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The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has appointed Deena Burjorjee as principle operations officer and upstream lead for the Middle East and North Africa –...

CDC chair knighted by the Queen

People October 13, 2020

CDC chairman, Graham Wrigley has been awarded a knighthood by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II for services to international development. Wrigley has been at CDC...

Harith names new CEO

People October 9, 2020

Harith General Partners has appointed Sipho Makhubela as its new chief executive officer (CEO), taking over from founding CEO Tshepo Mahloele. Mahloele, who has stepped...

Ex-AVCA CEO moves to newly created firm

People October 6, 2020

African Private Equity and Venture Capital Association’s (AVCA) ex-chief executive officer (CEO) Michelle Essomé has joined EJE, a newly set-up UK-based business services company...

SPE hires Wendel Africa head

People October 6, 2020

SPE Capital Partners has brought in Stéphane Heuzé as managing partner in a newly created role, hiring him from Wendel – where he was...

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