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03 October, 2024

French PE firm Amethis gets another US LP for pan-African fund

Amethis, a French private equity firm that backs mid-sized businesses in Africa and Europe and manages a portfolio of over ......

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02 August, 2024

PE firm Amethis gets backing of returning French LP for third pan-African fund

Amethis, a Paris-based private equity firm that manages assets worth over $1.2 billion and backs mid-sized businesses in Africa and ......

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24 June, 2024

India, Africa-focused Husk Power to weigh IPO, enter new markets in growth push

Husk Power Systems, an India- and Africa-focused renewable energy company that supplies electricity to rural areas via minigrids, is exploring ......

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01 April, 2024

Why Dutch PE firm XSML Capital is limiting equity exposure in African deals

XSML Capital, an Africa-focused Dutch private equity firm, that backs small- and mid-sized businesses across Central and Eastern Africa, is ......

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11 March, 2024

Africa-focused PE XSML Capital marks first close of fourth fund

XSML Capital, an Africa-focused Dutch private equity firm, marked the first close of its fourth investment vehicle to back small ......

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05 December, 2023

GEF Capital's new fund crosses halfway mark as another returning LP comes on board

Climate and sustainability-focused private equity firm GEF Capital Partners has received a commitment from an international institution for its latest alternative ......

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31 August, 2023

Amethis may pocket bigger cheque from returning LP for third Africa PE fund

Pan-African private equity firm Amethis is set to receive a larger contribution from a returning limited partner (LP) for its ......

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13 April, 2023

CreditAccess Grameen taps third overseas backer for ESG-linked funding

Microfinance firm CreditAccess Grameen Ltd has secured $20 million (around Rs 163.6 crore) in debt funding from a European development ......

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Infrastructure

03 March, 2023

DFIs-backed Serengeti set to take majority stake in Africa hydro project

Serengeti Energy, a power producer in sub-Saharan Africa co-created by Swiss impact investor responsAbility Investments AG and later spun out ......

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02 September, 2020

GEF Capital hires exec from mid-market PE firm to boost India team

GEF Capital Partners, which was spun out of US-based Global Environment Fund in 2018, has recruited a senior fund manager ......