Consumer | Private Equity Africa News

Kagiso Asset Management has acquired a stake in Liberty Star Consumer Holdings (Libstar), a South Africa-based consumer food manufacturing and distribution company that is...

Family office in Tanzania deal

Brief August 28, 2020

A Netherlands-based single family office investor has sealed a follow-on deal, backing its Tanzania-based consumer food production company. DOB Equity has injected additional capital into...

PIC portfolio capital raise 2.3x oversubscribed

Consumer August 14, 2020

The Public Investment Corporation’s (PIC) South Africa-based consumer retail holding portfolio company case has finalised its capital raise, which was 2.3x oversubscribed. The Foschini Group...

RMB Corvest seals 1st beverages deal

Consumer August 7, 2020

RMB Corvest has acquired an undisclosed stake in a South Africa-based consumer beverages producer, Switch – sealing its first deal in the beverages space. RMB...

PIC company profits plummet

Consumer August 4, 2020

A Public Investment Corporation’s consumer hospitality services portfolio company has seen its profits plummet by about 2.83 times, on impact from the corona virus...

ECP deal value revised

Brief July 31, 2020

Emerging Capital Partners (ECP) has seen the enterprise value of its South Africa consumer deal revised on the back of the coronavirus disease 2019...

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