Private Equity
Private equity funds posted a 13.6% pooled IRR over the past three years, significantly outperforming listed equity benchmarks.
2 min read · 13 November 2017
Investors in the continent’s private equity market should be considering other parts of the capital structure, writes Syntaxis Capital’s Africa head.
3 min read · 31 October 2017
Investors are likely to benefit from an impending upswing, according to the chairman of Angola’s $5.1bn sovereign wealth fund.
3 min read · 30 October 2017
The $698m sub-Saharan fund is looking at opportunities in North Africa following a market resurgence across the continent.
2 min read · 05 October 2017
What the increase in sponsor-to-sponsor transactions says about the growing private equity market.
6 min read · 26 September 2017
Fintech is taking off all over the continent as firms plug the gap filled elsewhere by traditional financial services providers.
4 min read · 05 September 2017
Actis has joined a number of firms looking to take advantage of growing demand for higher education across the continent.
3 min read · 20 July 2017