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• Helios Towers in $100m bid

  Oct 23, 2015

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  Deals, Expansion

  Helios Investment Partners UK-based infrastructure services portfolio company Helios Towers Africa (HTA) is set to receive about $100million from the international Finance Corporation (IFC). The development … Watch nowmore →

• Business Partners sets up new fund

  Oct 22, 2015

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  Funds

  Business Partners has launched a specialist vehicle to back environmentally sustainable companies. The Business Partners Limited Green Fund is targeting about $22.4 million (R300 million) at … Watch nowmore →

• KKR hires principal from DPI

  Oct 22, 2015

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  People

  Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR) has boosted its Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) investment team with the hire of Takudzwa Mutasa as principal. Mutasa joins from Development Partners … Watch nowmore →

• EchoVC in Printivo deal

  Oct 22, 2015

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  Deals, Early Stage, Technology

  US-based EchoVC Partners has backed an early stage investment into Nigeria-based technology services company Printivo. The financial details have not been disclosed, although the deal … Watch nowmore →

• IFC mulls Zambia deal

  Oct 22, 2015

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  Financial Services

  The International Finance Corporation (IFC) is working on plans to invest $25 million into First National Bank Zambia (FNBZ). The deal is structured as five … Watch nowmore →