Deals | Private Equity Africa News

Cathay Capital and AfricInvest have backed an approximately $19 million (€17 million) investment in Le Wagon, a global education provider focused on the technology...

Verod in bolt-on deal

Bolt-on acquisition March 6, 2020

Verod Capital Management has backed a Nigeria-based financial services company – which is being bolted onto an existing portfolio company. The investor is injecting additional...

CFM energy deal finalised

Deals March 5, 2020

Coöperatief Climate Fund Managers (CFM) deal to back Ghoubet Djibouti Windfarm, a Djibouti-based energy production company in Djibouti has been finalised. The investor has clubbed...

Capitalworks mulls Brait portfolio deal

Brief March 3, 2020

Capitalworks is working on plans to invest an undisclosed amount in DGB, a South Africa-based consumer beverages producer - which is part-owned by Brait...

US investor in $14m series-A deal

Deals March 3, 2020

US-based early-stage investor Vertex Ventures has backed a $14 million series-A investment round in a Kenya-based consumer technology company, Sokowatch. Set up in 2015, Vertex...

Goldman Sachs et al. in follow-on deal

Brief February 28, 2020

Goldman Sachs has partnered with a consortium of investors to seal a follow-on deal, backing their South Africa-based financial services technology portfolio company. The investor...

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