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IFC mulls $9.8m Garden City deal

Actis’s Garden City is set to get an equity commitment from the the International Finance Corporation(IFC), as the development financier considers plans to invest $9.8million into the Kenya-based greenfield real estate project.

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ECP’s Oragroup gets $18m

Emerging Capital Partners (ECP) has led an $18milion financing round in its Togo-based financial services portfolio company Oragroup. Investors in this latest tranche include Belgian Investment Company for Developing

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Fundraising touches $1.4bn in Q1

Fund managers brought home $1.4billion for Africa in the first quarter of 2013, already matching 2012 year’s full-year figures, according to Preqin data. This year’s figures have been bolstered

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XSML fund closes at $19m

Dutch fund manager XSML has closed its Central-Africa fund at $19million. Central Africa SME Fund (CASF) backers include the international Finance Corporation, FMO and Lundin Foundation. The fund had

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ECP’s Finagestion in DRC water deal

Emerging Capital Partners (ECP) utility portfolio company Finagestion has won a three-year water services contract in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Finagestion has been awarded a technical

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ECP and Attijari reap 8.4x on CMT exit

Emerging Capital Partners (ECP) and Attijari Invest have hauled in 8.4x returns on their investment in Morocco-based resources exploration processing company Compagnie Minière de Touissit (CMT)). The

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Injaro invests in Nafaso

Injaro Agricultural Capital Holdings has acquired 30% of Neema Agricole du Faso (Nafaso) agriculture seeds production company in Burkina Faso. The financial details have

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Vantage in $30m Genser deal

Vantage Risk Capital has committed to invest up to $30 million (R280 million) worth of mezzanine capital to Genser Energy’s Ghana-based operations.

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Kanosak buys LMZ

Kanosak Capital Venture Corporation has signed a deal to wholly purchase LMZ Gold Burkina, a resources exploration company based in Burkina Faso.

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XSML backs RJ Trading

XSML has invested an undisclosed amount in RJ Trading, a consumer retail company based in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).