Private Equity
Actis has bought a majority stake in Sinai Marble in the same month as the Abraaj-led consortium carried out a record deal in Egypt. The smaller deal, in partnership with a family run business, is far more representative of deals in the region.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Actis has bought a majority stake in Sinai Marble in the same month as the Abraaj-led consortium carried out a record deal in Egypt. The smaller deal, in partnership with a family run business, is far more representative of deals in the region.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
A consortium of three companies has bought biofuel combustion plant supplier KMW Energi, as buyout firms look to invest in the growing biofuel sector.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
A consortium of three companies has bought biofuel combustion plant supplier KMW Energi, as buyout firms look to invest in the growing biofuel sector.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
A consortium of three companies has bought biofuel combustion plant supplier KMW Energi, as buyout firms look to invest in the growing biofuel sector.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Abraaj Capital, a Dubai buyout firm, is leading a consortium to take the Egyptian Fertilisers Company private eclipsing the firm’s previous record-breaking investment in EFG-Hermes, an Egyptian investment bank.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
A rising share price has derailed Brait’s plans to delist South African retailer Shoprite from the Johannesburg exchange.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Emerging Capital Partners, the Washington DC-based offshoot of AIG Africa Infrastructure, has rounded up $523 million for a new fund targeting the continent. Already the firm is prepping a 3x exit from the new fund.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Emerging private equity market investor Actis has made over $1 billion from the sale of power assets held by Globeleq, a subsidiary of UK investment group CDC, through two transactions.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Black economic empowerment specialist Sphere has bought a 35.8 percent stake in software company Barone, Budge and Dominick. The software company had been looking for a business partner committed to the South African governmental programme designed to promote racial equality.
2 min read · 04 January 2013