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Helios Investment Partners and Warburg Pincus have seen the clearance of their two Kenya-based portfolio companies – getting the go-ahead from a deals regulator. Telkom...

Helios portfolio in KFC deal

Portfolio News August 23, 2019

Helios’ Africa-focused portfolio company Vivo Energy is working on plans to back Kuku Foods East Africa Holdings, a Mauritius-based consumer hospitality company. The deal...

Helios portfolio ebitda touches $200m

Portfolio News August 9, 2019

Helios’ pan-Africa portfolio company Vivo Energy’s earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization (ebitda) in the six months up to June 2019 rose to...

PE-backed company lists in Nigeria

Other Headlines July 12, 2019

Private equity-backed Africa-focused telecommunications services company Airtel Africa, has completed a cross boarder secondary listing on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE). This comes just after...

Standard Chartered Private Equity's (SCPE) portfolio company Choppies Enterprises, a consumer retailer based in Botswana has seen chief executive officer (CEO) Ramachandran Ottapathu suspended. Farouk...

Temasek portfolio in Dangote take-private deal

Portfolio News April 26, 2019

Temasek’s agriculture production portfolio company has signed a deal to acquire all outstanding and issued shares in Dangote Flour Mills (DFM), a Nigeria-based consumer...

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