Private Equity
Actis has partially sold energy company Globeleq while retaining the company’s sub-Saharan assets and its global pipeline of projects. Actis has managed Globeleq for emerging markets firm CDC.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Having recently reported an increase in value and growth in the region, the firm’s private equity real estate arm will launch an East Africa-dedicated fund, its fifth fund in the last two and a half years.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
South African investment firm Brait’s results have benefitted from private equity activity, as competition increases in its domestic market with the arrival of large global firms.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
After doubling profits and turnover at Kosan Crisplant, Segulah has sold the oil and gas company to the International Bank of Bahrain, taking advantage of the strong client base the company has in the region.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Having recently reported an increase in value and growth in the region, the firm’s private equity real estate arm will launch an East Africa-dedicated fund, its fifth fund in the last two and a half years.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The emerging markets-focused Chicago firm will target platforms likely to benefit from a global real estate boom, but eschew direct property investments.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Having recently reported an increase in value and growth in the region, the firm’s private equity real estate arm will launch an East Africa-dedicated fund, its fifth fund in the last two and a half years.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Financing is nearing completion for Blackstone’s first Ugandan deal, a hydroelectric project on the Victoria Nile.
3 min read · 04 January 2013
Emerging Capital Partners has made its fifth investment in the African oil and gas sector, capturing a stake in Nigeria’s biggest oil and gas firm.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Ethos Private Equity, one of South Africa’s largest domestic buyout firms, and Goldman Sachs are heading a consortium to buy local casino Gold Reef Resorts, in the US investment bank’s first deal in the country.
2 min read · 04 January 2013