May 10, 2013 | Africa, News
Fund managers brought home $1.4billion for Africa in the first quarter of 2013, already matching 2012 year’s full-year figures, according to Preqin data. This year’s figures have been bolstered by the Ethos Private Equity $800million vehicle, closed at the beginning...
May 10, 2013 | Africa, Events, News
Private Equity Africa 10 May 2013 Private Equity Africa (PEA) is pleased to announce the shortlist for its 2nd Annual GP & Advisor Awards. The 2013 awards have received a very strong response, attracting 30 Self-entries. These have been complimented by 17...
May 10, 2013 | Africa, News
Ventures Africa 7 May 2013 Oragroup, a Togo-based regional commercial banking company, today announced that it closed a first tranche of equity fundraising at $18 million from investors including Development Finance Institutions BIO and PROPARCO. Commenting on the...
May 10, 2013 | Africa, News, South Africa
Ventures Africa 10 May 2013 Adcock Ingram, a South African pharmaceutical company, on Thursday received non-binding proposals for potential transaction to acquire 100% of, or a controlling interest in the company’s securities. Interestingly, none of the proposals are...
Apr 29, 2013 | Africa, News
Huff Post Business 29 April By Richard Attias I recently wrote about foreign direct investment in Africa and the prospect of engagement among developing nations and the BRICS.But in order for sustainable development to be achieved across the continent, smart input...
Apr 24, 2013 | Africa, India, News, South & Central Asia
Business Standard Bharti Airtel, this country’s largest mobile telecom carrier by subscriber base, on Tuesday said it had signed an agreement to buy Warid Telecom Uganda. This is expected to help raise its customer base in that country by about 60 per cent. With the...
