Financial Services | Private Equity Africa News

LeapFrog Investments and Prudential Financial are in a deal to acquire a 24% stake in ICEA Lion Group, a Kenya-based financial services company. This transaction...

Atlas Mara shelves deal on COVID concerns

Financial Services June 26, 2020

Atlas Mara has terminated a deal to partially exit stakes in four of its financial services portfolio companies on the back of the corona...

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...

Actis seals 3rd exit from Abraaj funds

Deal Stub May 22, 2020

Actis has delivered the third exit from its Abraaj fund’s portfolio, selling GHL Bank, a Ghana-based financial services company, to a strategic investor. The investor...

ARC follow-on deal finalised

Brief May 8, 2020

African Rainbow Capital’s (ARC) deal to acquire an additional stake in its South Africa-based financial services portfolio company has been finalised. ARC has acquired an...

Regional investor in early-stage deal

Deals April 24, 2020

An East Africa-focused investor has sealed an early-stage deal, backing a pre-seed funding round in a Uganda-based financial services technology company. Nordic Impact Funds has...

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