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Actis acquires Vlisco Group
8 September 2010
Actis pays US$151m for 100% control of fashion fabric business Vlisco Group.
Actis completes 100% Management Buy-Out of Mediterranean Smart Cards Company in Egypt
27 July 2010
Actis announces the 100% management buy-out (‘MBO’) of Mediterranean Smart Cards Company (‘MSCC’), the premium electronic payment processor in Africa.
Actis appoints Amanda Jean-Baptiste to the Real Estate team
16 June 2010
Actis has announced the appointment of Amanda Jean-Baptiste as a Director in the Real Estate Group. Amanda will be working on deal origination with a focus on pan-Africa, reporting to David Morley, Head of Real Estate. Amanda is based in the Actis London office.
Actis wins private equity awards: African Infrastructure Fund Manager of the Year and Private Equity Manager of the Year, Africa
16 June 2010
Actis is pleased to announce it has been named both the '2009 Private Equity Manager of the Year, Africa' and the '2009 African Infrastructure Fund Manager of the Year' by Private Equity International and Infrastructure Investor respectively. The awards recognise overall achievement in the calendar year 2009 and are voted for by the industry in a global poll of the magazines' readers.
Ground breaking at Actis’s US$100m Ikeja City Mall site
8 June 2010
A ceremony has been held to mark the start of construction work on a new leisure and retail centre for Lagos.
Actis announces investment in US$100m mall in Nigeria
29 March 2010
Actis has entered into a partnership with Paragon Holdings Limited and Rand Merchant Bank of South Africa to build a world class shopping mall in Ikeja, Lagos.
Mo'men moves to second phase of IPO plans after Actis exit
9 February 2010
Mo'men Group, Egypt's leading independent food group, has announced the successful completion of the first phase of its plan to list on the Egyptian Stock Exchange after a productive two year engagement with Actis.
Actis to invest US$244 million in Egypt’s Commercial International Bank to become largest single shareholder
8 July 2009
Actis, an emerging markets private equity specialist, is pleased to announce today that it has executed an agreement to invest US$244 million to acquire shares in Commercial International Bank, the leading bank in Egypt. Actis is acquiring 50% of the stake held by the consortium led by Ripplewood Holdings. The transaction makes Actis the largest single investor in CIB.
Actis appoints Ngozi Edozien as Head of West Africa
1 July 2009
Actis, a leading private equity investor in emerging markets, has appointed Ngozi Edozien as the new Head of West Africa.
Actis awarded Africa venture capital deal of the year 2008
5 November 2008
Actis, a leading private equity investor in emerging markets, together with Old Mutual Investment Group, has won the Africa Investor magazine's Venture Capital Deal of the Year 2008 for the US$700 million (ZAR5.16 billion) acquisition of Alstom South Africa, a major electrical engineering, manufacturing, distribution and contracting business.
Actis announces its investment in Poulina Group Holding, the leading private Tunisian conglomerate.
21 August 2008
Actis, a leading private equity investor in emerging markets, Actis announces its investment in Poulina Group Holding, the leading private Tunisian conglomerate - a signal of Actis's confidence for the prospects for the Maghreb region
Actis Consortium acquires Alstom South Africa
5 August 2008
Actis, a leading private equity investor in emerging markets, announced today that it has formed a consortium to acquire Alstom South Africa, a major electrical engineering, manufacturing, distribution and contracting business, for US$700 million (ZAR 5.16 billion).
Actis announces a significant investment in Mo'men, a leading Egyptian consumer business
30 July 2008
Actis, a leading private equity investor in emerging markets, has completed a deal to invest US$48.5 million in Mo'men Group for Foods S.A.E, one of Egypt's leading food businesses
Actis successfully concludes divestments from two Nigerian companies, UAC and Starcomms
22 July 2008
Actis, a leading private equity investor in emerging markets, announces developments to two of its investments in Nigeria
Actis consolidates pioneering role in African real estate with the official launch of the Accra Mall
4 July 2008
Actis, a leading private equity investor in emerging markets, celebrates its investment in Ghana's first shopping mall today as the US$36 million Accra Mall is officially launched by His Excellency, John Agyekum Kufuor, President of Ghana.
Actis wins African private equity firm of the year 2007
17 March 2008
Actis has won African Private Equity Firm of the Year 2007 in Private Equity International magazine’s annual awards.
Actis exits El-Rashidi El-Mizan
12 December 2007
Actis has sold its stake in El-Rashidi El-Mizan Confectionary Company (REM) as part of a successful sale of 100% of REM.
Actis sells its ownership in The Palms shopping centre to its Nigerian partner
12 December 2007
Actis announced this week that it has realised its investment in The Palms Mall in Lagos, the ground-breaking shopping centre development in Nigeria.
Actis and Helios exit Flamingo Holdings
8 August 2007
Actis and Helios Investment Partners have sold their respective minority shareholdings in Flamingo Holdings to James Finlay.
Actis acquires a majority stake in Nigeria's Mouka Limited, and new Chairman and CEO appointed
3 August 2007
Actis, a leading private equity investor in emerging markets, has announced the acquisition of a majority stake in Mouka, manufacturers of the leading foam products brand "Mouka Foam".
Actis has purchased South Africa's Fuel Logistics Group in a secondary buyout
3 July 2007
Actis has purchased South Africa's Fuel Logistics Group, a supply chain and logistics services group, in a secondary buyout.
Actis announced today that it has acquired a 70% stake in Sinai Marble
21 June 2007
Sinai Marble is an integrated marble producer and, with exports to over 40 countries, is one of Egypt's leading marble exporters.
Actis invests US$134 million in one of Nigeria's leading banks - Diamond Bank
11 June 2007
Actis invests US$134 million in one of Nigeria's leading banks - Diamond Bank.
Actis invests in Kenyan Grain Bulk Handlers Limited
5 February 2007
Actis invests in Kenyan Grain Bulk Handlers Limited
Actis-backed BCR wins Bank of the Year Award 2006, Rwanda
4 December 2006
Leading financial services institution, BCR, has been named Bank of the Year 2006, Rwanda in The Banker Magazine's annual awards.
Actis continues African mining success with Platmin IPO on London's AIM and Canada's TSX
10 August 2006
Actis's track record in supporting mining sector businesses in emerging markets was further strengthened with the successful raising of CAD$45.5m as part of Platmin's, one of its portfolio companies, IPO.
Simon Harford appointed as head of Actis in West Africa
14 July 2006
Actis, the leading private equity investor in emerging markets, has announced the appointment of Simon Harford as head of the West Africa region, based in Lagos. He succeeds Hywel Rees-Jones who will take on a new role in London.
Actis takes the next exit from the N4 toll road
16 May 2006
Actis has sold its 26.9% stake in the South African toll road concession company, Trans African Concessions.
Actis successfully exits its investment in Kenyan Grain Bulk Handlers
16 January 2006
Actis has successfully exited its investment in Grain Bulk Handlers Limited, a state of the art integrated grain and fertiliser terminal at Mombasa Port in Kenya.
Actis successfully exits its investment in Kenyan Grain Bulk Handlers
16 January 2006
Actis has successfully exited its investment in Grain Bulk Handlers Limited, a state of the art integrated grain and fertiliser terminal at Mombasa Port in Kenya.
Actis makes its first investment in Democratic Republic of the Congo
7 November 2005
Actis has announced an investment of US$11.1 million in Banro Corporation, a junior gold exploration company focused on the development of four advanced stage gold projects in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Actis and Comafin sell 37.5% stake in Protea to a Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) consortium
5 July 2005
Actis and Comafin have jointly sold their 37.5% stake in Protea to a BEE consortium. Actis and Comafin, which achieved a dollar return of in excess of 20%, have been shareholders since 1999.
Actis and Comafin sell 37.5% stake in Protea to a Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) consortium
5 July 2005
Actis and Comafin have jointly sold their 37.5% stake in Protea to a BEE consortium. Actis and Comafin, which achieved a dollar return of in excess of 20%, have been shareholders since 1999.
Private equity consortium in billion Rand deal with Delta Electrical
9 June 2005
Delta Electrical today announced that it has reached an agreement for the disposal of two of its divisions to an equity consortium, including Actis.
Actis investment cornerstones C$66 milllion pre-IPO round by north African oil & gas company - Candax Energy Inc
18 April 2005
Actis, a leading private equity investor in emerging markets, has announced an investment of C$30 million in Candax Energy Inc, an oil and gas exploration and production company concentrating on north Africa.
Actis to sell stake in African Teleco Celtel
29 March 2005
Actis, a leading private equity investor in emerging markets, is to exit its investment in Celtel, the company that provides mainly cellular network services across Sub-Saharan Africa
Actis invests US$25 million in one of Nigeria's largest conglomerates - UAC of Nigeria plc
28 February 2005
Actis invests US$25 million in one of Nigeria's largest conglomerates - UAC of Nigeria plc
Nampak sells Peters Papers to Actis in a US$42 million BEE deal with Izingwe Capital
16 February 2005
Press realease, Nampak sells Peters Papers Actis US$42 million BEE deal Izingwe Capital
Actis and the AIG African Infrastructure Fund invest US$43.2 million to acquire major stake in Starcomms, Nigeria's leading fixed wireless telecom operator
17 January 2005
Actis and the AIG African Infrastructure Fund (AAIF) managed by Emerging Markets Partnership (EMP) have invested US$43.2 million to acquire a major stake in Starcomms, Nigeria's leading fixed wireless telecom operator.
Actis wins fDi award for Palms investment in Nigeria
10 January 2005
Actis has won Foreign Direct Investment (fDi) magazine's award for investment in Africa in 2004 for its $40m investment in the development of the Palms shopping centre in Lagos, Nigeria.
Actis appoints new heads of office in Nigeria and Egypt
12 October 2004
Hywel Rees-Jones appointed as head of Actis's Nigerian office, based in Lagos and Andrew Brown takes over as head of Actis's Egyptian office, based in Cairo.
Actis takes 80% stake in first Rwandan financial institution privatisation
17 September 2004
Actis, a leading private equity investor in emerging markets, has taken an 80 per cent stake in Banque Commerciale du Rwanda (BCR).
Actis invests in Nigeria's first, modern shopping centre
21 June 2004
Actis is to invest in the US$40 million development of a new shopping centre in Lagos. The investment will be made through a joint venture company, Persianas Properties Limited ...
Actis selected to co-manage Cdn$200M Canada Investment Fund for Africa
12 May 2004
Following a competitive selection process, Actis, in conjunction with IFPT Management (IMI), an emerging market fund manager for Canadian pension plans, today announced that it has been selected to manage the Cdn$200m Canada Investment Fund for Africa
CDC Capital Partners ups its stake in the N4 Maputo Corridor Toll Road
30 January 2004
CDC Capital Partners (CDC), a leading risk capital investor in emerging markets, has acquired a further 11.6% interest in the South African toll road concession company, Trans African Concessions (TRAC).
CDC provides funding for Algeria's largest mobile telecommunications company
19 January 2004
CDC Capital Partners (CDC), a leading risk capital investor in emerging markets, has provided US$26 million to complete the permanent capital structure of Orascom Telecom Algeria (OTA).
Nkosana Moyo joins CDC Capital Partners as Head of Africa
12 November 2003
Nkosana Moyo has been appointed by CDC Capital Partners as its new Head of Africa.
CDC invests US$5 million in South African Junior Platinum Exploration & Mining House
13 October 2003
CDC Capital Partners has invested US$5 million in Platmin Ltd - a platinum exploration and mining company operating in South Africa.
CDC buys a 14% stake in Flamingo Holdings, a fully integrated horticultural business
22 May 2003
CDC Capital Partners (CDC), a leading risk capital investor in emerging markets, has purchased 14% of Flamingo Holdings - a vertically integrated horticultural business involved in the growing, processing, packaging, marketing and distribution of cut...
CDC takes controlling stake in DFCU - Uganda's largest local financial group
6 May 2003
CDC Capital Partners (CDC), a leading risk capital investor in emerging markets, has taken control of DFCU Group in Uganda - the largest local financial group.
CDC Capital Partners' successful exit from Ghanian bank leads to investment by leading private bank, Societe Generale
12 March 2003
CDC Capital Partners has successfully exited its investment in SSB Bank in Ghana. With 38 branches and 650 employees SSB is Ghana's 4th largest bank, serving some 220,000 individual customers and 26,000 business customers.
CDC Serves up an MBO in the leading Egyptian sesame food business
9 January 2003
In Egypt's first management buy out, CDC Capital Partners is backing local management in the US$20m purchase of a sesame food business, El Rashidi El Mizan.
CDC invests a further US$40 million in a pan-African telecoms business that continues to buck the trend
9 September 2001
CDC Capital Partners, a leading risk capital investor in emerging markets, today announced an investment of US$40m to assist the continued expansion of MSI Cellular (MSI), Africa's second biggest GSM operator.