Private Equity

Middle East & North Africa

PEI Awards 2020: Global winners

The winners in the healthcare, technology, consumer, energy, long-term private equity, frontier markets and impact firm of the year categories.

3 min read · 01 March 2021

PEI Awards 2020: Winners

Discover who the industry voted the winners in our Awards 2020 coverage. The 71 categories saw hard-fought races in a challenging year.

2 min read · 01 March 2021

Gulf Capital on accelerating innovation in changing times

Technology is opening up new opportunities for emerging markets investors in sectors such as healthcare, say Gulf Capital’s Dr Karim El Solh, Hazem Abu Khalaf and Alvaro Abella.

8 min read · 28 February 2021

Elbrus defies Russia's frosty climate to hit first close on Fund III

LP appetite for Russian private equity has been uncertain since the 2019 arrest of Baring Vostok founder Michael Calvey and several colleagues.

2 min read · 21 January 2021

Investcorp closes second GP stakes deal out of fledgling group

Investcorp’s team focuses on mid-market GPs, which it believes presents a more robust opportunity than the larger side of the market.

3 min read · 04 January 2021

VC to benefit from Middle East diplomacy changes

The Abraham Accords normalised relations between the UAE and Israel, and investors in the Middle East are optimistic about the opportunities.

3 min read · 30 November 2020

Gulf Capital: Building global leaders across growth markets

The pandemic has hit oil prices but the Gulf states continue to provide rich pickings for investors looking to invest in fast-growing companies, says Dr Karim El Solh, co-founder and CEO of Gulf Capital.

8 min read · 01 November 2020

Investcorp hunts for discounted healthcare assets in China

The investment firm has launched a fund of limited size and timing to find discounted opportunities, managing director Duncan Zheng tells PEI.

3 min read · 22 September 2020

Covid-19 in Africa: How the PE community plans to weather the crisis

Africa's growth-oriented focus and DFI-heavy investor base could make it more resilient than other PE markets and help the continent rebound from health crisis.

5 min read · 21 April 2020

Iran private equity: Back to square one?

Rising tensions between Washington and Tehran in the past week and Iran’s restrictive investment environment make private equity investments a challenging proposition.

3 min read · 09 January 2020

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