Private Equity
The Namibian joint venture between affiliates of South Africa’s Old Mutual Group will seek a black empowerment enterprise partner for the stake. The fund is targeting investments of around $360m in infrastructure, mining and private equity in 2009.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Warburg Pincus is co-investing with the emerging markets specialist in China's 7 Days Inn Group.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The London-based private equity firm has bought a 15.3 percent stake in Chemica, the fifth investment from its Pacific Island-focused fund.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
African fundraising soared to unprecedented heights in the first six months of 2008, but the second half of the year may not be as rosy, writes Matt Levin.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The Central and Eastern Europe-focused private equity fund has sold Hungarian e-marketplace and auction site Vatera.hu, generating a 59 percent gross IRR.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The Africa-focused firm has purchased $28m in common shares and convertible notes of West African lender Financial BC.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The latest upper mid-market fund being raised by the South African investment bank is more than double the size of its 2005 predecessor.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The Tchenguiz family, along with three international development funds are the cornerstone investors in The Evolution One Fund, which has raised 40 percent of its targeted R1bn total.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
LeapFrog Investments aims to provide 25 million low-income individuals in Asia and Africa with access to microinsurance in the next 10 years. The market for microinsurance on the two continents includes more than one billion people.
3 min read · 05 January 2013
The $160m fund is targeting small to middle market enterprises to plug the financing gap between microfinance and commercial banks.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
