Private Equity

Africa

Emerging markets Africa: data digest

Deal count looks to be slackening in sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East and North Africa region.

1 min read · 04 December 2017

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

US pension money could ‘destroy’ African PE

LPs lacking knowledge of the market could drive up valuations, Jean Claude Bastos de Morais, chief executive of Quantum Global, tells PEI.

2 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

Quantum seeks $2bn for Africa

The investment manager aims to secure the funds from Middle Eastern investors by 2019, chief executive Jean Claude Bastos de Morais tells PEI.

2 min read · 24 October 2017

Investors

Ghanaian pensions struggle to enter PE

Private equity is a relatively new concept for Ghana’s pension funds, having only been authorised by the country’s National Pension Regulatory Authority on 1 April.

2 min read · 23 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

CDC's Murray Grant on leadership in Africa

The industry has a vital role to play in the key task of developing management expertise.

3 min read · 26 September 2017

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