Private Equity
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2 min read · 05 January 2013
Big plans do not necessarily produce the best results. One organisation is seeking to improve Africa's investment climate through a series of achievable initiatives. Andy Thomson reports
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Micro-finance institutions throughout Sub-Saharan Africa have exploded in popularity as a destination for private equity capital. Can the love affair survive a rocky road ahead? Matt Levin investigates
3 min read · 05 January 2013
Four investment professionals discuss whether funds targeting Africa’s ‘missing middle’ – businesses whose funding needs are too large for microfinance but too small for other institutions – are just development projects in disguise or an investment opportunity not to be missed.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The Cairo-headquartered private equity firm has acquired beverage company Enjoy through Gozour, its consumer foods platform. Citadel bought Enjoy from Haykala Investment Managers, a firm founded in 2005 by Egypt-based Commercial International Bank.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Natural resources and black economic empowerment enterprises are providing the firm rich opportunities in Africa, Michael Cohen told delegates at the PEI Africa Forum in London today.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
One of the largest private equity real estate platforms in the world will become independent of its bankrupt parent company, sister news site PERE has learned.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
African GPs are looking beyond traditional structures to raise money in today’s market, writes Toby Mitchenall.
3 min read · 05 January 2013
The real estate buyout arm of Lehman Brothers, Lehman Brothers Private Equity Real Estate, has attracted more than 100 expressions of interest for its fund positions and the group operations. Lehman is running a formal bidding process to assess options for the divison. An announcement is expected in Q1.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
As chairman of its international advisory council, Kai-Uwe Ricke will help support the UAE-headquartered firm's management team as well as finetune its structure and corporate governance. The former chief executive of Deutsche Telekom will also be a member of the firm’s private equity advisory board.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
