Helios & Lombard in $490m Eland sale
Helios Investment Partners and Switzerland-based Lombard Odier Asset Management (LOAME) are set to exit their West-Africa focused oil and gas exploration portfolio company to...
Aruwa, ex-Syntaxis, seals 1st deal
Aruwa Capital Management, formerly Syntaxis Capital Africa has signed a deal to back Wemy Industries, a Nigeria-based consumer products manufacturer – sealing the first...
GP sizes new fund 50% higher than predecessor
A regional fund manager is on the road with its latest vehicle, sizing it at 50% larger than its preceding sophomore vehicle.
XSML is back...
Helios et al. partially exit in c$1.5bn IPO
Helios Investment Partners is selling part of its Africa-focused telecommunications infrastructure services portfolio company, through an initial public offer (IPO), exiting alongside a consortium...
Akin Gump hires Orrick PE partner
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld has bolstered its Africa practice with the hire of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe’s private equity partner Weyinmi Popo.
Popo...
Verdant boosts fundraising with CDC hire
Verdant Capital has bolstered its fundraising team with the hire of Patrick Ball as director, bringing him in from UK's development financier CDC.
Ball has...