Private Equity

Africa

Exit File: emerging markets Africa

A key recent deal from the region.

1 min read · 29 November 2017

South African PE defies public markets slump

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

African PE is dead, long live private credit!

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

Missing the boat on Sub-Saharan returns

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

Carlyle Africa fund to broaden remit following MD hire

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

The rise of the African secondary buyout

What the increase in sponsor-to-sponsor transactions says about the growing private equity market.

6 min read · 26 September 2017

Private equity makes Africa's fintech connection

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

Private equity flocks to African education

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

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