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Finance

10 May, 2024

MENA Digest: Egyptian startups lead funding activity

Egyptian fintech startups Swypex and MNZL led funding activities in the Middle East and North Africa region,, even as overall ......

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Finance

09 May, 2024

Medu Capital's managing partner on exits, new fund, IRR and more

Johannesburg-based private equity firm Medu Capital aims to exit its third investment vehicle by the end of 2025, 11 years ......

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TMT

08 May, 2024

UK PE firm Apis Partners marks sixth full exit from debut fund

Apis Partners, a UK-based private equity firm, which backs growth stage financial services and financial infrastructure businesses, has fully exited ......

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Finance

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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Finance

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 ......

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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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Consumer

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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Infrastructure

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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TMT

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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TMT

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 ......