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South Africa Pension Funds Neglecting Private Equity Investments

Johannesburg, South Africa, Capital Markets in Africa — South African pension funds have mostly ignored investing in private equity because trustees aren’t familiar with the asset class despite rule changes five years ago allowing larger investments, according to bodies representing both parts of the industry. About 2.3 percent of the country’s $234 billion retirement pool in 2014 was invested in private equity, the Southern Africa Venture Capital and Private Equity Association said in a report on Tuesday, citing…

Private Equity | CDC Group Plc Acquires a 10.7% Stake in I&M Holdings, Kenya

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NAIROBI, Kenya, Capital Markets in Africa: CDC Group plc (CDC), the UK’s development finance institution, has announced it will take a 10.68 per cent equity stake in the Nairobi-headquartered banking group I&M Holdings (IMHL). The investment underlines CDC’s commitment to supporting lending to small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in East Africa. Founded in 1974, IMHL’s commercial banking operations in Kenya rank in the country’s top ten, serving more than 100,000 customers. Having embarked on…

Private Equity | Mediterrania Capital Partners enters the retail clothing business in the Maghreb region

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Tunis, Tunisia, Capital Markets in Africa: Mediterrania Capital Partners, the regional Private Equity firm focusing on growth investments for companies in North African and Sub-Saharan countries, announces the acquisition through its second fund (“MC II”) and alongside Euromena III (the latest of the Euromena Funds), of a minority stake in BS Invest in Tunisia, CAP Retail in Morocco, and Investex Algérie in Algeria (the “Group”).Founded in 1997 by Koraich Ben Salem, the Group distributes 11 leading…

Private Equity | Mediterrania Capital Partners invests in CIEPTAL CARS, Algeria

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Algiers, Algeria, Capital Markets in Africa: Mediterrania Capital Partners, the regional private equity firm focusing on growth investments for SMEs in North Africa and Sub-Saharan countries, announces the acquisition of a 43% stake in Cieptal Cars through its second fund Mediterrania Capital II (“MC II”). Founded in 2006, Cieptal Cars is a privately-owned company that specializes in the long-term car rental business. The company is the current market leader in Algeria. It owns a large, young fleet of 761 cars and…

Private Equity | Helios scores first for Africa fund with Crown Agents deal

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LONDON, Capital Markets in Africa: Helios, the pan-African investment firm, is set to deliver a postcolonial turnround with a deal for key divisions of Crown Agents — a company which was once a pillar of the British empire. The deal for Crown Agents Bank and its sister asset management company, for an undisclosed sum, marks the first time an African-managed fund has won approval from regulators to acquire a UK financial institution. Helios is one…

Private Equity | AfricInvest invests in Outsourcia

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Casablanca, Morocco, Capital Markets in Africa — AfricInvest, a leading pan-African mid-cap-focused private equity firm, is pleased to announce that its Maghreb Private Equity Fund III has invested in Outsourcia Group (“Outsourcia”), a Moroccan leading contact centre and business process outsourcing (BPO) provider. Through its investment, AfricInvest aims to support Outsourcia in bringing its corporate development initiative, “Acquire and Migrate,” to other regions of Africa, while at the same time reinforcing the strong growth that the…

Private Equity | Synergy Capital invests in Suburban Fiber, Nigeria

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LAGOS, Nigeria, Capital Markets in Africa — Synergy Capital Managers (Synergy) has announced the completion of its investment in Suburban Fiber Company Limited (Suburban), a Next Generation Broadband company focused on delivering home content solutions to retail end customers in Abuja and Lagos. This is the sixth investment from the Synergy Private Equity Fund I (SPEF). Suburban operates an Internet Protocol (IP) Next Generation Network (NGN) which, at its core, takes advantage of the technology…

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