LP News | Private Equity Africa News

A US-based foundation that has billions in assets has anchored an Africa-focused fund. The foundation is part of a consortium of limited partners (LPs)...

LP loses key funds and deals player

LP News June 11, 2026

A limited partner (LP) investor has seen the departure of an investment manager after almost a decade at the firm. She worked on key...

African LP raises $2bn from global players

LP News June 8, 2026

An Africa-based development financier that also commits to funds as a limited partner (LP) has raised $2 billion worth of debt in an oversubscribed...

DEG picks manager for new FoF

Funds June 5, 2026

Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft (DEG) has selected a fund manager for its new emerging markets-focused fund-of-funds (FoF), which will also invest in Africa. The...

LP beats secondaries fund target by 20%

Funds June 5, 2026

A secondaries investor has hit final close on its debut vehicle, beating the final targeted amount by 20%. The fund has an allocation for...

Soros consortium backs fund 1st close

Funds June 3, 2026

Soros Economic Development Fund (SEDF) is part of an LP consortium that has backed the first close of a specialist global fund, which has...

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