Namibia-focused private capital firm Eos Capital has agreed to invest in Namibia-based water management company Heat Exchange Products (HEP) to help fund HEP’s acquisition of Valco Pipes, a Namibia-based bulk water and reticulation pipe supplier. Eos Capital previously acquired a majority stake in HEP in 2017 through Allegrow Fund. Financial… Read More
Egypt-based transportation booking company Swvl has raised USD42 million from global investors Vostok New Ventures, BECO Capital, MSA Capital, and Endeavor Catalyst in its latest funding round. Founded in 2017, Swvl offers scheduled, shared bus rides to customers in Egypt and Kenya, and will use the capital to expand operations… Read More
South Africa-focused private equity fund manager Ethos has agreed to invest ZAR200 million (approximately USD13 million) in TymeBank, a South Africa-based digital bank. Ethos will acquire an eight percent stake in TymeBank through the Ethos AI Fund. TymeBank was officially launched in February 2019 and offers low-cost transactional banking services… Read More
Pan-African private equity fund manager EXEO Capital has reached a final close for Agri-Vie Fund II with capital commitments totaling USD146 million. Investors in the fund include development finance institutions Norfund and Proparco, as well as insurance companies and foundations. Agri-Vie Fund II will make growth investments of USD5 million… Read More
The possible extension of the AIFMD marketing passport to fund managers based outside the EU has been monitored with considerable interest by market participants over the last year. Currently, the AIFMD marketing passport— which allows a manager to market funds to professional investors freely across the EU, without the… Read More
In this Bulletin we address a number of commercial, governance, legal and regulatory issues, which we believe are both timely and of broad interest to the emerging market private equity, venture capital, and infrastructure investment community. We are certain that some of the topics covered will be discussed—vociferously perhaps—at… Read More
Africa-focused private equity fund manager AfricInvest has acquired an additional 3 percent stake in Nairobi Stock Exchange-listed financial services group Britam for KES273 million (approximately USD3 million), bringing its total stake in the company to 18 percent. Britam provides insurance, banking, and asset management services across Eastern and Southern Africa. Read More
Old Mutual Private Equity (OMPE), a division of Africa-focused asset manager Old Mutual Alternative Investments, has agreed to acquire a majority stake in South Africa-based shoe retailer Footgear. Founded in 2001, Footgear sells its branded footwear in 63 stores across South Africa. The investment will provide Footgear with strategic support,… Read More
Morocco-focused venture capital fund manager MITC Capital has sold its stake in on-demand transportation services provider Ma-Navette to Glen Invest, a Morocco-focused investment holding company. MITC originally invested in Ma-Navette, which manages a fleet of 130 vehicles in Morocco, in 2015 through Maroc Numeric Fund. Financial details of the transaction… Read More
Pan-African private equity fund manager Emerging Capital Partners (ECP) has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Mauritius-based Inter Africa Transport Forex through its fourth flagship fund. The financial technology company provides a platform that enables transportation and shipping companies to procure, manage, and track their expenditures across 11 countries. Read More
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