Portfolio Exits

Metier exits Inhep in undisclosed trade sale

June 4, 2017

Metier, the South African private equity firm, has reached an agreement to sell Inhep Electronics Holdings to Assa Abloy. Metier first acquired the company in late 2007 via the Lereko Metier Capital [more...]

Wananchi Group sells business services unit

May 21, 2017

Several news outlets reported last week that Kenya’s Wananchi Group has agreed to sell its business services unit to Synergy Communications, a South African firm backed by private equity fund [more...]

GetSmarter sold in $103mln deal

May 7, 2017

NASDAQ-listed education company, 2U, has acquired GetSmarter from its founders and growth capital investor DiGAME in an all-cash $103 million deal. The deal allows for an additional $20 million [more...]

Investec exits SA Taxi mezzanine investment

April 30, 2017

Investec Asset Management has exited its mezzanine investment in SA Taxi, the South African taxi financing company which it originally backed through its first private equity fund in 2011. Terms of [more...]

Private equity sparks revival at Uganda’s Umeme

April 30, 2017

A review of Actis’ investment in Umeme, the Ugandan utility that the emerging markets private equity firm first backed in 2005 and fully exited late last year. Read more at Financial [more...]

Investec makes fifth deal for its second fund

April 17, 2017

Investec Asset Management has acquired Grupo San Jose & Lopez, a major road freight transporter between North Africa and Europe, in an undisclosed private equity secondary deal. The [more...]

Actis exits remaining stake in Edita Foods

April 17, 2017

Actis has sold its remaining stake in Edita Foods to a large group of investors from the USA, UK, Germany, South Africa and the United Arab Emirates. The sale of the 7.5% stake was executed via an [more...]

Imara de-lists from Botswana Stock Exchange

April 17, 2017

In the latest in a series of recent moves, asset management and advisory firm Imara Holdings was de-listed from the Venture Capital Board of the Botswana Stock Exchange at the end of March. The news [more...]

Centum exits KWAL in stake sale to South Africa’s Distell

April 9, 2017

After 40 years, Centum Investments is exiting its stake in Kenya Wine Agencies Limited or KWAL in an undisclosed deal. The Kenyan investment firm is selling its 26.43% stake in the wine and spirits [more...]

AMCON sells Keystone Bank for $81.5mln

March 26, 2017

Nigeria’s Central Bank and the country’s Securities and Exchange Commission have given their blessing to the sale of Keystone Bank to a consortium of local investors for a reported $81 million. [more...]

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