• PEA 2024 Awards Winners Announced!

    Private Equity Africa PEA is pleased to announce the winners of the PEA Awards In their th year the PEA Awards are the ultimate accolade of success in the African private equity industry The final winners were selected by an independent panel of judges and nomination team The PEA Awards received ...

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  • Ninety One buys Sanlam’s PE Arm

    Ninety One has sealed a deal to acquire Sanlam's financial services asset management business Sanlam Investment Management SIM which includes its private equity platform The asset manager is acquiring the investor from the Sanlam Group which holds a stake in SIM through its holding company Sanlam Investment Holdings The transaction is ...

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  • Norsad hires ex LP lead for CEO  

    Norsad Capital has selected Vusi Raseroka as its new chief executive officer CEO bringing him in from Public Investment Corporation PIC He was leading key LP commitments into African funds Raseroka has been brought in to replace Kenny Nwosu a href https peafricanews com norsad-ceo-steps-down who stepped down a from the ...

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  • PEA 2024 Awards Shortlist Announced

    Private Equity Africa PEA is pleased to announce the PEA Annual and Decade Awards shortlist The strong a href https peafricaevents com sup th sup Annual PEA Awards Gala Dinner a strong will be hosted at the strong Luxurious Royal Lancaster Hotel strong in London on strong sup th sup November ...

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  • BII selects names new CEO

    British International Investment s BII has selected a new chief executive officer CEO to take over from Nick O Donohoe who is stepping down after seven years at the helm The UK development financier has named Leslie Maasdorp as its new CEO bringing him in from the New Development Bank NDB ...

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  • African DFI Eurobond appetite dampens

    The Africa Finance Corporation AFC is back in the market with a new Eurobond sizing it at million The bond has been oversubscribed but at lower levels than previous issuances The note has a -year tenor with a coupon of with a slightly shorter lifespan that its previous Eurobond AFC s ...

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  • Helios targets $120m in management fees

    Helios Investment Partners is forecasting to earn million in management fees in bolstered by new funds and strategies The million represents a compound annual growth rate of from the million in management fee revenue it is expected to earn in This is as it works to grow its fee earning committed ...

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  • UK Minister for Africa starts in role

    The newly appointed UK Minister for Africa Lord Ray Edward Harry Collins of Highbury has started in his new role Lord Collins takes over from Andrew Mitchell who had held the role in the two years up to under the administration of Prime Minster Rishi Sunak The office was previously known ...

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  • Sango buys LP stakes in Synergy fund

    Sango Capital has bought fund commitments in an Africa-focused vehicle managed by Synergy Capital Managers sealing a limited partner LP secondary transaction The transaction marks one of the few secondaries in the industry historically The LP is taking over the bulk of the LP commitments in Synergy Private Equity Fund I ...

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  • Helios cultivates Japanese LPs

    Helios Investment Partners has been cultivating LPs based in Japan as part of its fundraising strategy to raise its new pan-African private equity fund which is one of six new strategies set to bring in just over billion in committed capital Several other Africa-focused GPs have in recent times signed up ...

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