Private Equity
Private equity interest in West Africa continues to gather momentum, the latest example being the establishment of ARM Capital Partners.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The investment bank's private equity arm has teamed with the Khartoum-based sugar company to invest in large-scale infrastructure projects in the Sudanese and Egyptian agriculture sectors.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The firm has hired former Pequot Capital chief investment strategist Byron Wien as it looks to macroeconomic analysis to help spend its $29bn in dry powder.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Bridge Capital, a South African corporate and property advisor, is launching a €130 million fund to take advantage of South African opportunities. The firm points to IPD, whose world property index suggests the South African market has been one of the best performers in the last six years.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The joint venture between Baltimore-based Municipal Mortgage & Equity and a Dublin-based syndicate of private investors is poised to close on its first South Africa housing fund. It is already eying a bigger second vehicle to invest on a pan-African basis.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Though South Africa is on the brink of recession and mergers and acquisition volumes have tumbled, a report by information provider Mergermarker says there have been a string of real estate deals in the first quarter of the year.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
Despite the credit crunch, the global office markets are still on an “upward trend,” according to a report by real estate services firm, Colliers International. The emerging markets continued to record strong growth in the sector.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
CAPE III is already larger than Lagos-based African Capital Alliance’s previous private equity vehicles, thanks in part to commitments from DFIs and Nigerian institutions. Up to 40 percent of the fund, which is targeting as much as $500m, may be invested in the energy sector.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Mega-firms with dry powder are breaking the LBO mould to get deals done, writes Toby Mitchenall.
4 min read · 05 January 2013
The capital injection from three Egyptian banks will support Dina Farms’ expansion plans.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
