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Infrastructure

13 December, 2023

Cargill spinoff Proterra strikes an exit in Africa via secondary PE deal

Proterra Investment Partners, a US-based private equity firm spun off from agribusiness giant Cargill in 2016, has struck an exit ......

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Finance

22 September, 2023

How this IIT Madras grad went on to create the most prolific VC firm in Africa

In the middle of 2010, Zachariah George visited South Africa on a short sabbatical that would change his destiny—and the fortunes of hundreds ......

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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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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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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 ......

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TMT

24 April, 2023

Exclusive: Amethis to bet on Ninety One-backed firm from new pan-Africa PE fund

Pan-African private equity firm Amethis, which recently kicked off the exercise to raise its new flagship fund for the continent that could ......

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Consumer

24 April, 2023

Exclusive: Sanlam PE set for another South Africa buyout from mid-market fund

South Africa’s Sanlam Private Equity, which had struck its fourth deal via its new fund earlier this year and has ......

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Finance

14 April, 2023

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 ......

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Finance

05 April, 2023

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 ......