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TPG Growth has injected the first tranche of its investment in Airtel Africa, an Africa-focused telecommunications services company, with this sized at $150 million. The...

Actis company in $220m risk hedge

Energy June 25, 2021

Actis’ Africa-focused renewable energy portfolio company is looking to acquire risk hedges to cover $220 million worth of exposures on its investment in a...

Helios company in $160m capital raise

Infrastructure June 18, 2021

Helios Investment Partners’ Africa-focused telecommunications infrastructure services portfolio company has raised $160 million worth of capital – structured as both equity and debt. Helios Towers...

PE-backed company in Cameroon payments deal

Portfolio News May 25, 2021

South Africa’s MFS Africa, a financial services technology company which is backed by a number of private equity investors, has invested in a payments...

PE-backed company Ebitda hits $1.7bn

Portfolio News May 25, 2021

Warburg Pincus’Africa-focused telecommunications services portfolio company has registered earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization (Ebitda) of $1.79 billion in the year ended March...

Actis’ ex-Abraaj company halts deal

Healthcare May 21, 2021

Actis’ ex-Abraaj Egypt-based healthcare services portfolio company, Cleopatra Hospital Group’s (CHG) carve-out deal has been halted. CHG had been working on plans to acquire Egypt-based...

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