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ACA’s Swift works on $62m plans

African Capital Alliance’s (ACA) Nigeria-based telecommunication services portfolio company Swift Networks is working on plans to raise financing to support its $62million growth plans.

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Cover Story: Driven to Distinction

Fund differentiation will be critical on Africa’s increasingly competitive fundraising trail in 2013, as the bulk of industry leaders tout follow-on funds and new GPs market maiden

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Africa’s PE exits hit record high

Exits volumes in the African private equity industry hit a record high in 2012, bolstered by sales to trade buyers, according to Preqin data.
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ACA in $335m MTN exit

African Capital Alliance (ACA) has sold its minority stake in telecommunications company MTN Nigeria to Shanduka Group in a deal valued at $335 million. ACA sells its stake after

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Celebrating the Award Winners

Private Equity Africa is delighted to announce the winners of its maiden awards. The accolades are the first and only awards  to solely focus on Africa’s private equity industry. The

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Africa 2011 PE deals reach $3bn

Private equity investors closed $3billion worth of deals in 2011, with South Africa and Nigeria attracting the most capital, according to Preqin data. Deal making was bolstered by a number

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African PE deals hit $2.6bn

Investors have sealed about $2.6billion worth of private equity in 2011 deals across Africa, according to Perqin data. This year’s investments are almost three times the total $0.89billion reported

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Helios’s Obi to head EMPEA Africa Council

Helios partner Henry Obi has been appointed the first chair of the Emerging Markets Private Equity Association (EMPEA) Africa Council. The Africa council was created to help EMPEA direct

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EMPEA adds ACA’s Enelamah to its board

The Emerging Markets Private Equity Association (EMPEA) has appointed African Capital Alliance’s (ACA) chief executive officer, Okechukwu Enelamah , to its board of directors. Enelamah becomes the only EMPEA

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Deals bounce back

Deal making in Africa’s private equity market has exhibited strong recovery in the first half of 2011, as investors put capital to work. At least 12 deals were revealed