Egypt-based laboratory diagnostics company Integrated Diagnostics Holdings (IDH) has completed an initial public offering (IPO) on the London Stock Exchange, facilitating a partial exit for global growth markets investor The Abraaj Group. IDH sold 65 million shares priced at US$4.45 per share, raising around US$290 million. The issue returned around… Read More
Key findings from the 2015 LP Survey: Over the next two years, 33% of LPs* plan to increase the percentage of their total PE allocation targeted at emerging markets (versus 41% in the 2014 survey), and 47% of LPs* anticipate increasing the dollar value of new commitments to EM… Read More
EMPEA today announces the release of a new Special Report: Private Equity in the Middle East and North Africa, EMPEA’s first in-depth, comprehensive look at the asset class in a richly diverse region that has historically been viewed more as a source of capital than as a destination for funds. Read More
Geographically situated at the heart of some of the world’s most important trade routes, the countries comprising the MENA region are richly diverse culturally, politically and economically. Stretching from the Maghreb in the west, and moving east through Egypt and the Levant to the Gulf, each of these markets… Read More
Middle East-focused venture capital firm Middle East Venture Partners (MEVP) has held a first close for Middle East Venture Fund II (MEVF II) with US$15 million in capital commitments. MEVF II, which has a target of US$30 million and aims to close in the second quarter of 2015, will make… Read More
Kudu, a Saudi Arabia-based restaurant group, has raised sharia-compliant debt funding from global growth markets investor The Abraaj Group and global private investment firm TPG. The investment was structured through a vehicle jointly owned by Abraaj and TPG. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. Read More
Pan-emerging markets private equity firm Actis has sold a 15 percent stake in Edita Food Industries, an Egypt-based snack food company, through an oversubscribed initial public offering (IPO) on the Egyptian Exchange and the London Stock Exchange. Actis sold 54.4 million shares in the offering at a price of EGP18.5… Read More
Foursan Group, a private equity firm primarily focused on the Middle East, has acquired a 30 percent stake in Zalatimo Sweets & Restaurants, a Jordan-based confectionary company. The transaction was structured through Foursan Capital Partners I. Zalatimo currently operates six retail outlets around Amman; has franchised outlets in Bahrain, Kuwait… Read More
Jadwa Investment, a Saudi Arabia-focused private equity firm and investment bank, has led the acquisition of a majority stake in Saudi Arabia-based engineering company Saudi Mechanical Industries. Arab Petroleum Investments Corporation (APICORP), a multilateral development bank focusing on the oil and gas sector in the Arab world, also participated in… Read More
Albert Alsina is the CEO and Managing Partner of Mediterrania Capital Partners, a private equity firm focused on small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and mid-cap companies in North Africa with total assets under management of more than US$200 million. In this interview, Albert discusses the opportunity set available to private… Read More
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