Private Equity

Sub-Saharan Africa

Tunga Management Company moves to sell 26% stake in itself

The Namibian joint venture between affiliates of South Africa’s Old Mutual Group will seek a black empowerment enterprise partner for the stake. The fund is targeting investments of around $360m in infrastructure, mining and private equity in 2009.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

Actis invests $65m in Chinese budget hotel chain

Warburg Pincus is co-investing with the emerging markets specialist in China's 7 Days Inn Group.

1 min read · 05 January 2013

Aureos invests in Papua New Guinea chemicals company

The London-based private equity firm has bought a 15.3 percent stake in Chemica, the fifth investment from its Pacific Island-focused fund.

1 min read · 05 January 2013

iEurope earns 13.5x return from auction site exit

The Central and Eastern Europe-focused private equity fund has sold Hungarian e-marketplace and auction site Vatera.hu, generating a 59 percent gross IRR.

1 min read · 05 January 2013

ECP buys stake in Togo commercial bank

The Africa-focused firm has purchased $28m in common shares and convertible notes of West African lender Financial BC.

1 min read · 05 January 2013

AIG invests in Nigerian microfinance platform

Amid uncertainty over how the government bailout of its parent company will affect its future, AIG Investments closed a deal yesterday with an undisclosed investment in Blue Intercontinental Micro Finance Bank.

1 min read · 05 January 2013

First Reserve seeds nuclear venture

In a bid to consolidate the industry at the start of a ‘nuclear fuel cycle’, the US energy industry specialist has recruited two veterans of nuclear power to form Accord Nuclear Resources, a platform from which to build an integrated nuclear fuel supplier.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

Actis takes slice of Tunisian IPO

The emerging markets specialist has executed another African PIPE deal, this time taking part of Tunisia’s largest listed company.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

Actis backs Malaysian aluminium company buyout

The emerging markets private equity firm has acquired Teknicast in what is its second management buyout in Malaysia's aluminium sector and third overall in the country.

1 min read · 05 January 2013

Aureos invests $830,000 in Tonga

Aureos Capital has made its first investment in Tonga, an archipelago in the South Pacific Ocean. Tonga offers investment opportunities that are driven by increasing tourist arrivals in the Kingdom and the resulting need for infrastructure development.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

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