Agri-Vie fund close to $100 million target, finding projects
Agricultural private equity fund Agri-Vie will reach its target of raising $100 million for investment in agricultural projects by February or March, according to an ...
Agricultural private equity fund Agri-Vie will reach its target of raising $100 million for investment in agricultural projects by February or March, according to an ...
The Global Board Of Trade Ltd. says in March it will open an African multi-asset exchange in Mauritius that will be able to trade a ...
Kenya is considering speeding up plans to privatize the Nairobi Stock Exchange (www.nse.co.ke), the biggest market in East Africa. The aim is initially that stockbrokers ...
Aureos Capital at the start of November launched its $400m sub-Saharan private equity fund focusing on small- to mid-market companies. The Aureos Africa Fund was ...
Africa will have a large role in US$750m Actis Infrastructure 2 fund, which closed on 6 October. The pan-emerging markets fund focuses on power generation ...
The International Finance Corporation (www.ifc.org), a member of the World Bank Group, is investing $100 million into bringing the benefits of better telecommunications to many ...
Emerging Capital Partners (ECP) announced on 22 September it has committed $25 million to Wananchi Group Holdings
Private equity and venture capital opportunities in Africa, billed “the world’s fastest-growing continent”, are on the agenda of the African Venture Capital Association (AVCA) 8th ...
US$8 billion was invested in developing Information and Communications Technology (ICT) in Africa in 2008, according to the Secretary-General of International Telecommunications Union (ITU).
The Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen) has received regulatory approval from the Capital Markets Authority for a corporate bond with a nominal value (face value) ...
The International Finance Corporation (IFC), part of the World Bank group, committed investments in the following African countries last year: Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, ...
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) announced that it committed to $1.8 billion worth of new investments across 30 countries in Africa in the fiscal year ...
Aureos Africa Fund has increased funds under management to US$318 million
Emerging Capital Partners announced it has bought controlling stakes in Shoresal and Almes - both North African construction companies - for a total USD $26.2 ...
West African private equity fund manager African Capital Alliance (ACA) announced the first closing after raising US$200 million for Capital Alliance Private Equity III (“CAPE ...