Sahel Capital has exited L&Z Integrated Farms Limited, an integrated dairy processing company in Nigeria. In February 2015, Sahel Capital, through its maiden fund, Fund for Agriculture Finance in Africa (“FAFIN”), invested in L&Z Integrated Farms Limited (“L&Z”) to support the company in expanding its business operations by increasing the…

AVCA 2022 Roundtable in Collaboration With 2X Challenge — Sponsored by Kuramo Capital Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion (DEI) have become major priorities for governments, international organisations, and business leaders globally. …

By Rehma Imrith, Commercial Director In the wake of the global economic downturn initiated by the Covid-19 pandemic, numerous businesses have found themselves facing financial difficulty. As a result, many companies — especially those in the emerging markets — are having to undergo corporate debt restructuring. …

The proceeds will be used to increase local production of cement in Ghana and install the world’s largest calciner system to date, which will reduce CO2 emissions by up to 20 per cent per ton cement produced. IFU and Norfund have invested USD 27.9m in Continental Blue Investments Ghana Limited…

Being a trusted and tested international financial centre (“IFC”) since the past three decades, Mauritius continues to pave its way with the provision of innovative and highly competitive products and services in the Fund industry and the financial services sector as a whole. The jurisdiction has established itself as a…

A conversation with Alexis Caude, Managing Partner — Mauritius, Adenia Partners — According to the 2021 African Private Equity Industry Survey, the outlook for private investment in Africa is positive. About 9 in 10 LPs surveyed say they plan to maintain or increase their allocation to Africa-focused private equity funds over the next three years. …

Written by Alexis Caude, Managing Partner - Mauritius, Adenia Partners — By almost every measure, the outlook for private market investments in Africa seems bright. Nearly nine out of 10 LPs say they plan to maintain or increase their allocation to African private equity over the next three years, according to a 2021 survey by the African Private Equity and Venture…

A conversation with Fadel Jaoui, Omolola Amoussou, and Francis Kemeze from the African Development Bank — According to the 2020 Venture Capital (VC) in Africa report by AVCA, the total value of reported VC deals on the continent between 2016 and 2020 was US$5bn. And in 2020 alone, the volume of deals more than doubled to 319 reported deals from just 140 in 2019. Looking at…