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Wednesday 22 May 2013

Jacana Appoint Shaun Collyer as Chief Investment Officer Wednesday, 24 April 2013 SME private equity fund managers Jacana Partners have appointed Shaun Collyer as their new Chief Investment Officer, a position newly created in the firm. Collyer will be based in Jacana’s Nairobi office and will be responsible for the implementation of... Read more about Jacana Appoint Shaun Collyer as Chief Investment Officer Comments Quick view	WEF Nominates African PE Professionals as Young Global Leaders Thursday, 14 March 2013 The World Economic Forum (WEF) has included African PE professionals in their 2013 list of Young Global Leaders. Ventures Africa have dug up the CVs: Dr Andrew Kuper from South Africa is ‘the President and Founder of LeapFrog, the world’s first... Read more about WEF Nominates African PE Professionals as Young Global Leaders Comments Quick view
Acumen Appoint New Chief Investment Officer Wednesday, 10 October 2012 Acumen Fund have appointed Robert van Zwieten as their new Chief Investment Officer to replace Brian Trelstad. Van Zwieten previously served as the Director of the Private Sector Capital Markets Division of the Asian Development Bank (ADB). Acumen Fund’s blog has a bit more detail on van Zwieten’s 25-year career in the... Read more about Acumen Appoint New Chief Investment Officer Comments Quick view	Actis Appoint James Smith to Value Creation Group Saturday, 1 September 2012 Actis have announced the appointment of James Smith to a director position in their Value Creation Group with immediate effect. He will be based in the firm’s Johannesburg office. According to the Actis press release, ‘James will work with Actis portfolio companies in Africa, seeking to add value by driving strategic and... Read more about Actis Appoint James Smith to Value Creation Group Comments Quick view
Fidelity Joins Jacana, with New Board Member Thursday, 23 August 2012 Fidelity Capital Partners, a private equity fund manager and originally a member of the Fidelity Group, have rebranded by joining Jacana Partners, a pan-African SME PE firm and long-term partner of Fidelity Capital. The firm has also appointed a new board member, Dominic Adu, also co-founder of Ghana Home Loans Ltd.... Read more about Fidelity Joins Jacana, with New Board Member Comments Quick view	Abraaj Names New Aureos CEO Wednesday, 25 July 2012 Middle East private equity firm Abraaj Capital has concluded its takeover of emerging markets SME investor Aureos Capital with the announcement of a new CEO for the group. The takeover, which began in February 2012, has created a new entity with... Read more about Abraaj Names New Aureos CEO Comments Quick view
TshepidiMoremong Leaves 8 Miles Wednesday, 18 July 2012 More staff developments at Bob Geldof’s 8 Miles Fund: TshepidiMoremong, who had been with the fund since 2010 and also serves on the board of the Africa Venture Capital Association (AVCA), has taken up a new position with Rand Merchant Bank (RMB) in South Africa. Geldof’s fund was a bit slow to get started: Launched in... Read more about TshepidiMoremong Leaves 8 Miles Comments Quick view	CDC Appoints Buckley New COO Wednesday, 11 July 2012 British development finance institution CDC Group has appointed Colin Buckley as its new Chief Operating Officer. Buckley joins CDC with experience combining international development and corporate finance. Previously, he was the Executive Director, Investments, at the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation, where he headed... Read more about CDC Appoints Buckley New COO Comments Quick view
Actis appoints director for West African Region Thursday, 14 June 2012 Actis have appointed Mark Ransford as director to focus on West Africa. He will be based in the company’s London office, but will travel to Lagos regularly. Prior to this, Ransford was a partner at private equity firm Kingdom Zephyr, and a principal at Apax Partners. He holds a doctorate in genetics from the University of... Read more about Actis appoints director for West African Region Comments Quick view	Citadel Capital Announce New Board Members, Departure of MDs Thursday, 24 May 2012 At their annual general meeting, Citadel Capital shareholders ratified the appointment of new members to the board, which now includes Citadel Capital Partners co-founder and managing director Hisham Hussein El-Khazindar; managing directors Karim Hassan Sadek, Marwan Nabil, and Abdalla Elaraby besides Magdy Kamel Ibrahim El... Read more about Citadel Capital Announce New Board Members, Departure of MDs Comments Quick view

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