Financial Services | Private Equity Africa News

AfricInvest has invested an undisclosed amount into a Nigeria-based financial services company, which is part-owned by BlueOrchard Finance – sealing the seventh deal from...

Leadway backs Nigeria’s SWF platform

Financial Services September 17, 2021

Leadway Assurance Company has invested $5 million in Nigeria’s sovereign wealth fund’s (SWF) Infrastructure Credit Guarantee Company (InfraCredit). The deal raises InfraCredit’s total capital base to...

Sequoia & Stripe deal values company at $1.7bn

Deals September 9, 2021

Sequoia Heritage and Stripe have partnered on a deal to back a series-A investment into an Africa-focused financial services technology company – in a...

Egyptian SWF deal approved

Deals September 3, 2021

Egypt’s sovereign wealth fund (SWF), The Sovereign Fund of Egypt’s (TSFE) and EFG Hermes’ deal to back an Egypt-based financial services company has been...

Two GPs in secondary buyout deal

Deals August 27, 2021

LeapFrog Investments has acquired a stake in Fidelity Bank Ghana, a Ghana-based financial services company, in a secondary buyout from Amethis Finance. LeapFrog has acquired...

Atlas Mara Rwanda exit deal finalised

Deals August 27, 2021

Atlas Mara’s deal to exit its stake in a Rwanda-based financial services provider to a strategic investor has been finalised. The investor is selling its...

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