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Flutterwave backer LoftyInc courts offshore LP as it aims to quintuple AUM with new Africa VC fund

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08 May, 2024

Flutterwave backer LoftyInc courts offshore LP as it aims to quintuple AUM with new Africa VC fund

LoftyInc Capital, a pan-African early-stage venture capital firm, is likely to secure commitment from a European development finance institution for ......

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Sub-Saharan Africa-focused private debt fund REGMIFA to get another cheque

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08 May, 2024

Sub-Saharan Africa-focused private debt fund REGMIFA to get another cheque

The Regional MSME Investment Fund for Sub-Saharan Africa (REGMIFA), an open-ended private debt fund focusing on micro, small, and medium ......

PE firm Admaius Capital expands leadership team with focus on Egypt

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07 May, 2024

PE firm Admaius Capital expands leadership team with focus on Egypt

Admaius Capital Partners, a Rwanda-based private equity firm with a pan-Africa focus, expanded its leadership team by appointing a fourth ......

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South Africa's Infra Impact to strike fifth bet as another PE fund set to exit

Infrastructure

07 May, 2024

South Africa's Infra Impact to strike fifth bet as another PE fund set to exit

Infra Impact Investment Managers, a South Africa-based private equity investor that focuses on mid-market infrastructure businesses, is set to strike ......

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PE firm Fipar-Holding teams up with overseas investor to buy Moroccan retail giant

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06 May, 2024

PE firm Fipar-Holding teams up with overseas investor to buy Moroccan retail giant

Fipar-Holding, the private equity investment arm of Morocco’s state-owned financial institution, the Caisse de Dépot et de Gestion (CDG), is ......

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South Africa's pension fund GEPF to acquire infra player

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03 May, 2024

South Africa's pension fund GEPF to acquire infra player

South Africa’s Government Employees Pension Fund, the largest pension fund in the continent with $124 billion worth of assets is ......

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Bharti Airtel's Africa unit set to bag a big cheque from offshore investor

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01 May, 2024

Bharti Airtel's Africa unit set to bag a big cheque from offshore investor

Airtel Africa Plc, which is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a subsidiary of India’s Bharti Airtel, is ......

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European IT giant Asseco Group set to log out of Nigeria unit

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30 April, 2024

European IT giant Asseco Group set to log out of Nigeria unit

Asseco Group, the Poland-headquartered software giant with a presence in over 50 countries, plans to exit the Nigerian market by ......

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Dutch impact investor Bix Capital taps returning LP for Africa, Southeast Asia fund

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23 April, 2024

Dutch impact investor Bix Capital taps returning LP for Africa, Southeast Asia fund

Bix Capital, a Dutch impact investment firm that offers debt financing to small and medium enterprises mainly in sub-Saharan Africa, ......

Africa-focused Acre Impact Capital raises $100 mn for first close of debut fund

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19 April, 2024

Africa-focused Acre Impact Capital raises $100 mn for first close of debut fund

Acre Impact Capital, an Africa-focused private-debt impact investment manager, marked the first close of its debut export finance fund to ......