Brief | Private Equity Africa News

A specialist investor has backed an investment round that is injecting capital into a South Africa-based technology company that is focused on the financial...

Kagiso buys Ethos stake

Brief May 29, 2020

Kagiso Asset Management has acquired an additional stake in Ethos Capital Partners (Ethos Capital), a Mauritius-based financial services company. The investor has raised its stake...

Investor delivers 1st Malawi deal

Agriculture May 29, 2020

Old Mutual Investment Group’s agricultural platform, United Farmers Fund (UFF) Agri Asset Management has backed a Malawi-based agriculture production company – sealing its first...

US investor in early-stage deal

Brief May 29, 2020

A US-based investor has backed an early-stage investment in an Africa-focused renewable energy company. Acumen Capital Partners has backed a series-B investment round in InspiraFarms...

Naspers CVC buys into PE-backed company

Brief May 29, 2020

Naspers has signed a deal to back to a private-equity backed South Africa-based agriculture technology company – structuring the deal through its corporate venture...

UK investor in 3rd Africa deal

Brief May 22, 2020

An investor based in the UK has landed its third African deal, leading an investment round into a Kenya-based technology company focused on the...

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