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TMT

31 July, 2023

Chari's Belkhayat on building a Moroccan version of Udaan, Khatabook and Paytm combined

Chari, a B2B ecommerce platform that seeks to help small retailers source goods in Morocco, has made headlines for attracting ......

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Finance

26 July, 2023

French tech investor Breega likely to loop in key LP for maiden Africa VC fund

Paris-based tech venture capital firm Breega Group, which was created a decade ago by Ben Marrel, François Paulus and Maximilien Bacot, is ......

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TMT

14 July, 2023

Returning LP may triple cheque size for TLcom's second Africa VC fund

Africa-focused venture capital firm TLcom Capital is set to receive a commitment from another returning limited partner for its second fund, ......

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Infrastructure

23 June, 2023

Exclusive: Actis set to revisit a real estate asset in West Africa

Alternative investment firm Actis is close to striking a deal in West Africa that would see it return to an ......

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Infrastructure

09 June, 2023

Exclusive: RMB Ventures teams up again with another PE for South Africa deal

Johannesburg-based private equity investor RMB Ventures is teaming up with another South African mid-market PE firm again for a new ......

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Consumer

07 June, 2023

Exclusive: Gender-lens fund Aruwa Capital set to ink FMCG deal

Aruwa Capital Management, a Lagos-based early-stage growth equity and gender-lens investment firm that has announced at least seven investments to ......

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Finance

19 May, 2023

After slashing size of Africa PE fund, Helios adds another asset class

Helios Investment Partners, one of the largest private equity firms in Africa that was eyeing a record corpus for its ......

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Consumer

16 May, 2023

Exclusive: RMB Corvest in another club deal with Umoya Capital

Private equity firm RMB Corvest, a part of FirstRand Bank that strikes on-balance-sheet transactions and was one of the most active ......

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General

12 May, 2023

Metier Capital raising third growth capital PE fund for sub-Saharan Africa

South African PE investment house Metier Capital that brought in Nairobi-based private equity manager Catalyst Principal Partners under its umbrella ......

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Finance

25 April, 2023

Helios taps another key LP for Africa climate PE fund

Private equity firm Helios Investment Partners is set to get another key Limited Partner for its new climate-linked fund for ......