Expansion | Private Equity Africa News

Netherlands-based investor Oikocredit has sealed a deal to acquire a minority stake in a Kenya-based financial services company. The investor is injecting approximately $9.8 million...

Emerging Capital Partners’ (ECP) Mauritius-based education services portfolio company has received approximately $22.3 million (Kr150 million) capital injection from development finance institutions (DFI). Finnland’s Finnfund...

Goodwell & Standard Bank in fintech deal

Deals August 30, 2019

Goodwell Investments has sealed a follow-on investment in its South Africa-based financial services technology portfolio company, backing a $4 million investment round into Nomanini....

Zeder in agri deal

Agriculture August 30, 2019

South Africa-based agriculture focused investment company Zeder Investments has sealed a deal to back East African Seed Company (EAS), a Kenya-based agriculture production company. Zeder...

Mbuyu & Phatisa deal gets clearance

Agriculture August 9, 2019

Mbuyu Capital Partners and Phatisa's deal to sell a majority stake in Meridian, a Mauritius-based agriculture inputs holding company has received clearance from a...

Apis in fintech deal

Expansion August 2, 2019

Apis Partners has backed PayFast, a financial services technology company based in South Africa. This deal has been structured as a bolt-on acquisition to DPO...

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