Private Equity
According to figures presented at the AVCA’s annual conference in Mombasa earlier this week, VCs active in Africa invested $1.3bn last year, up 60% on 2003.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
The former Amadeus Capital partner has signed on with the general partners of IDG Ventures’ $100m European fund.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
Naguib Sawiris, the man behind the pending €12.2 billion acquisition of Italian mobile carrier Wind, has made sure private equity investors know his name. Profile by Jonn Elledge.
3 min read · 30 December 2012
The two emerging markets fund investors have paid $43m for a majority stake in a Nigerian fixed wireless operator.
1 min read · 30 December 2012
The latest in a series of German real estate deals has seen the US private equity firm acquire 30,000 rental properties from WCM AG, its third European transaction in a week.
1 min read · 30 December 2012
For investors looking for exposure to emerging markets, investing in private rather than public markets is often the better option, argues Actis’ Jonathan Bond.
5 min read · 30 December 2012
The transatlantic debt specialist has hired four investment placement managing directors to raise capital and manage relationships with LPs.
1 min read · 30 December 2012
The emerging markets specialist has taken an 80 percent stake in Banque Commerciale du Rwanda in a transaction valued at $6m.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
CVC Capital Partners, the pan-European private equity firm, has acquired the printing inks and printing plates unit of Germany’s BASF and will merge it with a Swedish rival.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
VNU, the Dutch information and media company, has agreed to sell its World Directories business to private equity firms Apax Partners and Cinven for just over €2bn.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
