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Private Equity
22/11/2023 at 14h28, by Aurelie Benoit
SPE nears final commitments for first financing round of PEF III
On the verge of a first closing for its third fund, the fund manager awaits the green light from another...
Private Equity
11/10/2023 at 16h41, by Africa Business+
IFC confirms commitment to Africa50’s new infrastructure fund
The vehicle, with a target size of $500 million, focuses on infrastructure. Headed by Vincent Le Guennou,...
Development Bank
22/06/2022 at 16h17, by Africa Business+
World Bank chooses Albert Zeufack’s successor
From 1 July, a new chief economist for sub-Saharan Africa will take over from the Cameroonian expert...
Advisory
31/05/2022 at 17h07, by Africa Business+
Egon Zehnder in Paris to lead Ecobank’s CEO search
The Paris office of the headhunting firm will be at the forefront of the search, Africa Business+ has...
Development Bank
15/04/2022 at 12h10, by Africa Business+
Climate Fund: Paris urges IMF to release funds in 2022
The new Resilience and Sustainability Trust Fund (RSF), approved in mid-April, targets an endowment...
Private Equity
02/09/2020 at 15h46, by Tarik Bargal
Helios requires premium on Atlas Mara for completion of merger with Fairfax
In order to bail out its future partner’s coffers, the British investment fund is forcing its Canadian...
Maritime transport
01/09/2020 at 17h36, by Thibaud Teillard
Safmarine becomes latest victim of shipowner consolidation in Africa
Maersk, the world’s leading container operator, is to definitively erase the Safmarine name from its...
Bank
03/04/2020 at 17h13, by Africa Business+
July launch of Orange Bank in Côte d’Ivoire: “Our teams are working hard to meet the deadline” (Alioune Ndiaye)
Jeune Afrique Business+ asked Orange’s Middle East & Africa boss how plans for the new bank project,...
Bank
02/04/2020 at 16h37, by Aurelie Benoit
Covid-19: How the ICD (Islamic Development Bank group) plans to support the African private sector
During the current crisis, the private arm of the Islamic institution is particularly targeting finance,...
Private Equity
17/03/2020 at 17h36, by Valentin Grille
Engineers Without Borders Canada launches a $24m fund and targets Francophone Africa
The new vehicle, Hummingbird Impact, will support start-ups run by women or with a high level of ethnic...
Private Equity
07/02/2020 at 16h12, by Valentin Grille
TLcom confirms its strategic shift towards Africa with a new 71 million $ vehicle
TLcom initially wanted $100 million for the new Tide Africa Fund. “We set a high limit to guarantee...
Development Bank
05/02/2020 at 15h57, by Gaëlle Arenson
Akinwumi Adesina outstrips all opponents to his succession as head of the AfDB: the inside story
According to sources close to the story, particularly within the pan-African institution where the prospect...
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