Not even Africa is off limits for finding big buyout returns. Pan-African growth equity firm Emerging Capital Partners scored a pair of lucrative exits in the last two months, the most recent being ...

The deal was concluded with CCMP Capital Asia, JPMorgan Partners Global Fund, and a senior management team led by Waco International chief executive Royden Vice for R5.4 billion. The buyout takes ...

Kirkland & Ellis has bagged a key role advising Bain Capital on its $3.5bn (£1.7bn) acquisition of African retailer Edgars Consolidated Stores – the largest leveraged buy-out seen on the continent to ...

Helios Investment Partners thinks the sun is rising on Africa's private equity industry. As key emerging markets from Brazil to China to India begin to stumble, investors are taking a closer look at ...