The DFI Directory provides valuable information about the following DFIs’ activities, including investment priorities, fund manager criteria, and investment structures: Belgian Investment Company for Development Companies (BIO) (EMPEA Member) The Belgian Investment Company for Development Companies (BIO) is a DFI established in 2001 in the framework of the Belgian… Read More
The Bulletin features contributions from lawyers and private equity executives based in Bogota, Dubai, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and Tokyo on legal, regulatory and market matters. The variety of the content reflects EMPEA’s global footprint. In this Bulletin our contributors present: Private Equity in Vietnam: a reflection on… Read More
Africa-focused private equity firm Development Partners International (DPI) has sold its 27.7 percent stake in Ghana-listed CAL Bank to Arise, a financial services investment company backed by major shareholders are development finance institutions Norfund and FMO and financial services group Rabobank. DPI originally invested in CAL Bank in 2012 through… Read More
African Infrastructure Investment Managers (AIIM), a member of Old Mutual Alternative Investments, has acquired a 60 percent effective interest in Tanzania-based dry bulk terminal operator DSM Corridor Group Tanzania (DCG). AIIM invested through strategic holding company African Ports and Corridors Holdings, which will facilitate the acquisition of further terminals and… Read More
Pan-African private equity investment firm EXEO Capital has reached a first close for Agri-Vie Fund II with more than US$100 million in capital commitments. The fund, which is targeting US$150 million to US$200 million in total commitments, will focus on the food and agribusiness sector in Sub-Saharan Africa. Read More
Inspired Evolution Investment Management, an Africa-focused investment advisory firm specializing in clean energy infrastructure and resource efficiency, has sold its stakes in South Africa-based renewable energy projects Slimsun Swartland Solar Park, Kouga Wind Farm and Solar Capital De Aar to South Africa-based TriAlpha Investment Management. The firm’s interest in Solar… Read More
Pan-African private equity firm AfricInvest has invested EUR17.3 million (approximately US$18 million) in Mali-based hospitality group Azalaï Hotels. AfricInvest invested through AfricInvest III. Azalaï will use the new funds to expand across West Africa, increase capacity and upgrade service. Read More
Africa-focused private investment firm Helios Investment Partners and Netherlands-based energy and commodities group Vitol have agreed to acquire a 20 percent stake in Africa-focused downstream petroleum company Vivo Energy from Royal Dutch Shell for US$250 million. Upon completion of the deal, Helios and Vitol will own 100 percent of Vivo Energy. Read More
Global alternative asset manager The Carlyle Group has agreed to acquire a 49.9 percent stake in South Africa-based emerging markets-focused credit rating agency Global Credit Ratings. The company serves customers across 20 countries, focusing on insurance, financial institutions, corporate and public sector entities and structured finance. Carlyle will invest through… Read More
Pan-African private equity firm AfricInvest and France-based investment bank Bpifrance have launched the French African Fund with EUR77 million (approximately US$82 million) in capital commitments. The fund will invest in small and medium-sized enterprises in both Africa and France, assisting African companies with their expansion into France and the European… Read More
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