May 14, 2013 | Africa, News
Africa Venture Capital Association 14 May 2013 Dutch fund manager XSML announced its investment in Starz-kin, a retail business consisting of shops that sell household goods to the lower end of the market in DRC. This investment, through XSML’s Central Africa SME...
May 14, 2013 | Central & Eastern Europe, News
Financial Times – Beyond Brics 13 May 2103 Question: What’s the link between a national airline, a global-brand ski factory and an organic flour producer? Answer: none at all, except in Slovenia, where any half-aware citizen would immediately recognise them as...
May 14, 2013 | China, East Asia, News
Financial Times – Beyond Brics 14 May 2013 The media and netizens alike have been chatting up a storm about the upcoming Alibaba IPO. Even though the offer has not been officially announced, estimates of the company’s potential value once it is listed on the...
May 14, 2013 | France, News, Western Europe
PARIS, May 13 (Reuters) – Activist investor Guy Wyser-Pratte said he is seeking board seats at French phone directories company PagesJaunes to force its biggest shareholder – U.S. private equity firm Cerberus – to cut the group’s debt....
May 14, 2013 | Africa, News
NAIROBI, May 14 (Reuters) – Kenya-based private equity firm Catalyst said it had acquired a 50 percent stake in Ethiopian food and drink maker Yes Brands to tap into the Horn of Africa nation’s large population and fast economic growth....
May 13, 2013 | Africa, News
CAPE TOWN, May 10 May 10 (Reuters) – Bob Geldof’s 8 Miles African private equity fund has made its first investment, backing a start-up company that plans to build commodity exchanges across Africa and improve food security. The rock star activist’s...
