Private Equity
Despite a strong 2022, PE firms still face significant hurdles in finding exit opportunities.
4 min read · 01 September 2023
The private equity giant approached secondaries buyers about acquiring LP stakes in its 2013-vintage Sub-Saharan Africa Fund and making a stapled commitment to its successor.
2 min read · 20 May 2019
Global firms' pullback from Africa has been greatly exaggerated, AVCA chief Michelle Kathryn Essomé explains.
4 min read · 28 February 2019
From rising to falling star, Africa rewards those with discipline, patience and the skills to build a market leader.
5 min read · 17 September 2018
The firm’s $990 million Africa Fund III aims to benefit from the continent’s rapidly expanding middle class.
2 min read · 04 July 2017
Montagu Private Equity has made 3x on the sale of ghd – maker of flat irons and hair dryers – to Lion Capital.
2 min read · 22 January 2014
The UK-based emerging markets firm has added to its African energy portfolio by acquiring utilities in Cameroon.
2 min read · 08 November 2013
The UK firm has now realised most of the investments in the £235m Gresham Fund III, after selling specialist oil and gas recruitment provider Swift to US firm Wellspring.
2 min read · 07 November 2013
The sale of the feminine hygiene brand, which is understood to have generated a ‘close to 1.5x return’, is Electra’s third exit this year after making 15x on Allflex and 3x return on Esure.
2 min read · 23 October 2013
The injection of fresh capital comes after a year rich in deals for the firm’s social-minded vehicle.
3 min read · 21 September 2013
