Orrick names new Africa head
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe has named Yves LePage as its new head of the Africa practice, taking over from Pascal Agboyidor who was terminated...
TPG Growth head indicted
TPG Growth’s founder and managing partner Bill McGlashan has been indicted on allegations of participation in a US college entrance exam cheating scheme as...
IFU backs Centum deal
The Investment Fund for Developing Countries (IFU) has backed Centum Investment Company's Kenya based financial services portfolio, injecting $12 million in the company.
IFU has...
Rocket tech portfolio in US listing
Rocket Internet’s Nigeria-based consumer technology portfolio company Jumia, is working on an initial public offering (IPO) in the US, with plans to list on...
Gulf hires from NBK
Gulf Capital has brought in NBK Capital Partners' executive director Sharaf Sharaf to be managing director on its Gulf Credit Partners platform.
He leaves NBK...
UAE GP gets $45m
A United Arab Emirates-based private equity investor has received a $45 million commitment from a European-based development finance institution (DFI) to its emerging markets...