a...
Sector-wise, deal activity in Africa last week was all over the map. Consumer, Financial Services, Industrial, Mobile, Tech and others all saw some activity and they ranged in size.
Overall, it was a relatively quiet week for both deals and fund closes last week in Africa. Of the private equity deals reported, one was a portfolio exit, another a follow-on investment and the third...
Numbers were in short supply last week. By that we mean that all of Africa's private equity deals reported came without their financial terms being disclosed. But deals there were, in all the main sub...
Africa's private equity market watchers got a jolt on Friday. Not an unwelcome one, you understand, in fact rather the opposite. The biggest transaction in some time was announced by The Carlyle Group...
Small and impactful is the moniker that could be applied to the private capital deals in Africa last week. There were none of the high-profile, big name private equity transactions that we've seen ove...
Private equity giant Carlyle Group's sub-Saharan Africa Fund made its latest investment last week, agreeing to buy a significant stake in GCR, Africa’s largest credit rating agency, from the managem...
There were some interesting private equity and venture capital related-transactions in Africa last week. One huge, another featured a couple of pukkah Silicon Valley outfits while yet another involved...
Deal activity in Africa bounced back last week, featuring both acquisitions and exits by private capital investors focused on the continent. High-profile growth markets investor The Abraaj Group was a...
African Capital Alliance announced a $570 million final close for its fourth fund last week making it the largest private equity fund raise completed for African opportunities so far this year
eBay became the latest global brand to eye the consumer opportunity in Africa last week with the news that the online marketplace is embarking on a joint venture with Mall for Africa, the retail ecomm...
Power and energy deals dominated private equity activity in Africa last week. The biggest and boldest creates a $3.3 billion platform company housing the renewable and non-renewable power assets of Af...