South Africa
TMT
Africa venture capital investments fall a tad in 2022 but defy global slump
Venture capital investments in Africa dipped slightly to $6.5 billion last year but avoided the sharp drop seen in most ......
Finance
Amethis' new Africa PE fund could nearly double AUM to over $1.5 bn
Pan-African private equity firm Amethis has kicked off the exercise to raise its new flagship fund for the continent that ......
Finance
Exclusive: PE firm set to buy Sanlam's Continental Reinsurance biz after Allianz deal
A private equity firm that had inked a couple of deals in 2021 only to go quiet last year is ......
Consumer
South African PE firm Kleoss Capital scores an exit
South African mid-market private equity firm Kleoss Capital, which announced the first close and the maiden deal from its second ......
Finance
Apis Partners inks fifth full exit from maiden fund in South Africa
Apis Partners, the UK-based private equity firm that has backed growth-stage companies mostly in financial services and fintech business across ......
Consumer
Exclusive: Sanlam PE close to striking bolt-on deal with another PE-backed biz
South Africa’s Sanlam Private Equity is set to ink a bolt-on transaction to bolster a portfolio company it acquired two ......
Finance
Former Vantage Capital execs' southern Africa mezz fund makes first close
Kholo Capital, a private investment firm floated by Mokgome Mogoba and Zaheer Cassim, former partners at African private debt major ......
Infrastructure
Exclusive: South African PE firm Metier set to ink new deal after nearly two years
South African private equity investment house Metier, which brought under its fold Nairobi-based PE fund manager Catalyst Principal Partners a ......
TMT
Exclusive: PE firm Medu Capital finds European buyer for decade-old portfolio asset
Johannesburg-based private equity firm Medu Capital is moving to complete an exit from a decade-old bet, VCCircle has gathered. The ......
General
Vedanta mulls merger with Anglo American unit; Federal Bank eyes Madura Micro
Volcan Investments Ltd, the family trust of Vedanta Resources Plc. chairman Anil Agarwal, is exploring the merger of Anglo American ......