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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...

PE portfolio IPO valued at $2.8bn

Portfolio News April 12, 2019

Private equity-backed financial services holding company Network International has been listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE). The initial public offering (IPO) has valued...

Rocket deal gets pre-IPO funding

Portfolio News April 5, 2019

A US-based strategic investor has signed a deal to acquire a stake in Rocket Internet’s Nigeria-based consumer technology portfolio company – as the company...

Helios portfolio completes deal

Energy March 8, 2019

Helios Investment Partners’ Africa-focused oil & gas distribution portfolio company Vivo Energy has completed a deal to acquire 230 services stations from South Africa’s...

Helios portfolio ebitda spikes 12%

Portfolio News March 7, 2019

Helios’ pan-Africa portfolio company Vivo Energy’s earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization (Ebitda) spiked 12% in its latest financial year, with revenues also...

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