Mergers & Add-ons

GFH buys $1.2bln Africa and Middle East infrastructure portfolio

August 20, 2017

GFH, a leading financial investment group based in Bahrain, has completed the acquisition of a $1.2 billion portfolio of infrastructure assets in Africa and the Middle East. Details of the assets, [more...]

Helios Towers Tanzania buys Zantel’s mainland assets

August 13, 2017

Helios Towers Tanzania, a full subsidiary of private equity-backed Helios Towers Africa, is buying up all the mainland tower sites belonging to Zanzibar Telecom, (Zantel). As part of the deal, the [more...]

EFG Hermes buys 50% FIM stake for $21.5mln

July 23, 2017

In line with its strategy to expand its asset management business, EFG Hermes, the Egyptian investment bank, is paying $21.5 million for a 50% stake in Frontier Investment Management Partners or FIM [more...]

Actis creates $275mln pan-African higher education platform

July 16, 2017

Specialist private equity investment firm Actis has launched a $275 million higher education platform for Africa. Honoris United Universities, as the new platform has been branded, currently serves [more...]

Mobisol acquires Kenya’s Lumeter

July 3, 2017

Mobisol, the provider of off-grid solar home systems in Africa which was backed by Investec Asset Management in October last year, is making a deal of its own and acquiring Lumeter, the pay-as-you-go [more...]

Swiss Re pays $112mln for Manzi Finances stake

June 4, 2017

Swiss Re has spent 100 million euros or approximately $112 million to acquire an undisclosed, minority stake in Manzi Finances, a financial services holding company based in Cote d’Ivoire which [more...]

Neptune Energy adds North African asset as part of $3.9bln deal

May 21, 2017

Neptune Energy, an oil and gas platform backed by The Carlyle Group and CVC Capital Partners, has agreed to acquire a majority stake in ENGIE E&P International for $3.9 billion in a deal which is [more...]

Danone looks to acquire Brookside’s Tanzanian subsidiary

April 2, 2017

Danone is looking to acquire Brookside Dairy’s Tanzanian subsidiary. The French food group advised Tanzania’s Fair Competition Commission of its plans which come three years after the company [more...]

Sanlam acquires PineBridge Investments East Africa

March 26, 2017

Sanlam’s Emerging Markets business is acquiring a majority stake in PineBridge Investments East Africa Limited in an undisclosed deal. The transaction, which is subject to regulatory approval, sees [more...]

Imara Trust acquires FiducieForte

March 26, 2017

Imara Trust, the trust and corporate services subsidiary of Imara Holdings, has bought out Mauritius-based management company FiducieForte Management Services, increasing the size of their business [more...]

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