Private Equity
Despite the region’s economic challenges, Africa remains one of the world’s most promising growth opportunities for private equity funds that have the right strategies, say The Boston Consulting Group’s Patrick Dupoux, Marc Becker and Seddik El Fihri.
4 min read · 07 October 2016
KKR and Permira among those named in Private Equity International’s annual celebration of the industry’s best value creation stories.
3 min read · 03 October 2016
Dushy Sivanithy, who spent 10 years at fund of funds Pantheon, joins the placement agent and advisor from UK development finance institution CDC Group.
3 min read · 30 September 2016
The close of the West Africa-focused fund comes amid a muted year of fundraising for Africa.
2 min read · 30 September 2016
The pan-African firm is acquiring a 49% stake for $55m from AfricInvest and the founding family.
2 min read · 29 September 2016
The firm is investing alongside Banque Centrale Populaire in Atlantic Business International, a banking group in the UEMOA region.
2 min read · 12 September 2016
The Africa and south Asia finance sector specialist has amassed $260m for its first fund, which has a $300m hard-cap.
3 min read · 31 August 2016
DOB Equity, backed exclusively by the de Rijcke family, has acquired a minority stake in Twiga Foods, its ninth investment.
3 min read · 24 August 2016
The Global Impact Investing Network’s latest report shows that impact investing measurement and management can yield useful data for investors and portfolio companies.
3 min read · 22 August 2016
Brian Hughes, who heads the $180bn pension fund’s private equity team, on the value of diversification in the face of global macro headwinds.
5 min read · 09 August 2016
