Africa-focused private investment fund manager Amethis has reached a final close for Amethis Fund II with EUR375 million (approximately USD425 million) in capital commitments. Investors in the fund include the Edmond de Rothschild Group, the family of Ariane and Benjamin de Rothschild, Madagascar-based conglomerate Axian Group, and development finance institutions… Read More
Africa-focused private investment firm Helios Investment Partners and the Egyptian-American Enterprise Fund (EAEF), a United States government-backed investment vehicle managed by Lorax Capital Parters, have acquired a 96.7 percent stake in Misr Hytech Seed International, an Egypt-based producer of agricultural seeds. The company develops and produces hybrid seeds of white… Read More
Private equity fund managers Development Partners International (DPI), Ethos Private Equity, Capital Group Private Markets, and Standard Chartered Private Equity (SCPE) have agreed to exit Africa-focused mobile telecom tower company Eaton Towers to American Tower Corporation (ATC), a United States-listed communications infrastructure company, at an enterprise value of USD1.85 billion. Read More
A consortium led by Africa-focused financial services investors Apis Partners and Crossfin Technology Holdings has acquired Sureswipe, a South Africa-based payments platform. The company will be consolidated along with two other South African-based payments platforms under a new entity known as Crossfin Transactional Solutions (CTS). CTS will aim to utilize… Read More
More than half of surveyed limited partners (LPs) plan to commit more capital to emerging market private equity (EM PE) in the next two years, the first time the rate has surpassed 50% since 2014. This note of optimism highlights EMPEA’s new Global Limited Partners Survey, which… Read More
EMPEA is pleased to share with you Private Credit Solutions: A Closer Look at the Opportunity in Emerging Markets, an in-depth study of the private credit investment landscape across emerging and frontier economies. The report gathers the latest EMPEA data on overall industry activity while delving deeper into the details… Read More
The 15th annual edition of EMPEA’s Global Limited Partners Survey features the views of 104 limited partners (LPs) on the current conditions and outlook for emerging market private equity (EM PE). This study aims to shed light on how LPs’ plans for investing are evolving, what factors are affecting their… Read More
The latest edition of EMPEA’s Legal and Regulatory Bulletin explores a range of issues impacting private investment across the world (particularly, Latin America, the Middle East, Africa, China, the EU, and the US) and the implications of those issues for practitioners. Bulletin contributions: Contributors take a deep-dive into new data… Read More
2018 was a watershed year in many respects for private equity in Africa. In the wake of the Abraaj collapse and other market fluctuations, we will in 2019 likely see significant shifts in the industry, with key changes to all stakeholders’ strategies expected to emerge. Nicole Page is… Read More
Introduction By necessity, this document provides a high-level overview of the key ingredients of good governance. It does not go into great detail on the individual components; rather, it is meant to be a resource to assist practitioners in thinking through this vital topic. As appendices, we have included a… Read More
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