August 2016

Weekly Wrap, August 29th, 2016; DOB Equity, Jacobs Capital, Afinitas and others make private capital news last week

August 29, 2016

Last week in brief…August 29th, 2016 Last week was one of the quieter weeks, deal-wise, of this year. The biggest investment, dollar-wise, looks to have been the R300 million backing [more...]

DOB Equity takes minority stake in Twiga Foods

August 29, 2016

DOB Equity, the family office of the de Rickje family, has reportedly taken a minority stake in Twiga Foods, a mobile-based supply platform for retail outlets, kiosks and market stalls in Kenya. [more...]

Jacobs Capital and Partners back Masonite with R300mln

August 29, 2016

Masonite, which was once the oldest company listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange prior to its acquisition by South African private equity investor Jacobs Capital and partner Black Bird Capital [more...]

Advtech strengthens tertiary education sector position with 2 acquisitions

August 29, 2016

Listed private education company ADvTECH reported its interim results for the first six months of the year last week. As part of the announcement, the South African-headquartered company revealed [more...]

Afinitas seeds Adventis with $2.5mln

August 29, 2016

Afinitas, the investment company founded by Rupert McCammon in 2015 and listed on the venture capital board of the Botswana Stock Exchange, is investing $2.5 million in Adventis, a new African [more...]

Hybrid approach best for spectrum sales

August 29, 2016

As South Africa’s communications regulator, Icasa, looks to manage spectrum sales for South Africa’s planned 4G roll-outs, Romeo Kumalo, CEO of investment holding company Washirika, calls for [more...]

Opportunity-rich, Africa’s Oil & Gas sector needs overhaul

August 28, 2016

Speaking at the launch of PwC’s “Africa Oil & Gas Review 2016”, the management consultancy’s advisory leader for Africa, Chris Bredenhann said that, in spite of low oil [more...]

Matching impact investment and philanthropy goals

August 28, 2016

According to U.S. Trust’s May 2016 Wealth and Worth Survey, 56% of respondents said they were uninterested in impact investing due to fears of dilution of or conflict with their philanthropic [more...]

Facing multiple threats, should Africa’s governments expect economic stagnation

August 28, 2016

A review of recent economic trends on the continent and whether they signal an end to the narrative of Africa’s rise. A recent event held by the Brookings Institution concludes not – rather [more...]

EMPEA data finds private capital investment declines in 1H2016

August 28, 2016

The Emerging Markets Private Equity Association released the statistics for private capital investment in the first half of the year last week. The data show an overall decline in investment in the [more...]

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