The Abraaj Group Invests US$100 Million in Egypt-based Tiba Group (MENA)

Global growth markets investor The Abraaj Group has invested a reported US$100 million in Egypt-based education service provider Tiba Group. The transaction was structured through Abraaj North Africa Fund II. The company will use the funds to enhance its curricula, upgrade its facilities, increase enrollment and expand its partnerships. … Read More

Investisseurs&Partenaires Leads Funding Rounds for Enval Laboratoire &PEG Africa(Sub-Saharan Africa)

Sub-Saharan Africa-focused impact investment group Investisseurs & Partenaires (I&P) has led minority stake investments in two companies: Enval Laboratoire, a Côte d'Ivoire-based physic-chemical and microbiological analysis company, and PEG Africa, a Ghana-based asset finance company selling solar energy products to off-grid customers. Financial details of the Enval transaction, in which… Read More

Northgate Capital Raises MXN4 Billion for a Debt CKD Fund (Latin America)

Global private equity and venture capital fund manager Northgate Capital has completed a MXN4 billion (approximately US$234 million) quasi-equity/mezzanine CKD (Certificado de Capital de Desarrollo) offer through the Mexican Stock Exchange. The CKD fund will make debt structured transactions with medium-sized Mexican companies that require financing for capital expenditure, strategic… Read More

Emerging Capital Partners Exits Continental Reinsurance (Sub-Saharan Africa)

Emerging Capital Partners (ECP), an international private equity firm focused on investing across the African continent, has sold its stake in C-Re Holding, a vehicle that owns a 53.6 percent stake in Nigeria-based reinsurance company Continental Reinsurance, to Saham Finances, the insurance arm of Morocco-based conglomerate Saham Group. ECP originally… Read More



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